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.

Rockies commit to Jim Tracy ‘indefinitely’ with new deal  —  Rockies manager Jim Tracy hits during a spring training baseball workout on Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (Darron Cummings, The Associated Press)  —  SCOTTSDALE — In an offseason defined by change …

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 …

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 .

2012 MLB Wins Over/Unders  —  New York 93.0 o-115 Detroit 94.0 o-115 Texas 94.0 o-115  —  Tampa Bay 87.5 o-122 Kansas City 78.5 u-119 Los Angeles 89.5 o-135  —  Boston 87.5 o-115 Chicago 77.5 o-115 Oakland 73.0 o-115

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.”

The City of Montreal will honour Gary Carter  —  Montreal will honour the memory of former Expos catcher Gary Carter.  —  Montreal will honour Gary Carter.  —  City council unanimously approved a motion on Monday to offer condolences to the family of the veteran Expos catcher, who died of brain cancer last week at 57.