Source: Jorge Posada to retire  —  The “Core Four” is down to two.  —  Posada  —  New York Yankees catcher Jorge Posada is planning to retire, a source told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney.  —  The source told Olney that Posada, 40, is trying to determine the right time to make an announcement …

Good starting point for Sox is 200 innings  —  The Red Sox were one of seven teams that didn't have a pitcher log 200 innings last year.  They were joined by the Royals, Nationals, Reds, Pirates, Rockies, and Padres.  None of them made the playoffs, and only the Red Sox finished over .500.

Inbox: How high is Pablo's ceiling?  —  What are the chances of Pablo Sandoval or Nate Schierholtz having a breakout year like Kevin Mitchell did?  Mitchell clubbed 47 home runs with 125 RBIs in 1989 after hitting 19 homers the previous season.  —  It's easy to envision Sandoval becoming one of the National League's elite hitters.

Disney family to bid for Dodgers, sources say  —  Stanley Gold, who runs the investment firm for the family of the late Roy Disney, is in talks with investors about buying the Dodgers, sources say.  —  Stanley Gold, right, with the late Roy Disney in 2004.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

Cubs acquire Rizzo in trade with Padres  —  Club expects first baseman to start season in Triple-A  —  CHICAGO — Jed Hoyer admitted he may have made a mistake calling Anthony Rizzo up to the big leagues last season with the Padres, but that didn't deter the new Cubs general manager …

Reports: Angels, Kendrick agree to extension  —  The Los Angeles Angels made a major splash in free agency at the winter meetings, but Saturday they locked up one of their own.  —  The team and second baseman Howie Kendrick have reached agreement on a four-year contract extension worth $33.5 million, according to multiple reports.

Andy Carey, 80, Played Third Base for Yankees, Is Dead  —  Andy Carey, an underappreciated cog in the powerful Yankees machine of the 1950s that won four consecutive American League pennants and two World Series, died on Dec. 15 at his home in Costa Mesa, Calif. He was 80.

In a Hemingway Idyll, Intimations of Tolkien  —  R. A. Dickey, the Mets pitcher, is climbing Mount Kilimanjaro this month to raise awareness for the Bombay Teen Challenge, an organization that rescues and cares for women and girls in Mumbai who are at risk of being abused and exploited.

Ben Petrick's battle  —  Retired MLB catcher Ben Petrick provides a glimpse into his life as he battles Parkinson's disease. … Petrick comes running back from his SUV with the keys for the Glencoe locker room.  In that brief sprint — and it is a full sprint — he shows no signs of Parkinson's effects.

Working out well!  Alex Rodriguez and WWE girlfriend Torrie Wilson show off his and hers muscles as they get active on bike ride  —  Baseball star Alex Rodriguez may well be stacked.  —  But he has some hot competition in the form of his new girlfriend Torrie Wilson.