What's new in baseball's new labor deal?  —  The negotiating path to baseball's new labor deal might have been the smoothest ever between the once-contentious sides.  But it's full of significant changes for fans.  —  Realignment, expanded playoffs, more replay, testing …

Yankees' Rivera hints 2012 could be final season  —  Mariano Rivera, while he waits to find out if he needs a surgical procedure done on his vocal cords, speculated on Tuesday that 2012 could be the final year of his career.  —  “I don't know what will happen,” said the Yankees closer …

Landmark CBA's draft dollars cause consternation  —  The grumbling from front offices trickled out upon word last week that Major League Baseball and the players' union had agreed on a new collective-bargaining agreement.  Details were scant.  They just knew they didn't like it.

Deadline arrives on arbitration offer for Ortiz  —  There is some baseball business to handle on Thanksgiving eve.  Teams have until 11 p.m. (EST) to offer their free agents arbitration.  —  David Ortiz joins Albert Pujols, Prince Fielder, C.J. Wilson, Roy Oswalt, Jose Reyes and Jimmy Rollins …

PADRES: Team acquires catcher Baker for LeBlanc  —  The Padres have strengthened their catching situation with the acquisition of John Baker from the Miami Marlins on Tuesday in exchange for pitcher Wade LeBlanc.  —  Baker is two-plus years removed from reconstructive elbow surgery …

Writers strike out not choosing Matt Kemp as MVP  —  Dodgers outfielder should have been the National League winner instead of Milwaukee's Ryan Braun, whom voters apparently favored because the Brewers won the Central Division.  —  He didn't play for a division champion …

Sizemore reaches one-year deal with Indians  —  Grady Sizemore's trip into free agency didn't take him far.  —  The Cleveland Indians have agreed to terms with the former all-star outfielder on a one-year, incentive-based contract.  It's a deal that could work for both sides if he can stay healthy and on the field.

The 2011 Yogi Berra Award  —  Awards are presented in November, and for the third time, The Hardball Times is going to name the Yogi Berra Award winner.  —  The great Yankee catcher used to swing at everything, and when asked about his habit of swinging at bad pitches …

Braves don't offer SS Gonzalez arbitration  —  The Braves did not offer salary arbitration to free agent shortstop Alex Gonzalez on Wednesday's deadline, choosing not to risk him accepting and commanding more than $3 million in arbitration.  —  The Braves forfeited a chance at gaining …

Scott Boras says new draft rules will ‘hurt all of baseball’  —  Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig and players association head Michael Weiner struck congratulatory and conciliatory tones at a Tuesday news conference announcing a new collective bargaining agreement.