MLB News

The Rangers have avoided arbitration with shortstop Elvis Andrus, agreeing to a three-year deal worth approximately $14.5 million, a source confirmed to MLB.com on Tuesday night.

First baseman Mitch Moreland, who had surgery on his right wrist at the end November, said he is "feeling great" and could be close to full strength going into Spring Training.

The Rangers have hired Shayne Kelley, a longtime college baseball assistant coach and former strength coach in the Royals' Minor League system, to be a Major League staff assistant and the key person in Josh Hamilton's support system.

Cuban sensation Yoenis Cespedes has received a travel visa and is scheduled to meet with the Miami Marlins on Wednesday, according to sources.

Rusty Staub was among the men identified Tuesday as members of the 2012 class of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. No surprise there -- except that it has taken this long for him to be recognized and that he has been so recognized having played merely 3 1/2 seasons North of the Border.

The 2013 Caribbean Series will be held in Hermosillo, Mexico, and the teams from the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Venezuela could have company. Juan Francisco Puello, commissioner of the Caribbean Confederation, is going to Cuba next month to present a proposal to bring that country back to the series.

Before handing over the Dodgers in a court-supervised sale by April 30, owner Frank McCourt on Tuesday handed over a two-year, $19 million contract to National League Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw.

The Korean Baseball Organization officially filed a letter of protest to Major League Baseball on Tuesday, alleging that the Baltimore Orioles broke protocol by signing 17-year-old pitcher Kim Seong-Min.

Albert Pujols, who once encompassed the identity of the Cardinals, leaves behind an undaunted supporting cast-turned-future core. Those in this bunch talk little about who will be missing, though they also avoid promises of immediate and equal replacement production.

The Oakland Athletics will extend the contract of general manager Billy Beane through the 2019 season, club owner Lew Wolff said Tuesday in an interview with Bloomberg Television.