NEW YORK (AP) -- Marcus Thames agreed Monday to a minor league contract with the New York Yankees, who also finalized a $1.1 million, one-year deal with Randy Winn to give themselves more left field options....
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The Minnesota Twins have been spending their way out of that small-budget image, mirroring the imminent increase in revenue from their new ballpark with a big spike in player salary commitments....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Former major league manager Bob Melvin has been hired as a professional scout by the New York Mets, who also brought back Mookie Wilson as their minor league outfield and base running coordinator....
CLEVELAND (AP) -- A company has withdrawn its application to trademark the term "sabermetrics" following opposition from the Society for American Baseball Research....
MARGARITA ISLAND, Venezuela (AP) -- Los Leones del Escogido from the Dominican Republic won the Caribbean Series, beating Venezuela's Leones del Caracas 7-4 Sunday night in the final game of the six-day series....
SEATTLE (AP) -- Despite shoulder surgeries and disappointment in Seattle during each of the last two seasons, free-agent left-hander Erik Bedard is coming back to the Mariners....