Cincinnati Reds acquire infielder Aaron Miles from Oakland Athletics for Adam Rosales, Willy Taveras  —  The Cincinnati Reds acquired infielder Aaron Miles in a trade with the Oakland Athletics, swapping young infielder Adam Rosales and outfielder Willy Taveras.

Source: Mauer, Twins Agree To 10-Year Contract  —  Other Media Contradicting WCCO Report  —  MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) ― A source tells WCCO-TV's Mark Rosen that American League MVP Joe Mauer has come to a preliminary agreement with the Minnesota Twins for a 10-year contract extension.

Mariners agree with Garko for $550K, 1 year  —  SEATTLE — Ryan Garko and the Mariners have agreed to a $550,000, one-year contract, as Seattle tries to address its need for a right-handed hitter.  —  Terms of the contract obtained Monday by The Associated Press show the 29-year-old …

A radical idea on realignment in baseball  —  Each season divisions would change, increasing fairness and hope for more teams  —  In this article, I explained why baseball's competitive balance is better than you realize, actually on par with the NFL's.  —  This does not mean baseball is …

Agent: Damon wants to play for Tigers  —  Johnny Damon, the free-agent outfielder who helped the Yankees to a world championship in 2009, would be happy to talk with the Tigers.  —  “Johnny believes the addition of him to Detroit's lineup would make the Tigers a winner,” Scott Boras …

Former Arizona Diamondbacks closer Byung-Hyun Kim to attempt comeback with San Francisco Giants  —  Former Arizona Diamondbacks closer Byung-Hyun Kim has come out of retirement and agreed to terms on a minor league deal with the San Francisco Giants, said his agent, Paul Cobbe.

First baseman Kevin Millar, Chicago Cubs agree with 1-year minor league deal  —  Veteran first baseman Kevin Millar has reached agreement on a one-year, minor league deal with the Chicago Cubs and will try to win a job on the team's bench as an invitee to major league camp, he confirmed in an e-mail to ESPN.com on Monday.

Jon Miller named Frick Award winner  —  Nationally renowned announcer Jon Miller has been selected as the 2010 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually for major contributions to baseball broadcasting.  —  The San Francisco native has been the primary voice of the Giants since 1997 …

Ranking MLB team nicknames  —  Wanna read something stupid and pointless?  Lucky you, because I'm in that kind of mood.  —  I like lists.  Anyone who reads my columns on a semi-regular basis may even have noticed it already.  I recently had a random (if unoriginal) idea: a column ranking the nicknames for all 30 MLB teams.

Analyzing the MLB draft using WAR  —  There has been plenty of work published regarding the value of draft picks, most recently the work done by Victor Wang.  Wang's previous studies (part 1 and part 2 ) on the draft were a major help for me in conducting this study.

Mets passed over truly Amazin' baseball exec  —  Early in the fall of 1997, at the outset of his first offseason as Mets' general manager, Steve Phillips restructured his front office.  He lured Omar Minaya from Texas to be his assistant GM and hired a friend, Jim Duquette, as the director of pro personnel.