Source: Matt Moore, Rays agree  —  The Tampa Bay Rays have reached agreement with rookie pitcher Matt Moore on a guaranteed five-year, $14 million contract, according to a baseball source.  —  The deal includes multiple club options and could extend to eight years for a guaranteed $37.5 million …

DALLAS  • On his morning flight home from the winter meetings on Thursday, Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak surveyed the new landscape of his team and saw an opportunity where most will only see a vacancy.  —  Life without Albert Pujols is not up in the air.

D'Backs Close To Acquiring Cahill, Breslow  —  5:41pm: Neither Miley nor Borchering is involved in the trade, tweets Piecoro.  —  5:22pm: Arizona may also send left-hander Wade Miley to Oakland along with Parker and Cowgill, tweets Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle.

Albert Pujols, C.J. Wilson deals enabled by TV revenue  —  The Angels' new deal with Fox Sports, said to be worth at least $3 billion and expected to cover 20 years, serves the team and the network.  Deal has yet to be officially announced.  —  The Angels signed free-agent first baseman Albert Pujols …

Nationals send Balester to Tigers for Perry  —  The Tigers and Nationals swapped a pair of right-handed relievers on Friday, when Washington sent 25-year-old Collin Balester to Detroit for 24-year-old Ryan Perry.  —  Balester is out of options after splitting last season between the Majors and Triple-A Syracuse.

Brewers turn to Gonzalez for better defense at shortstop  —  Offensive numbers are similar to Betancourt  —  By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel  —  Dallas - Before leaving baseball's winter meetings at the Hilton Anatole Hotel on Thursday afternoon, Milwaukee Brewers general manager Doug Melvin …

Phillies Sign Bush, Lerud, Purcey To Minors Deals  —  The Phillies have signed Dave Bush, Steven Lerud and David Purcey to minor league contracts, the team announced.  All three players will be invited to Major League spring training camp as non-roster players.

Marlins Designate Clay Hensley For Assignment  —  The Marlins have designated right-hander Clay Hensley for assignment, reports Danny Knobler of CBSSports.com (via Twitter).  Hensley was considered to be a non-tender candidate by MLBTR's Tim Dierkes, given how the righty was going through arbitration …

Tigers reach deal with Octavio Dotel  —  The Detroit Tigers have agreed to a one-year deal with reliever Octavio Dotel, with a team option for 2013.  —  Dotel, who has pitched for 12 big league teams already, had a 3.50 ERA in 54 innings and went 5-4 last season for Toronto and St. Louis.

It's The End Of C.J. Wilson As We Know It, And ... I Don't Feel Fine  —  “I feel like I just want the [Rangers] fans to know that if things were a lot closer, it would have been a more difficult decision to go to Anaheim and I possibly might not have gone.  But there was really no comparison between …