Phillies, P Harang agree to 1-year, $5M deal  —  The Philadelphia Phillies and pitcher Aaron Harang have agreed to a one-year, $5 million deal, the team announced Monday.  —  The 36-year-old right-hander had a bounce-back season after signing with the Atlanta Braves before last season, finishing 12-12 with a 3.57 ERA in 33 starts.

Club still looking to improve rotation through trade or free agency  —  Ken Rosenthal discusses contract expectations for James Shields, prospective deals for the Yankees and Hall of Fame voting  —  ARLINGTON — The Rangers met with free agent pitcher James Shields during the Winter Meetings last month …

Catcher fell short on first two ballots, but believes career speaks for itself  —  Mike Piazza, a 12-time All-Star and 1993 National League Rookie of the Year, hit 427 homers during his 16-year career, the most by a catcher  —  NEW YORK — Early next week, for the third consecutive year …

MLB Agent Fights For His Clients—And His Life … The lobby of the winter meetings draws a collection of baseball's finest talkers and rumormongers, with the long days testing each's stamina for conversation.  Even in that room—amidst all the half-truths and full speculations …

Braves' rebuild will hinge on success of young pitchers  —  FOX Sports  —  Star outfielders Jason Heyward and Justin Upton have been replaced in Atlanta by a handful of talented but unproven young pitchers.  —  It has become a common refrain among rival executives this offseason:

Son of former big league star a top international prospect, next in long line of swinging Guerreros  —  Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is looking for big league success like his father, Vlad, a former All-Star.  —  DON GREGORIO, Dominican Republic — The lonely dirt road that leads to the famous iron door …

Rangers Sign Juan Carlos Oviedo, Designate Matt West  —  The Rangers have inked righty Juan Carlos Oviedo to a minor league deal with a spring training invite, club executive VP of communications John Blake announced on Twitter.  Texas also designated righty Matt West for assignment …

2015 Chicago Cubs Top 10 Prospects  —  Want More?  Complete 2015 Top 10 Prospects Rankings  —  Get it all: Subscribe to Baseball America  —  Go 30 deep: Order the 2015 Prospect Handbook!  —  Did the Cubs play a 2014 season?  Did that happen?  —  With all that has happened during the offseason …

Mets Re-Sign Buddy Carlyle To Minor League Deal  —  The Mets announced that they have re-signed right-hander Buddy Carlyle to a minor league contract with an invite to big league Spring Training.  Carlyle is a client of Octagon.  —  Caryle, 37, made a surprising return to he Majors at age 36 …

Rockies Designate Chris Martin For Assignment  —  The Rockies have designated righty Chris Martin for assignment, the club announced.  His departure from the 40-man will open roster space for Nick Hundley, whose signing was announced today.  —  Martin, a towering 28-year-old …