Sources: LaCava turns down O's job  —  Blue Jays assistant general manager Tony LaCava turned down the Orioles' offer to become their GM on Tuesday, according to major-league sources.  —  LaCava will remain with the Jays as the Orioles continue their quest to replace Andy MacPhail …

Gold Glove Award winners set to be unveiled  —  The Rawlings Gold Glove Award winners will be announced on Tuesday night, honoring the best individual fielding performances at each position in the National and American Leagues, as voted by managers and coaches.

Cashman, Yankees finalize new 3-year contract … NEW YORK — The New York Yankees and general manager Brian Cashman have agreed upon a new three-year contract, the club announced on Tuesday.  —  The move has been little more than a formality because both the team's leadership and Cashman …

Grady Sizemore may be right fit  —  Oft-injured free agent could replace Drew  —  + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email  —  The Red Sox [team stats] are looking for a right fielder to replace J.D. Drew [stats].  —  Yesterday, Grady Sizemore became an intriguing option that the Sox …

Rob Dibble: Time with Nats was worst two years of his life  —  Hey, you know who hasn't said anything outlandish about the Nats lately?  Rob Dibble, that's who!  —  During his new Fox Sports Radio show on Monday night, he rectified that.  After first suggesting that Jim Riggleman …

Source: Carlos Beltran switches agents  —  Veteran outfielder Carlos Beltran has left Scott Boras' agency and is now represented by Dan Lozano, a baseball source told ESPN.com.  —  Beltran, 34, is a .283 hitter with 302 home runs in 14 big league seasons.  He is expected to be one of the …

Projected Arbitration Salaries  —  As explained in these three posts, Matt Swartz has developed a very accurate model for MLBTR to project arbitration salaries.  By my count there are 196 remaining arbitration eligible players.  Click here to download an Excel spreadsheet with our projected salaries, or click below to see everything.

Big Z's future with Cubs to be determined  —  Club preparing to move on without free-agent Aramis  —  CHICAGO — New Cubs general manager Jed Hoyer was less than 30 minutes into his introductory news conference on Tuesday when he was asked whether or not Carlos Zambrano could return to the team.

Sabathia agrees to $122M deal with Yankees  —  It was getting close.  But CC Sabathia and the Yankees were able to get his new contract done last night to avoid the ace opting out of his previous deal.  —  Sabathia tweeted the announcement of his new contract at 7:23 p.m. …

Cards decline options on Furcal, Dotel  —  ST. LOUIS — The Cardinals declined their remaining contract options on Tuesday night, making Rafael Furcal and Octavio Dotel free agents.  —  Additionally, St. Louis formally exercised its option on catcher Yadier Molina.

Oliver leaning toward pitching next season  —  ARLINGTON — Left-handed reliever Darren Oliver is 41 and he is a free agent.  Although he hasn't made a definitive decision about next year, Oliver sounded on Tuesday like someone who really wants to pitch next year.  —  Put it this way: He is strongly leaning that way.

Mark Cuban offered to buy Dodgers, but price was too high  —  Owner of the NBA champion Dallas Mavericks says he inquired several months ago about the Dodgers, but lost interest when team owner Frank McCourt valued the club at $1 billion.  —  Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban …