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Baseball is back! From big names with something to prove to young stars to get to know, here's what you'll want to keep an eye on this spring.

With a team that wasn't even supposed to be in the tournament, Panama beat Cuba 3-1 on Sunday to win its second ever Caribbean Series and first since 1950.

The A's still don't know if or when top draft pick Kyler Murray will report to camp.

Melky Cabrera has agreed to a minor league deal with the Pirates.

The Padres and Dodgers have bumper crops on the farm and the D-backs and Rockies have help on the way, while the Giants have their work cut out for them.

You don't have to be a betting man to wonder whether teams like the Rays might make some noise in the standings again.

While the Miami Marlins remain a work in progress during their latest rebuild, Michael Hill, the team's president of baseball operations, said Saturday he just wants fans to give the team a chance to show things are headed in the right direction.

Infielder Brett Lawrie, who spent six seasons in the majors before being released by the White Sox in March 2017, has been signed by the Brewers, he said on Instagram.

The Reds boast top-tier talent and the Pirates have several prospects on the way, while the Cubs, Cardinals and Brewers are all reloading their systems.

Veteran right-hander Homer Bailey, who has gone 67-77 with a 4.56 ERA and has two no-hitters in his 12 seasons with the Reds, has joined the Royals on a minor league deal.

Free-agent slugger Bryce Harper's meeting with the Giants this week was the product of "mutual interest on both sides," new San Francisco president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi said Friday.

Danny Espinosa, a switch-hitting infielder who played for the Blue Jays, Dodgers and Phillies in 2018, has signed a minor league deal with the Mets.

After winning his arbitration hearing last year, Trevor Bauer will again take on the Indians. The first-time All-Star has asked for $13 million, while the Indians argued for $11 million.

Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said management is focused on pace-of-game changes for 2019, and bolder ideas suggested by players such as expanding the designated hitter to the National League are too complicated to be put in place for this season.

Indians All-Star shortstop Francisco Lindor will likely miss the start of the season with a strained right calf.

Arbitrators ruled Ryan Tepera will make $1.525 million from the Blue Jays instead of the $1.8 million he wanted, and Kyle Barraclough will make $1.725 million instead of his $2 million request to the Nats.

New Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen isn't lacking in confidence. But his team and its talented competitors are far from flawless.

Of the 25 greatest players in franchise history, Miami has now traded ... wait for it ... 23!

The Braves' system is still loaded, the Nats are deeper than you might think, the Mets and Phillies have dealt a lot of talent and the Marlins ... are the Marlins.

As the newly combine-bound Kyler Murray decides which sport will win his talents, at least one thing is clear: He owns his future in a way no other rookie has.