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, A's Swap Tyler Clippard, Yunel Escobar  —  Yunel Escobar's tenure with the Athletics lasted all of five days, as he has now been traded to the Nationals in exchange for right-hander Tyler Clippard, the Nats announced on Wednesday.  —  Escobar, of course, had only just been acquired …

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.

Switch-hitting infielder, 19, to showcase highly touted skills Nov. 12  —  Yoan Moncada, a switch-hitting infielder, has established residency in Guatemala and has a showcase tentatively scheduled for Nov. 12.  —  Scouts believe Yoan Moncada could be the best teenage prospect to come from Cuba in years.

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.

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.

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 …

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.