Sources: Albert Pujols has 10-year offer  —  DALLAS — The Miami Marlins have made a 10-year offer to the biggest fish on the free-agent market, first baseman Albert Pujols, baseball sources told ESPN the Magazine's Buster Olney on Tuesday.  —  It is unclear what the monetary figure of the offer is …

Terry Francona Joins ESPN; Multi-faceted Role Includes Sunday Night Baseball Analyst  —  Terry Francona, two-time World Champion manager of the Boston Red Sox, has joined ESPN in a multiplatform role which will include serving as an analyst for Sunday Night Baseball, the network's exclusive national game of the week.

Rays alert on ‘busy’ first day of Winter Meetings  —  Deep in starting pitching, Tampa Bay listening to inquiries  —  DALLAS — Andrew Friedman characterized Tampa Bay's first day at Major League Baseball's Winter Meetings as “busy” on Monday at the Hilton Anatole.

Rockies discussing Street-for-Volquez deal with Reds  —  DALLAS — The Rockies and Reds, two teams willing to talk about myriad trade scenarios at this week's winter meetings, have discussed a deal involving reliever Huston Street in exchange for starter Edinson Volquez, according to a major-league source.

Dodgers sign Jerry Hairston Jr.  —  DALLAS — The Los Angeles Dodgers capped a flurry of activity on the first day of baseball's winter meetings by signing free-agent infielder Jerry Hairston Jr. on Monday.  Hairston's two-year deal is worth $6 million, according to a source.

Rangers pursuing Oliver's return to Texas  —  DALLAS — Left-handed reliever remains a significant need for the Rangers.  General manager Jon Daniels would like to fill that hole with Darren Oliver.  —  Daniels said he has had preliminary discussions with Oliver's agent, Jeff Frye …

AP source: Twins keep Matt Capps for $4.75 million  —  DALLAS (AP) - A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that closer Matt Capps and the Minnesota Twins have agreed to a $4.75 million, one-year contract.  —  The person spoke on condition of anonymity Monday because the deal had not yet been announced.

Latest on Jurrjens and Prado, and other notes  —  DALLAS — More baseball talk from the first full day at the winter meetings:  — The Braves' duo of Jair Jurrjens and Martin Prado continue to be as sought after as any players on the slow-developing trade market.

Rockies agree to acquire Slowey from Twins  —  DALLAS — The Rockies have agreed to acquire right-handed pitcher Kevin Slowey from the Twins for a player to be named.  The deal will be announced officially sometime Tuesday morning.  —  Slowey, 27, is coming off a difficult 2011 …

NY Yankees GM Brian Cashman stays patient in search for starting pitcher  —  Price too high for C.J. Wilson and other free agents  —  The Yankees aren't in a rush to sign C.J. Wilson or other free-agent starting pitchers .  —  DALLAS — Brian Cashman arrived at the winter meetings on Monday ready to wheel and deal.

The BBWAA grants FanGraphs accreditation, denies SB Nation  —  The Baseball Writers Association of America just had their annual meeting.  At that meeting they consider new applications for membership and reconsider old ones.  They just did it with Fangraphs and SB Nation: accreditation granted to the former, denied to the latter.

Ron Santo elected to Hall of Fame  —  It took 32 years, but former Chicago Cubs third baseman Ron Santo was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Monday with at least 75 percent of the vote from the Golden Era committee.  —  Santo was the only player elected.  He received 15 of 16 votes.