Tigers ace Frank Lary, winner of 21 games in 1956 and nicknamed ‘Yankee Killer’, dies at 87  —  TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Former star Detroit Tigers pitcher Frank Lary has died at 87.  —  Nephew Joe Lary says the Northport, Alabama, native died Wednesday night after being hospitalized in Tuscaloosa with pneumonia.

Former Reds SS Zack Cozart signs 3-year deal with Angels  —  The Los Angeles Angels continued their busy offseason Friday, signing infielder Zack Cozart to a three-year contract.  —  The team did not disclose financial terms, but a source confirmed to ESPN's Jerry Crasnick that the deal is worth $38 million.

Winter meetings wrap-up: White Sox aim high while Cubs bolster bullpen  —  The White Sox have made an “impressive offer” for Baltimore Orioles All-Star third baseman Manny Machado.  (Patrick Semansky/AP)  —  Chicago Tribune  —  As the Cubs secured three pitchers in completing their trip …

BenFred: Everybody wins in Cards-A's trade — especially Piscotty's family  —  Ben Frederickson is a sports columnist for stltoday.com  —  The Cardinals, on a hot streak and gaining ground on the Rockies and Brewers in the wild-card chase, had been held to one hit in six innings by Padres rookie pitcher Dinelson Lamet.

Stephen Piscotty's mom has touching message for Cardinals, fans  —  PLEASANTON — Fulfilling a lifelong dream sometimes comes with complications.  Just ask the Piscotty family.  —  Fantasy met reality in Pleasanton Thursday when Stephen Piscotty was traded from the St. Louis Cardinals …

Padres, Phillies have an agreement in place on the Freddy Galvis trade  —  UPDATE: Bob Nightengale reports that the Padres have a “tentative agreement” in place to acquire  —  Freddy Galvis and a trade “should be finalized” today.  The deal will have a minor league pitcher, not yet identified, heading back to Philly for Galvis.

Aaron Judge: I can't wait to play alongside Giancarlo Stanton  —  EDITOR'S PICKS  —  A look back at the power-hitting duos of history proves it: We've never seen anything quite like the pairing of Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge.  —  The reigning AL Rookie of the Year alongside the NL MVP.

Phillies Agree To Terms With Carlos Santana  —  1:28pm: Santana's contract is still pending a physical, tweets Jim Salisbury of NBC Sports Philadelphia.  Salisbury also tweets that Hoskins will indeed play a significant amount of left field, freeing up the possibility of the trade of an outfielder.

It may take ditching Clint Frazier to solve Yankees' rotation needs  —  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Brian Cashman entered the Winter Meetings searching for rotation help and exited without it.  —  Yet just because baseball's meat market has closed doesn't mean the Yankees general manager won't land a starting pitcher or two.

The Chris Martin Story, far from over, keeps getting better  —  ARLINGTON  —  The guys he once lugged washers and dryers and fridges with down at Lowe's and Texas Appliance are pretty pumped up, naturally.  —  Their former co-worker is the newest member of the Texas Rangers' bullpen.

Cole Hamels donating 32,000 square feet Missouri mansion to charity  —  This is one heck of a Christmas gift.  —  Texas Rangers' pitcher Cole Hamels and wife Heidi are donating their 32,000 square foot Missouri mansion and over 100 acres on Table Rock Lake to Camp Barnabas …

Notebook: Cardinals take advantage of Rule 5 draft loophole  —  After several years of having players handpicked out of their minor-league system by other teams — San Diego was an annual pilferer — the Cardinals did not have a player taken in the major-league portion of the draft Wednesday …