Indians sold reliever Adam Cimber to Marlins for $100,000  —  CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Indians sold side-arm reliever Adam Cimber to the Marlins on Monday for $100,000, and Miami designated right-hander José Ureña for assignment.  —  Ureña, the Marlins' opening …

Media Views: FSM to move ‘very quickly’ with its sports-betting plan  —  It has been a little more than a week since Sinclair Broadcasting Group made the blockbuster announcement that it will offer betting on games it shows on its regional sports networks, including Fox Sports Midwest …

Billy Martin had a rollercoaster ride of a relationship with the Yankees  —  This is an excerpt of “Billy Ball: Billy Martin and the Resurrection of the Oakland A's” by Dale Tafoya, printed with permission courtesy of Lyons Press.  Copies can be purchased here.

How this MLB hot stove season plays to Atlanta Braves' advantage  —  Because of Moneyball, Billy Beane's Oakland Athletics will forever be known as a club that sought to exploit market inefficiencies.  Andrew Friedman's Dodgers are renowned for drafting and developing, underneath their big-market money.

Mets' Phil Regan reports Yankees' Domingo German looks ‘great’  —  Phil Regan, a 30-year veteran of coaching winter ball in Latin America, cut short his stay in the Dominican Republic this year for the same reason so much is different this year: the coronavirus pandemic.

Five things to know about former MLB pitcher and NY Mets GM candidate Chris Young  —  Sandy Alderson on Monday announced the Mets were pivoting: Instead of searching for a president of baseball operations, they will look for a general manager.  —  This should be interesting.

MLB players face a bleak winter as reality of pandemic revenue losses set in  —  Baseball's version of “bargains galore” black Friday will arrive this Wednesday — or to paraphrase Marie Antoinette: After Dec. 2, le deluge, as in the deluge of players being non-tendered by their clubs …