Source: David Price, Rays agree  —  David Price, the American League Cy Young Award winner, has reached agreement on a one-year contract with the Tampa Bay Rays to avoid salary arbitration, a baseball source told ESPN.com.  —  Terms of Price's deal with the Rays weren't immediately available.

New Orleans Saints player: Steve Spagnuolo should be fired as defensive coordinator  —  Players throughout the season gave a uniform voice of support for New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo and the drastically different scheme he brought to the team when the Saints hired him one year ago.

RHP Brett Myers will get chance to start for Cleveland Indians after agreeing to 1-year deal  —  CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Indians have reached agreement with veteran right-hander Brett Myers on a one-year deal with a club option for 2014 pending a physical.  —  Myers, according to a league source …

Scott Boras' title of ‘Mr. January’ faces stiff challenge from MLB's new rules on free agency  —  Just like any document that runs 295 pages and 95,268 words, Major League Baseball's collective-bargaining agreement flirts often with the law of unintended consequences.

Rex Ryan leaves New Jersey as Jets ponder next move  —  Rex Ryan has been eerily silent since the season ended.  —  The typically talkative coach hasn't commented on the team's decision to fire GM Mike Tannenbaum, the looming firing of offensive coordinator Tony Sparano, the new GM search or surviving the ax on Black Monday.

AAA  —  The day of reckoning has come.  —  Ballots arrived earlier this month in mailboxes of veteran members of the Baseball Writers Association of America.  It's a day most voters look forward to like Christmas: voting for the Hall of Fame.  —  This year is different, and writers must make their choices.

Guti's winter ball showing has Mariners excited  —  SEATTLE — Center fielder Franklin Gutierrez has wrapped up his Venezuelan Winter League season, and the Mariners will be thrilled if he can carry his success there over into Spring Training next month in Arizona.

Post-holiday splash could be from within for Tigers  —  With reputation for January signings, most probable deal is Verlander extension  —  DETROIT — For most teams, the cold winter weeks between the holiday season and Spring Training are the time to wrap up loose ends and find a bargain or two.

Why baseball's National League should adopt the DH  —  Designated hitters don't ruin America's pastime — they make it more fun to watch  —  Pitchers are terrible hitters.  We all know it.  Of course, it's completely understandable.  Aspiring young pitchers are so busy perfecting their curveball …

Inbox: Could a trade be made for an outfield bat?  —  Beat reporter T.R. Sullivan answers Rangers fans' questions  —  Since Cody Ross recently signed with the Diamondbacks, which gives them a lot of outfield depth, does this give the Rangers another shot at trading for Justin Upton?