Break up the (AL) East  —  Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005.  He appears weekly on MLB on FOX.  —  As a baseball official says, ask five people for opinions on realignment, and you'll get six ideas.  —  I'm not going to pretend that change would be easily accomplished.

A-Rod reached out, offered Damon advice  —  Third baseman no stranger to dramatic of free agency  —  TAMPA, Fla. — Perhaps more than anyone, Alex Rodriguez wanted Johnny Damon back in the Bronx.  —  Rodriguez, speaking publicly Thursday for the first time this spring …

John Henry: 'We generally don't use insurance'  —  Lary Lucchino (right) makes a point while seated next to Red Sox owners Tom Werner (left) and John Henry at spring training this week.  (AP)  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. — Red Sox principal owner John Henry has his eyes wide open when it comes …

NY Yankees pitcher A.J. Burnett worked on changeup with longtime reliever Arthur Rhodes … TAMPA, Fla. — Encouraged by a full season of watching CC Sabathia dominated hitters with his changeup, Yankees pitcher A.J. Burnett spent his entire offseason trying to improve his own version of the pitch.

Kevin Youkilis has no love for glove ratings  —  + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email + Bio  —  FORT MYERS - Kevin Youkilis [stats] is as old-school as Ty Cobb sliding into third, so it comes as no surprise that he has little use for the statistical revolution transforming the game.

Moving experience for former Phillies' prospect Taylor, now with Oakland  —  PHOENIX - The Phillies wanted Michael Taylor to play winter ball in Obregon, Mexico.  He had never seen anything quite like it.  —  “Animals on the field.  Like chickens and stuff like that.  People having barbecues in the stands.

Rockies' success starts at home  —  Tracy Ringolsby is a Hall of Fame baseball writer.  He is in his 34th year covering Major League Baseball, is a co-founder of Baseball America, and appears on pre- and postgame shows for Colorado Rockies games on FSN Rocky Mountain.

Overworked Minnesota Twins first baseman Justin Morneau decides to rest more in spring training  —  Justin Morneau knows how much the Minnesota Twins depend on him, which is why he has long believed that he could not afford to take a day off of work once spring training started in late February.

Why Cards must keep Pujols, and why it looks like they will … JUPITER, Fla. — Baseball executives agree on a couple things regarding superstar Albert Pujols, the Cardinals and their future together.  —  1. Pujols and the Cardinals have a very good chance to stay together beyond 2011 …

Even Bay cold on Day 1  —  Just because you're Canadian, Jason Bay noted, it doesn't mean you don't get cold.  Bay was among those a tad uncomfortable as the Mets completed a team meeting Thursday morning and stepped out to 48-degree temperatures and a strong wind for the Mets' first full-squad workout.

Hinske brings his ‘living canvas’ tattoos to Braves  —  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Nobody has added more color to the Braves' clubhouse than utility man Eric Hinske.  How about a $5,000 tattoo that took two entire offseasons to complete?  —  The tattoo on Hinske's back, pictured left, was just completed this winter.

Call them the Jason Heyward Nets  —  Lake Buena Vista, Fla. - When manager Bobby Cox said that the Braves will probably install nets to protect cars from Jason Heyward's prodigious batting-practice home runs, reporters thought he was kidding.  —  He was not kidding.  —  “I'm serious,” Cox said Thursday at Champion Stadium.