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One unidentified major league player tested positive for a banned stimulant in the year ending with the World Series.

Several intriguing players joined the ranks of free agency Friday, including Billy Hamilton and Jonathan Schoop. What teams might be interested?

One unidentified major league player tested positive for a banned stimulant in the year ending with the World Series.

The Cubs have tendered a contract to shortstop Addison Russell, who is suspended for the first 40 games of next season for violating MLB's domestic violence policy.

Adrian Beltre went into this offseason pretty sure he had played his last game after 21 big league seasons.

The Mariners continued their rebuilding project, sending set-up man Alex Colome to the White Sox for catcher Omar Narvaez.

New Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen could come out looking like a genius in adding Robinson Cano and Edwin Diaz -- or it could backfire spectacularly.

Oakland's stadium vision is the latest example that development around new baseball stadiums has become more important than the stadiums themselves.

With trade talks reportedly heating up between New York and Seattle, it's worth asking how much the former All-Star has left -- beyond his big contract.

The Mets are close to a deal with the Seattle Mariners that would send Robinson Cano and Edwin Diaz to New York in exchange for prospects, according to reports.

The Padres have agreed to a two-year contract with former Angels ace Garrett Richards, who is expected to miss the 2019 season while recovering from Tommy John surgery.

Left-handed reliever Chris Rusin and the Colorado Rockies have agreed to one-year contract worth $1,687,500, a deal with a $400,000 raise that avoided salary arbitration.

The Padres have agreed to a two-year contract with former Angels ace Garrett Richards, according to a report.

Tommy La Stella, a fan favorite who set the Cubs' single-season record with 24 pinch hits last season, has been traded to the Angels, where he could earn everyday at-bats.

A group seeking to lure a team to Portland proposes a 45-acre waterfront site for a ballpark.

While this winter's crop searches for new homes, we look ahead to the big decisions that loom for some of the game's top stars -- Nolan Arenado, Chris Sale, Paul Goldschmidt and Gerrit Cole among them.

Rather than wait out a repeat of last season's slow movement on the hot stove, these players need to sign quickly.

While this winter's crop searches for new homes, we look ahead to the big decisions that loom for some of the game's top stars -- Nolan Arenado, Chris Sale, Paul Goldschmidt and Gerrit Cole among them.

Robert Van Scoyoc, the 32-year-old cutting-edge hitting instructor who helped turn J.D. Martinez into a superstar, was announced as the Los Angeles Dodgers' new hitting coach on Wednesday.

Kenley Jansen, who had a 5 1/2-hour heart procedure on Monday, said everything is "back to normal" and that he'll need to be on blood thinners for the next two months.