The best rosters in MLB heading into 2013  —  Sometimes the best rosters don't ensure the best results.  Sometimes the less impressive ones win it all.  The San Francisco Giants roster doesn't knock your socks off, but it works better than any other roster in baseball.

NY Mets pitcher Dillon Gee has weight off shoulder as surgery fixes blood clot  —  Gee expects to have a normal spring training and that's important to the Mets' staff, since he moves up a notch in the rotation after the trade of Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey

Pat Shurmur, Tom Heckert expected to be gone by Monday after Cleveland Browns take on Pittsburgh Steelers  —  PITTSBURGH, Pa. - It's become a Browns tradition over the past several years: Close out the season against the Steelers and then watch heads roll within 24 hours after the game.

Spring training competitions  —  Another day passed without the Orioles signing or trading for a player.  The 40-man roster still has an opening.  —  Perhaps it will be filled during my drive home from Ocean Pines.  News tends to break while I'm behind the wheel.  —  I may have to brake a few times in the snow.

Ratings for Citi Field Bonds Lowered  —  With one glaring exception, the Mets appear to be in cost-cutting mode this winter.  Yes, David Wright agreed to an eight-year, $138 million contract this month.  —  But the Mets traded their ace, R.A. Dickey, over what amounted to a few million dollars …

Hideki Matsui a Hall of Famer?  —  Update: Please click here for comments from Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson regarding consideration of Japanese League statistics in evaluating a player's Hall of Fame candidacy.  —  Hideki Matsui will best be remembered for his seven years in pinstripes …

The HOF: Why I stopped voting  —  A voter gives up his right to help determine who is inducted at Cooperstown  —  It struck me over the past couple of years that I was down to one reason I should continue voting for baseball's Hall of Fame: It's cool.  —  I loved receiving the stuffed brown envelope every December.

Carpenter focused on his second chance  —  Given a homework assignment during this offseason to practice playing second base, Cardinals utility player Matt Carpenter realized the best way to learn a new position was not fielding the same old groundballs.  —  So he started skipping rope.

Heyman: Mets still searching for relievers  —  The Mets are “scouring the relief market,” according to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports.  —  Heyman notes there are plenty of good options left on the market, including those who can close, such as Francisco Rodriguez, Matt Capps, and Jose Valverde.