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The Detroit Tigers on Monday acquired outfielder Austin Meadows in a trade with the Tampa Bay Rays, the team announced

Gold Glove-winning outfielder Harrison Bader and the Cardinals agreed to a $10.4 million, two-year contract and avoided salary arbitration.

All major league players, managers, coaches and umpires will wear Jackie Robinson's No. 42 in Dodger Blue for the first time on April 15, the 75th anniversary of his breaking the major league color barrier.

As a season filled with questions following a lockout approaches, Justin Verlander and the Astros know they can rely on manager Dusty Baker, who has been in baseball for all of the game's work stoppages and knows that "this is a very volatile situation."

Outfielder/first baseman Danny Santana, pitcher Richard Rodríguez and infielder José Rondón were suspended for 80 games each on Monday in the first discipline since the major league drug testing program resumed March 11.

Albert Pujols will be the Cardinals' designated hitter on Thursday, which will be his 22nd consecutive Opening Day start.

Tommy Davis, a two-time National League batting champion who won three World Series titles with the Los Angeles Dodgers, has died. He was 83.

The Mariners announced Monday that Julio Rodriguez, the organization's top prospect, has made the Opening Day roster.

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The Marlins solidified their bullpen by acquiring left-hander Tanner Scott and right-hander Cole Sulser from the Orioles on Sunday night for two minor leaguers, a player to be named later and a draft pick.

Lance Lynn will undergo a procedure to repair a "slight" tear in his right knee and won't return to the mound for four weeks.

To the Nationals, too many games ended last season with Juan Soto watching from the on-deck circle instead of swinging in the batter's box. Manager Davey Martinez hopes to limit that in 2022 by moving Soto to second in the order.

The Chicago White Sox on Sunday shipped Zack Collins to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Reese McGuire in a trade of reserve catchers as Opening Day nears for both clubs later this week.

Astros ace Justin Verlander pitched five solid innings in his final spring training tuneup Sunday and said he's "happy to get through it healthy, but I still have some stuff to work on."

Shogo Akiyama has to decide whether he'll go down to Triple-A or become a free agent after the Reds told him Sunday he won't make the team's Opening Day roster.

New York's baseball teams have swapped relievers, with the Mets sending right-hander Miguel Castro to the Yankees for left-hander Joely Rodriguez.

Yankees star slugger Aaron Judge says Carlos Beltran, the team's new broadcast analyst, does not have to address his role in the Astros' sign-stealing scandal.

The Mariners and outfielder Mitch Haniger avoided arbitration with a one-year, $7.75 million contract, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan.

Appropriate for the first of April, we look at some predictions for the upcoming season that might seem foolish at first, but perhaps aren't all that ridiculous once you think about them.