Dodgers reach minor league deal with Anderson  —  The Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to terms on a minor league contract with outfielder Garret Anderson, who starred for years with the crosstown Angels.  —  If Anderson makes the Dodgers' 40-man roster, he will receive a one-year, $550,000 deal which includes performance bonuses.

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.

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?

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.

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

Stiff shoulder temporary stop sign for Street  —  TUCSON — Huston Street's line of work is about finishing.  As it stands, his start will be delayed this spring.  After an aggressive batting practice session last Friday, Street hasn't thrown off a mound because of shoulder stiffness.

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.

Pitcher having visa issues  —  GLENDALE, Ariz. — The general chronology of spring training is that it starts with a set of assumptions, that many of those assumptions will be shattered over the ensuing six weeks and that those original assumptions will have long been forgotten by the time the regular season begins.

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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