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).

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 …

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.

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 …

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Brother of former Royals pitcher Edinson Volquez stabbed to death  —  A brother of former Royals pitcher Edinson Volquez was killed Monday in the Dominican Republic.  —  According to Quisqueyanos En Los Deportes, Brandy Volquez was stabbed in the city of Santo Domingo Oeste.

Indians Sign Brandon Guyer To Two-Year Deal  —  10:41am: The deal also allows Guyer to earn up to $400K in plate-appearance-based bonuses in both 2018 and 2019, Bastian tweets.  And the option value can rise to as much as $3.75MM with escalators.  —  9:51am: It's a two-year, $5MM contract for Guyer, tweets MLB.com's Jordan Bastian.

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.

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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Blue Jays Re-Sign Jose Bautista  —  12:05pm: The deal includes attendance bonuses as well, per Jon Heyman of Fan Rag (via Twitter).  In each year of the deal, Bautista can earn up to $900K depending upon how the club draws.  He'll take home $150K for every hundred-thousand fans through the gate between 3.5 and 4.0 million.