Red Sox add McClure, Ochoa and Royster to coaching staff  —  The Red Sox announced their coaching staff today.  As was previously reported, Jerry Royster is the new third base coach and Bob McClure the pitching coach.  Alex Ochoa will be the first base coach.  —  Tim Bogar moves to bench coach.

Carlos Beltran, Cardinals agree  —  Free agent outfielder Carlos Beltran has reached an agreement on a two-year deal with the St. Louis Cardinals.  —  Beltran  —  The $26 million deal includes a full no-trade clause, a source told ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick.

Reds acquire Marshall for Wood, prospects  —  Cincinnati sends Sappelt, Torreyes to Chicago for lefty reliever  —  CINCINNATI — Seeking to shore up the back end of their bullpen, the Reds on Friday completed the trade that acquired lefty reliever Sean Marshall from the Cubs.

Beane On Stadium, Payroll, Draft, Trades, Free Agents  —  Athletics GM Billy Beane spoke to reporters after the Gio Gonzalez trade was made official earlier today.  Here's a recap of the news...  - “We're putting a team together as if we're going to have a new stadium,” said Beane according to MLB.com's Jane Lee (on Twitter).

Fox granted stay; Dodgers can't sell TV rights for now  —  The Dodgers must immediately halt their sale of the team's television rights, a U.S. District Court judge ruled Friday.  —  In granting to Fox Sports a stay of a U.S. Bankruptcy Court decision that permitted the Dodgers to shop …

Only fair to give Rockies some props in Hall voting  —  Strangely, the year before the Baseball Hall of Fame's year of the steroid abuser is the year of the Rockie.  Three of them appear on the ballot for the class of 2012, constituting 11 percent of the nominees.

Three sign Minor League contracts with Angels  —  Langerhans, Hurley, Diaz receive invites to Spring Training  —  The Angels signed three players on Friday — outfielder Ryan Langerhans, right-handed pitcher Eric Hurley and catcher Robinzon Diaz — to Minor League contracts with Spring Training invites.

Block joins Uecker in Brewers' radio booth  —  Bob Uecker's partner in the booth in 2012 will move to Milwaukee from Los Angeles, where he worked on the Dodgers' postgame radio show last year.  —  Joe Block, a 33-year-old from Roseville, Mich., has been announced by NewsRadio 620 WTMJ …

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Stanton, Morrison off limits  —  MIAMI — With Mike Stanton and Logan Morrison regarded as “off limits,” the Marlins are finding it difficult to trade for frontline starting pitching.  —  Miami pursued Gio Gonzalez for more than a month, but Oakland's asking price always included either Stanton or Morrison.