Tim Raines, Jeff Bagwell, Ivan Rodriguez Elected To Hall Of Fame  —  Tim Raines, Jeff Bagwell and Ivan Rodriguez have been elected to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame, per an announcement from the Baseball Writers Association of America (full balloting available at that link).

Cubs, Sox games to be live-streamed in Chicago market  —  CSN Chicago's Cubs and White Sox games will be live-streamed online and on mobile devices this season, free to those who get the network in their cable package.  —  In a long-awaited deal between Major League Baseball …

Marlins Acquire Dan Straily  —  11:45am: The Reds and Marlins have both announced the trade.  Cincinnati has yet to announce a corresponding roster move, though they'll need to make one shortly, as both Castillo and Brice are on the 40-man roster, pushing Cincinnati's total to 41.

Tigers Acquire Mikie Mahtook From Rays, Designate Anthony Gose  —  The Rays announced that they've traded outfielder Mikie Mahtook to the Tigers in exchange for a player to be named later or cash.  Detroit, too, has announced the move, adding that fellow outfielder Anthony Gose has been designated …

Orioles To Sign Mark Trumbo To Three-Year Deal  —  5:21pm: The deal is for $37.5MM, Heyman tweets.  —  5:01pm: Trumbo will receive about $37MM in the deal, Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports tweets, though there are also some “slight deferrals” in the arrangement.

Phillies Designate Severino Gonzalez For Assignment  —  The Phillies announced on Thursday that they've designated right-hander Severino Gonzalez for assignment to clear space on the 40-man roster for outfielder Michael Saunders, whose one-year deal with the team is now official.

Rangers' Choo OK with DH, just not every day  —  ARLINGTON  —  The preference of Texas Rangers manager Jeff Banister is to not have a full-time designated hitter in an effort to rotate everyday players into the spot for a day off their feet.  —  Throughout the off-season, thought …

Rangers Designate Brady Dragmire  —  The Rangers have designated righty Brady Dragmire for assignment, the team announced.  His roster spot was needed for the team's signing of Tyson Ross.  —  Dragmire, 23, has already been designated once by Texas this winter — and several other times by other organizations.

Jeff Bagwell came to my bar mitzvah  —  I had to have a baseball player at my bar mitzvah.  —  That was my wish to my dad as that day, June 15, 1991, was fast approaching.  —  Knowing that I was an avid reader of Baseball America and Minor League Baseball Card Monthly, my dad was looking to find some prospects for the celebration.

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Struggling starter or lights-out reliever?  The choice is easy  —  While Terry Francona and Andrew Miller showed that there's a better way to manage a bullpen in October for the Cleveland Indians, baseball has been moving toward expanding roles and values for relievers for a while now.