Could Jeter seek six years?  —  Speculation around the game is that Derek Jeter will get a nice contract extension from the Yankees at season's end for three or four years for between $20 million and $25 million per.  However, two executives from competing teams now say they believe Jeter could ask for a six-year deal.

College Game 1: Huskies vs. Red Sox  —  You're looking live at City of Palms Park, the spring training home of the Red Sox.  They Sox will start their schedule today with a split-squad doubleheader against Northeastern and Boston College.  Both games will be seven innings.

Why won't the Padres re-sign Gonzalez?  —  Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005.  He appears weekly on MLB on FOX.  —  If the Twins can sign catcher Joe Mauer to a monstrous contract extension, then why can't the Padres do the same with first baseman Adrian Gonzalez?

Jacobs out to win Mets' first-base job  —  PORT ST. LUCIE — Mike Jacobs isn't just in Mets camp trying to make a team.  He's out to prove he still can be an everyday first baseman.  —  The 29-year-old signed a minor league contract with the Mets in February, seeking to bounce …

Future Shock: Top 101 Prospects by Kevin Goldstein  —  Baseball Prospectus' prospect guru rates the game's best youngsters.

Cubs reach deal with Cuban prospect  —  Righty Serrano to join after physical, additional paperwork  —  MESA, Ariz. — The Cubs have reached an agreement with Cuban right-handed pitching prospect Juan Yasser Serrano.  However, the deal is not expected to be finalized for another month.

Nolan Ryan predicts 92 wins for 2010 Texas Rangers … Texas Rangers president Nolan Ryan has high expectations for the 2010 season: 92 wins.  —  “I just feel like that's a number that this ballclub should be able to reach,” Ryan said Wednesday.  “It's hard to sit here before we play …

Dodgers Agree To Terms With Garret Anderson  —  10:00pm: SI.com's Jon Heyman tweets that Anderson has an out clause in his contract if he's not called up to the majors by a certain date.  Dylan Hernandez tweets that Anderson will earn $550K if he makes the major league roster.

Getting into a sensitive area  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. - Cup or no cup?  That is the question.  —  It's a delicate issue regarding a delicate area.  The punch lines are infinite, but it's not funny when a guy gets hit in his testicles and he's not covered by the triangular hard-shell plastic designed to protect a man's private parts.

Checking the Numbers  —  Power Sapped  —  An anomaly is defined as a strange discrepancy or deviation from an established trend or baseline.  In baseball terms, they occur when teams or players defy expectations—in either direction—to the extent that it proves difficult to offer confident explanations.

Mets' waiting game continues with Kunz  —  Highly drafted relief prospect has yet to put it together  —  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The words manager Jerry Manuel spoke Wednesday could have come straight from the Mets' initial evaluation of Eddie Kunz, the one written in 2006 when he still …

Q&A with Mike Rizzo  —  General manager pleased with progress, but won't stop … MLB.com: The Nationals' exhibition season starts Thursday.  How is the team shaping up?  —  Mike Rizzo: The early returns from Spring Training are positive.  Guys are getting their work in.

Trade deadline: Caps, Coyotes among teams making moves  —  The trade deadline is at 3 p.m. ET.  It's always a busy time.  Last year, 47 players moved and 45 were dealt the year before.  Check back often as USA TODAY hockey reporter Kevin Allen details which players are moving and what's going on behind the scenes.

Spring Training Game 1: Yankees vs. Pirates  —  YANKEES  —  RHP Chad Gaudin (2-0, 3.43 with NY in 2009)  —  PIRATES  —  WEATHER: Cloudy and windy.  Not especially cold, but also not especially warm.  Temperatures in the 50s.  —  UMPIRES: HP Chad Fairchild, 1B Eric Cooper, 2B Marty Foster, 3B Dan Iassogna

Finance plan spurs 4 teams to skip Cactus League event  —  Four teams boycotted the annual Cactus League kickoff breakfast - hosted by Mesa this year - to protest a proposed leaguewide ticket surcharge to build a new Chicago Cubs spring-training complex and to finance other improvements.

Justin Upton signs six-year, $51 million deal with D'backs  —  TUCSON (AP) — Justin Upton (FSY) has lived with high expectations virtually since the day he picked up a baseball bat.  —  Now at 22, with two full major league seasons already behind him, he says he welcomes the challenge …

Nick Swisher's stint on mound in laugher against Rays a critical point for 2009 New York Yankees  —  TAMPA - Nick Swisher's first pitching performance of his career turned out to be one of the most important moments of his 2009 season, although it had nothing to do with his spotless ERA.