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 …

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.

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.

SOURCE: RED SOX WORK OUT BOBBY ABREU  —  According to a major league source, the Red Sox have worked out veteran Bobby Abreu in Venzezuela.  As part of the workout, the team put the 38-year-old through drills at first base.  It is believed the workout is part of both parties doing their due diligence …

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.

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.

Dick's Sporting Goods screws over their customers and their suppliers  —  After the Newtown tragedy, Dicks Sporting Goods—which presumably entered the modern sporting rifle (MSR) market purely for financial gain when it saw other sporting good stores selling them by the truckload—screwed over hundreds or thousands of customers.

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 …

Brandon Webb scheduled to throw for teams this month  —  1500 ESPN's Darren Wolfson was the first to report it and now Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com can confirm: free agent right-hander Brandon Webb, who hasn't appeared in the majors since Opening Day 2009, will throw for teams later this month.

Royals Agree To Sign Miguel Tejada  —  The Royals have announced, via Twitter, the signing of infielder Miguel Tejada to a minor league contract.  Dionisio Soldevila of the Associated Press, who first reported the agreement, has been told by both Tejada and his agent it is a MLB deal …