Sources: Mets make push for Barajas  —  Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005.  He appears weekly on MLB on FOX.  —  The Mets are making “a hard push” for free-agent catcher Rod Barajas and negotiating with him on a one-year deal, according to major-league sources.

Wang agrees to deal with Nationals  —  Right-hander will be coming back from shoulder surgery  —  The Nationals have agreed to terms with right-hander Chien-Ming Wang, a baseball source has confirmed to MLB.com.  The terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

The Mother of All Interviews: NoMaas v. Brian Cashman  —  Turn your speakers up. … SJK: Since you were given full authority over baseball decisions after the 2005 season, how do you believe the organization has changed — whether it be fiscally, philosophically, or in methodology?

Sources: White Sox still in Damon hunt  —  Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005.  He appears weekly on MLB on FOX.  —  Johnny Damon to the White Sox?  The idea certainly is not dead.  The question is how alive it might be.

Gagne looking for a return to Dodger Blue  —  Scouts have watched club's all-time greatest closer throw  —  LOS ANGELES — Eric Gagne wants to be a Dodger again.  —  General manager Ned Colletti said that his scouts have seen Gagne throw but that the club has not made an offer or decided whether it would.

Catcher Joe Mauer will test staying power with Twins  —  MINNEAPOLIS — The sun is a rumor at 5:30 in the morning.  The temperature is a bone-chilling 5 degrees, with a wind chill south of zero.  Lungs sting just trying to catch a breath.  —  And a line of humanity, bundled from head to toe …

Bringing Negro Leagues into the digital age  —  Baseball fans who love statistics - now there's a redundancy - are about to get a jolt of satisfaction courtesy of two historians.  —  Chicago limousine dispatcher Scott Simkus, 39, and North Carolina book editor Gary Ashwill,42 …

Yanks invite five more players to camp  —  Two infielders, three pitchers will join Spring Training list  —  TAMPA, Fla. — The Yankees extended five additional invitations to Major League Spring Training on Tuesday, bringing the total number of players scheduled to be in camp to 65.

The new Yankee Stadium is built, but where are the promised ballfields for kids?  —  One of the big questions Yankees manager Joe Girardi must decide before the end of spring training in Tampa Bay is whether Curtis Granderson or Brett Gardner will be the team's new centerfielder on Opening Day.

Is Clayton Kershaw already declining?  —  History shows that young, elite pitchers start going downhill earlier than you may think  —  Editor's note: Hot Stove U. is a six-week course devoted to higher learning, a series consisting of 30 need-to-know topics for 2010.  —  The setup

What we learned in Fort Myers Monday  —  Much like in spring trainings past, Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein and pitcher Josh Beckett were the center of attention Monday.  (AP)  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. — The first player on the field at the Red Sox' minor league training facility Monday was Jon Lester.