Ryan Braun tests positive for PED  —  National League MVP Ryan Braun, who last season led the Milwaukee Brewers to their first division title in nearly three decades, has tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug and faces a 50-game suspension if the initial finding is upheld …

Rangers, Kinsler talking new deal  —  General manager Jon Daniels has said throughout the off-season that retaining the core players from two World Series runs is the top priority for the Texas Rangers, though for now the process is in the preliminary stages.

King's Latest: Yankees, Fielder, Rangers, McGehee  —  Here are some notes from George A. King III of The New York Post...  - “I am ready to rock and roll,” said Yankees GM Brian Cashman while acknowledging that he still isn't optimistic about making a major pitching addition.  “The Yankees are open for business.”

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.

Source: Dodgers interested in Mets' Murphy  —  LOS ANGLES — Daniel Murphy of the Mets is the player the Dodgers tried to trade for at the Winter Meetings, according to a baseball source, and they might make another run at him.  —  Murphy was the unnamed player general manager Ned Colletti referred …

Morales will be tendered contract by Angels  —  The Angels will indeed tender Kendrys Morales a contract prior to Monday's deadline, general manager Jerry Dipoto confirmed during Saturday's introductory press conference for Albert Pujols and C.J. Wilson.  —  After finishing fifth in voting …

Sharing the gift of Albert Pujols  —  Sorry, Cardinals fans, but it's time to expose his otherworldly skills to the AL  —  As Scott Rolen and I leaned on the batting cage at home plate, we watched the hitter in the batter's box very closely.  Rolen and I had our own language …

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.

Sources: Manny reinstated from retirement list  —  Manny Ramirez has officially been reinstated from the voluntary retirement list by Major League Baseball, sources told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney on Saturday morning.  —  Ramirez  —  Ramirez faces a 50-game suspension when he returns …

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.