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From predicting who will sign where -- and when -- to the latest buzz from Nashville, here's everything you need.

New Detroit Tigers pitcher Kenta Maeda spoke with local media on Thursday. "I want to bring a championship ring to Detroit," he said.

Shohei Ohtani was voted Major League Baseball's best designated hitter on Thursday, joining David Ortiz as the only players to win the award three years in a row.

The World Series champion Texas Rangers will bring back their entire on-field coaching staff for manager Bruce Bochy next season.

RHP Nick Martinez and the Reds are in agreement on a two-year, $26 million contract that includes an opt-out after the first year, sources told ESPN.

Speedy utilityman Garrett Hampson and the Kansas City Royals agreed Wednesday to a $2 million, one-year contract on Wednesday.

Luis Severino, who has spent his eight-year career with the Yankees, has reached a $13 million deal with the Mets, where he'll join a rotation in significant need of help.

Baltimore's Félix Bautista was a unanimous winner of the Mariano Rivera American League Reliever of the Year Award and Milwaukee's Devin Williams won the Trevor Hoffman National League honor.

Andre Dawson says he sent a letter to Baseball Hall of Fame chair Jane Forbes Clark asking to change the cap on his plaque from the Expos to the Cubs.

Former longtime major leaguer Nelson Cruz will work for the Dodgers as an advisor, sources tell ESPN.

Reliever Liam Hendriks and outfielder Cody Bellinger were selected Major League Baseball's Comeback Players of the Year on Tuesday. Both players are free agents.

"This past summer I didn't do anything. I got a little bit bored, to be honest with you," Brad Ausmus said Tuesday, a week after he was hired as Aaron Boone's bench coach with the Yankees.

Tigers general manager Scott Harris said he hopes the addition of veteran right-hander Kenta Maeda in free agency helps influence Detroit's young starters.

On the heels of the A's announcing a move to Las Vegas, a group of Oakland-area fans started the Oakland Ballers, who will play in the independent Pioneer League.

Jeff Bagwell, Tom Glavine, Chipper Jones, Ted Simmons and Jim Thome are among 16 members of the contemporary era committee that will consider an eight-man Hall of Fame ballot that includes managers Jim Leyland, Lou Piniella, Cito Gaston and Davey Johnson.

Cleveland Guardians manager Stephen Vogt has rounded out his staff, retaining Sandy Alomar Jr. and Carl Willis -- two long-tenured coaches under former manager Terry Francona.

Outfielder Jason Heyward, who hit .269 with 15 home runs last season, is returning to the Dodgers on a one-year, $9 million deal, sources told ESPN.

Shōta Imanaga, who got the win for Japan in this year's World Baseball Classic final against the United States, will become a free agent Tuesday and major league teams can sign him through 5 p.m. on Jan. 11.

The St. Louis Cardinals have agreed to a deal with free agent pitcher Sonny Gray, according to ESPN and multiple reports.

The New York Mets on Monday announced former Bloomberg CEO Scott Havens as its new president of business operations.