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Free-agent slugger Carlos Delgado is expected to be sidelined for four months after undergoing hip surgery in Colorado. David Sloane, Delgado’s agent, tells the New York Post and Fox Sports Net that the outlook is good and the first baseman plans to play this season. Delgado played in 26 games for the New York Mets [...]

Free-agent slugger Carlos Delgado is expected to be sidelined for four months after undergoing hip surgery in Colorado. David Sloane, Delgado’s agent, tells the New York Post and Fox Sports Net that the outlook is good and the first baseman plans to play this season. Delgado played in 26 games for the New York Mets [...]

Free-agent slugger Carlos Delgado is expected to be sidelined for four months after undergoing hip surgery in Colorado. David Sloane, Delgado’s agent, tells the New York Post and Fox Sports Net that the outlook is good and the first baseman plans to play this season. Delgado played in 26 games for the New York Mets [...]

Eric Gagne is pretty sure this is his last shot at a major league comeback. He’s glad to be getting it with the Los Angeles Dodgers. “I always wanted to come back. It was a matter of the timing,” Gagne said Saturday at spring training. “If I’m healthy and can throw the way I can [...]

A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press the Detroit Tigers and Johnny Damon have reached a preliminary agreement on an $8 million, one-year contract. The person, who talked Saturday on condition of anonymity because the deal hasn’t been announced, says the contract is subject to a physical, which will be some time [...]

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Joe Torre said Saturday he has committed himself to a fourth year with the team, ending speculation about whether or not he will return in 2011. Torre’s current contract runs through the upcoming season, but talks are underway to extend his deal one more year. After 2011, the 69-year-old with four [...]

Eric Gagne is pretty sure this is his last shot at a major league comeback, and he’s glad to be getting it with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 2003 NL Cy Young Award winner, who rejoined the Dodgers when he agreed to a minor league contract Friday, thinks making the team this spring shouldn’t be [...]

Brandon Webb says that Dan Haren deserves to be the Arizona Diamondbacks’ opening day starter. Webb has been the team’s No. 1 starter each of the past four seasons, but he will enter spring training bouncing back from a shoulder injury. Manager A.J. Hinch on Friday selected Haren the opening day starter to reward him [...]

The Houston Astros extended the contract of general manager Ed Wade through the 2012 season. The team made the announcement on Saturday, when pitchers and catchers reported to Houston’s spring training complex near Orlando. Wade, who was originally hired as Astros GM on Sept. 20, 2007, was given a two-year extension on his original contract, [...]

Ryan Franklin was one of the major leagues’ best closers last year, even factoring in an awful final month. The St. Louis Cardinals have faith in a pitcher who’ll be 37 next month and isn’t a strikeout machine, yet they’ll also try to develop a backup option this spring. Franklin, a first-time All-Star last year [...]