Manny Ramirez says he'll join A's  —  Manny Ramirez told ESPN's Pedro Gomez on Monday that he has agreed to a deal with the Oakland Athletics.  —  Ramirez  —  Sources tell Gomez the deal is worth about $500,000.  Ramirez is obligated to serve a 50-game suspension without pay before beginning play …

Yanks agree to deal with Ibanez, sources say  —  The New York Yankees have agreed to a one-year deal with Raul Ibanez worth $1.1 million plus incentives, baseball sources told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney on Monday morning.  —  Ibanez can make up to $4 million total with the incentives, the sources said.

2012 Aggregate Bonus Pools  —  As part of the new Collective Bargaining Agreement, teams are now assigned an aggregate signing bonus pool for their picks in the first 10 rounds of the draft.  Each has a predetermined value, from $7.2 million for the No. 1 choice to $125,000 for pick No. 300 and any subsequent .

Buster Posey told not to block plate  —  After a violent collision at home plate ended Buster Posey's season in May last season, San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy has instructed his All-Star catcher to no longer block home plate when a player is trying to score.

Crawford not ruling out return by Opening Day  —  Left fielder puts rough first season with Red Sox behind him  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. — For Carl Crawford, the final indignity of a season gone horribly wrong was that line drive off the bat of Robert Andino at Camden Yards that glanced off …

Selig needed to ask if Burnett trade was in best interest of baseball  —  Back on June 15, 1976, as the first wave of MLB serfs-in-spikes was about to hit the open market under the original rules of free agency, a commissioner's decision cited as “in the best interests of baseball” was made by then-commissioner Bowie Kuhn.

Hamels wants long-term deal to stay with Phils  —  CLEARWATER, Fla. — Cole Hamels sounds like a guy who expects to finish his career in red pinstripes.  —  All that remains is for Hamels' agent, John Boggs, and the Philadelphia Phillies to agree on a long-term contract.

No plans for Nats to add right-handed bat  —  VIERA Fla. — With the retirement of Mike Cameron, don't look for the Nationals to acquire a right-handed-hitting outfielder.  They feel they have enough from within if they decide to have a platoon situation in either center or right field.

Yanks' Rivera on retirement: I know, won't say  —  TAMPA, Fla. — Adding to a mystery that will last the whole season, 42-year-old Mariano Rivera arrived at spring training on Monday and said he knows if he will retire at the end of the season.  However, he said he won't tell anyone.

Either Wade Davis or Jeff Niemann appears likely to wind up in bullpen thanks to Tampa Bay Rays' pitching surplus  —  Wade Davis has virtually no experience pitching out of the bullpen as a pro and says he doesn't intend to start now: “I definitely want to be a starter and stay a starter forever.”

Dice-K throws in bullpen, on ‘very good pace’  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. — Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka threw a bullpen session on Monday.  However, even though Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine said the right-hander looks and feels good, Matsuzaka is not expected to pitch in a Grapefruit League game this spring.

Braves' Hanson in car accident on way to camp  —  KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Atlanta Braves pitcher Tommy Hanson is being checked for a possible concussion after blowing a tire on his way to the first workout of spring training.  —  Manager Fredi Gonzalez says he got a call from Hanson shortly after 7 a.m. Monday.

K-Rod Mulls Legal Action Against Former Agents  —  Brewers reliever Francisco Rodriguez, claiming that his former agents at WMG deceived him, may file a grievance or lawsuit against them, his attorney told Bob Nightengale of USA Today.  —  In the final year of his deal with the Mets …

Angels Prepare for Pujols  —  TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — C.J. Wilson parked his car and laughed while signing autographs for faceless fans who handed bats, balls and cards to the pitcher from the other side of a brick wall.  —  An early rite of spring training complete, Wilson …