Commissioner Bud Selig expects baseball to expand its playoffs this season. Players and owners have already agreed to add an additional wild-card team in each league, but are still deciding whether it would take effect this year or in 2013. Selig said there are scheduling issues to be worked out — once they are, the new 10-team format would begin with a one-game playoff.

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The New York Mets, once of baseball’s free-spending, big-market teams, could wind up with the largest one-year payroll trimming in Major League Baseball history, according to an ESPN.com report. General manager Sandy Alderson told the web site that the team lost $70 million…

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Prince Fielder never thought it could happen, but it did. The Prince appeared at a Comerica Park news conference to announce his $214 million, nine-year contract, the fourth-largest deal in baseball history. “It’s awesome,” Fielder said.

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Slugger Prince Fielder and the Detroit Tigers have agreed in principle on a nine-year, $214 million contract.

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The Detroit Tigers have reeled in Prince Fielder with a nine-year, $214 million deal, according to multiple reports. Fielder, the biggest remaining free-agent prize, will earn an average of $23.78 million a year through 2020. The 27-year-old first baseman will join Miguel Cabrera in…

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The Texas Rangers tend to benefit from just about anything that Jon Daniels touches these days. However, the one move that has not turned out well is the Koji Uehara trade. Uehara arrived in Texas before the 2011 trade deadline and the Rangers had to give up Chris Davis and Tommy…

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Prince Fielder’s free-agent search brought him full circle to Detroit, a city ready to fall in love all over again.

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When the Houston Astros switch to the American League in 2013, they also might undergo a makeover that includes new uniforms (whatever) and a new name (gasp!). The franchise has a history of fiddling with both. New owner Jim Crane, … Continue reading →

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Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton says he’s feeling good during offseason workouts following sports hernia surgery and expects to be right on schedule for the start of spring training next month. Hamilton, who had surgery in November, was hurt throughout the postseason for the AL champion Rangers. He had a torn abdominal muscle and torn adductor muscles in his left leg.

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Now that Michael Pineda has been traded to the New York Yankees, the Seattle Mariners have a hole in their rotation. The team reportedly now has a body to fill the space in the form of Kevin Millwood. MLB.com reports … Continue reading →

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