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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Cardinals Sign Brayan Pena To Two-Year Deal  —  3:37pm: Pena's $5MM guarantee will be spread out evenly, paying him $2.5MM in each season of the contract, MLBTR has learned.  —  3:35pm: Pena's contract guarantees him a total of $5MM, according to Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Twitter link).
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals sign Pena to back up Molina  —  ST. LOUIS  • The Cardinals finalized a two-year deal with veteran catcher Brayan Pena on Monday and installed him as the latest backup for Gold Glove-winning catcher Yadier Molina.  —  Pena's contract is worth $5 million over its two years, a source confirmed.
Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com:
Barry Bonds is under consideration to be a Marlins hitting coach  —  In what promises to be a bombshell move, if executed, all-time great slugger Barry Bonds is under consideration to become Marlins hitting coach.  —  Team higherups have quietly been discussing this possibility for weeks.
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Hunt for starter has Diamondbacks chasing Johnny Cueto  —  Though they've been saying all offseason they wouldn't be able to afford the top tier of free-agent pitchers, that hasn't stopped the Diamondbacks from pursuing one of them.  —  General Manager Dave Stewart said he met …
Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com:
Young righthander Shelby Miller is creating quite a feeding frenzy on the trade market, and it's to the point it's got to be record interest for a pitcher who went 6-17.  —  Of course, by now we know pitchers' won-loss records aren't a very useful tool in deciphering a pitcher's value.
Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Free-agent righty a model of durability over past 4 seasons  —  MLB.com Tigers reporter Jason Beck discusses the Tigers reportedly agreeing to a five-year deal with Jordan Zimmermann  —  DETROIT — Al Avila's first offseason as Tigers general manager is about to feature baseball's …
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Braves Sign Jim Johnson  —  5:28pm: The deal is for $2.5MM, MLB.com's Mark Bowman tweets.  —  5:04pm: The Braves have signed righty Jim Johnson to a one-year deal, the club announced via press release.  Johnson, 32, is a client of Moye Sports Associates.  —  With the move …
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Red Sox, Chris Young Agree To Two-Year Deal  —  5:43pm: Young will receive a two-year guarantee, Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com tweets.  —  12:29pm: The Red Sox and outfielder Chris Young are in agreement on a multi-year contract, pending a physical, reports Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports (Twitter link).
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Royals Avoid Arbitration With Tim Collins  —  The Royals have agreed to contract terms with lefty Tim Collins to avoid arbitration, the club announced.  Collins will earn $1.475MM for the 2016 season, Jeffrey Flanagan of MLB.com reports on Twitter.  —  That's exactly what he made last year …
Discussion: Royals Review
Owen Watson / Fox Sports:
Mike Hessman: A true baseball life  —  OW  —  Usually, the retirement of a 37-year-old journeyman who spent the vast majority of his 20-year career in the minor leagues is not a cause for reflection by most fans of Major League Baseball.  A cause of wonderment, perhaps …
Larry Fine / Reuters:
Royals Players Get $370,000 Bonus for World Series Win  —  (Reuters) - The World Series champion Kansas City Royals generously split up their Fall Classic players' pool haul of more than $25 million into 55 full shares worth $370,069 apiece, Major League baseball said on Monday.
Discussion: Amazin' Avenue
Travis Sawchik / Baseball America:
Organization Of The Year: Pirates Prove Building A Team Takes Blending  —  The Pittsburgh Pirates were not the most successful major league team in 2015.  —  The Kansas City Royals of course won the World Series.  For a second consecutive season, the Pirates failed to advance beyond the NL wild card game.
Discussion: Bucs Dugout
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Phillies Claim Michael Mariot From Royals  —  The Phillies announced that they have claimed right-hander Michael Mariot off waivers from the Royals.  Mariot was designated for assignment 10 days ago when the Royals set their 40-man roster in advance of the Rule 5 Draft.
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