Johan Santana making a comeback — and the Yankees are interested  —  Johan Santana's comeback began Tuesday night, pitching two scoreless innings in the Venezuelan Winter League, and the Yankees were among the teams in attendance.  —  It was the left-hander's first game on a mound since …

Braves are still talking to clubs about Gattis  —  With the start of Spring Training a little less than a month away, the Braves are still talking to a few clubs that had shown interest in Evan Gattis during the early portion of this offseason.  —  As USA Today's Bob Nightengale first reported …

Relief candidate also gives club starting depth  —  2014 MLB.com Top Prospects: Mike Kickham has the stuff to get the job done in either a starter or relief role  —  SEATTLE — The Mariners have acquired left-hander Mike Kickham from the Cubs for Minor League pitcher Lars Huijer, the club announced Wednesday.

Toronto Blue Jays want grass in the Rogers Centre: An inside look at the difficult growth process it requires  —  Imagine: Sitting before you is a scale model of the Rogers Centre, roughly the size of a round roasting pan.  Your challenge: to put a real baseball field in the stadium …

Nationals To Acquire Yunel Escobar  —  The Nationals have reached an agreement to acquire shortstop Yunel Escobar from the A's, reports Jon Heyman of CBS Sports (Twitter link).  He speculates that a swap of Escobar and Tyler Clippard was a possibility.  —  Escobar, of course …

ESPN Sunday Night Baseball hits Cubs, Yankees early  —  Phil Orlins was reminiscing Tuesday about producing the 1990 debut of ESPN Sunday Night Baseball, featuring the now- defunct Montreal Expos, and now 26 years later, it's now the Chicago Cubs' hopeful return to prominence highlighting their broadcast season.

Indianapolis Colts linebacker charged with rape told police, ‘I know why you are here’  —  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Jan. 14, 2015)- An Indianapolis Colts linebacker has been charged with rape.  —  Josh McNary, 26, was formally charged Wednesday in a rape investigation.

Mets righty has been subject of trade rumors all offseason  —  9/12/14: Dillon Gee earns the win against the Nationals, throwing 5 1/3 innings of three-run ball while striking out four  —  NEW YORK — Amid baseball's annual flow of trade rumors, it's sometimes easy to forget …

Pacquiao agrees to fight Mayweather  —  The fight the world has wanted to see for the better part of six years — a long-awaited summit meeting between welterweight champions Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao, the two top boxers in the world — is not done, but it has cleared a major hurdle.

Latest On Blue Jays Interest In Dan Duquette  —  We checked in this morning on the possibility of the Blue Jays acquiring the rights to Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette in order to install him as the club's new president.  The reports cited indicated that there were at least …

Wright vows to make up for last season during intense training program  —  David Wright at The Barwis Methods Center at the Mets' spring training facility.  —  PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — The road back from the left shoulder injury has been long and tedious with even some outbursts of anger …

Steinbrenner: Why Yankees don't need Scherzer to be improved  —  PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. — Hal Steinbrenner didn't speak like an owner expecting to add another big piece to his club in 2015.  But he very much sounded like a man expecting to add wins to a franchise facing its worst two-year stretch in a generation.