Red Sox gunning for top outfield target  —  + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email  —  By all accounts, the Red Sox [team stats] are working hard behind the scenes to sign one of the two elite free agent outfielders, Carl Crawford or Jayson Werth.

Rangers set to push Yankees with 5-year bid for Lee  —  Tweet  —  Armed with the belief the Yankees are willing to pay Cliff Lee $23 million a year, the Rangers are on the verge of making an official offer to retain the left-handed free-agent hurler.  —  According to a person with knowledge …

Yankees' Aceves breaks bone in bike accident  —  NEW YORK (AP) — New York Yankees relief pitcher Alfredo Aceves is expected to miss the start of spring training after breaking his left collar bone in a bicycle accident in Mexico.  —  The Yankees say Aceves had surgery Tuesday in New York.

ESPN Names ‘Sunday Night’ Team  —  ESPN finally named Dan Shulman, Bobby Valentine and Orel Hershiser as its new “Sunday Night Baseball” announcing team Wednesday, three weeks after declining to renew the contracts of Jon Miller and Joe Morgan.  Hershiser joined Miller and Morgan last season.

D'Backs To Sign Wily Mo Pena  —  The Diamondbacks will sign Wily Mo Pena to a minor league deal with an invitation to major league Spring Training, MLBTR has learned.  The outfielder drew interest from multiple major league teams, including the Tigers, White Sox and Orioles.

Brewers face non-tender date decisions  —  MILWAUKEE — The list of Brewers free agents could grow by at least a name or two before 10:59 p.m. CT on Thursday.  Just who ends up looking for alternate employment remains to be seen.  —  The Brewers will decide the fate of eight of their players …

Memo to Selig: Leave the playoffs alone  —  Almost all of the power brokers at Major League Baseball, an entity that could use a visit to the ophthalmologist for its short-sightedness, burst with pleasure at the idea of expanding the game's postseason.  Publicly, they tout the excitement …

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Arbitration offers turned down by 25 out of 27 free agents  —  For all the speculation about which Type A and Type B free agents would and wouldn't accept arbitration offers just two of the 27 eligible players said yes: Frank Francisco of the Rangers and Jason Frasor of the Blue Jays.

Rockies trying to sign former all-star Lance Berkman  —  In the Rockies' search for a big bat to enhance their lineup, the team is aggressively pursuing veteran slugger Lance Berkman.  —  Berkman, a switch-hitter and former all-star, is coming off a disappointing season with the Astros and Yankees.

Updated Dunn information - no meeting took place  —  UPDATE: The A's and Adam Dunn did not meet yesterday, I am now told - my original source, usually reliable, led me to believe that such a meeting took place in Houston, but, it seems, there were only discussions about meeting there and they did not happen.

Longtime reliever Shouse calls it quits  —  Brian Shouse, a former reliever for the Texas Rangers and Milwaukee Brewers, told FOXSports.com on Wednesday that he has decided to retire after 21 professional seasons.  —  “It has been a long and fun career,” the 42-year-old left-hander said.

Scouting reports for the Top 10 Prospects (How to subscribe)  —  Shortly after Jon Daniels became the youngest general manager in baseball history following the 2005 season, the Rangers fully committed to building a winner through their farm system.  They restocked the organization through trades …

Derek Jeter's agent meets with Yankees GM Brian Cashman, Hal Steinbrenner Tuesday in Tampa: source  —  Derek Jeter's agent, Yankees GM Brian Cashman (below) and owner Hal Steinbrenner convene Tuesday, according to a source.  Another source says there is ‘nothing imminent’ regarding a deal.

Rangers have some interest in Mark Prior  —  The Rangers signed Mark Prior to a minor-league deal just before the end of the 2010 season and he pitched just one inning at Triple-A Oklahoma City (he gave up no runs on two hits with a walk and two strikeouts).