Tigers' Martinez suffers knee injury, will have surgery  —  Detroit Tigers president and general manager Dave Dombrowski has talked with Victor Martinez's agent this off-season.  —  They talked again on Tuesday.  But this time, the news wasn't good.  —  Just a few months after signing a four-year …

Amaro: Phils among clubs interested in Moncada  —  Matt Yallof, Ron Darling and Tom Verducci discuss the potential of Yoan Moncada and what impact he could have on an MLB team  —  PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies need to inject more youth into their system, so they have not stopped trying to trade Cole Hamels …

Red Sox Sign Wade Miley To Three-Year Deal  —  The Red Sox and left-hander Wade Miley will never have to worry about arbitration, as his agents at O'Connell Sports Management have announced a three-year, $19.25MM contract extension that buys out all of his arbitration years (Twitter link).

COLORADO ROCKIES / MLB  —  NEW ROCKIES PITCHER KYLE KENDRICK EAGER TO TRY AND TAME COORS FIELD  —  The Denver Post  —  Whether veteran right-hander Kyle Kendrick succeeds in a Rockies uniform this year no one can know.  But there is no doubt he possesses the right attitude.

Moving Beyond WOWY: A Mixed Approach To Measuring Catcher Framing by Jonathan Judge, Harry Pavlidis and Dan Brooks  —  A Mixed Approach To Measuring Catcher Framing  —  Last year, Baseball Prospectus introduced our Regressed Probabilistic Model (or “RPM") for catcher pitch-framing.

Why Lucas Duda is so confident he can have another big season  —  Lucas Duda has spent a lot of time at the Mets spring training facility in the offseason.  —  PORT ST. LUCIE — The Dude says he can do it again.  —  Lucas Duda exploded for a breakout season in 2014, blasting 30 home runs …

On Deck for the Yankees, From South Korea, Rob Refsnyder  —  TAMPA, Fla. — At the end of all of those baseball showcases in Orange County, Calif., the format would often be the same.  Few of the coaches and children who had come together for the day knew one another.

PadresCaravan  —  The Padres Caravan gets underway Friday morning in conjunction with 2015 single-game tickets going on sale to the general public (9 a.m. at www.padres.com).  The on-sale will be the first opportunity to purchase single-game tickets to the 2015 Opening Series presented by Sycuan …

Manfred: Betting needs ‘fresh consideration’  —  New commissioner Rob Manfred says it's time for Major League Baseball to give “fresh consideration” to an issue it has shunned for decades — legalized sports betting.  —  “Gambling in terms of our society has changed its presence on legalization …

Marlins reportedly win arbitration case with Latos  —  Mat Latos will look to regain the form that helped him notch a career K/9 rate of 8.3 entering 2014 and should benefit from a new ballpark  —  MIAMI — An arbitration panel sided with the Marlins on Thursday in their $1 million difference …

Kaplan: Cubs ‘kicking the tires’ on SP James Shields  —  Your browser does not support iframes. … The last major unsigned free agent has yet to find a home, and the Cubs may be a possible destination.  —  CSN's David Kaplan is reporting that the Cubs are “kicking the tires” …