2015 – The Navegantes del Magallanes top the Tigres de Aragua, 4-3, with Hassan Peña‎ saving José Mijares’s first win of the season. It is Peña‎’s 22nd save of the year, breaking Santos Hernandez’s Venezuelan Winter League single-season record, set back in 1997-1998.

2015 – The Navegantes del Magallanes top the Tigres de Aragua, 4-3, with Hassan Peña‎ saving José Mijares’s first win of the season. It is Peña‎’s 22nd save of the year, breaking Santos Hernandez’s Venezuelan Winter League single-season record, set back in 1997-1998.

In other deals, the Royals sign free agent P Edinson Volquez for two years and $20 million after a great comeback season with the Pirates and the Marlins add OF Michael Morse for two years and $16 million.

In other deals, the Royals sign free agent P Edinson Volquez for two years and $20 million after a great comeback season with the Pirates and the Marlins add OF Michael Morse for two years and $16 million.

A busy off-season continues with the Rays pulling off a couple of trades involving 11 players. First, they get C Rene Rivera, 1B Jake Bauers and P Burch Smith from San Diego along with P Joe Ross and IF Trea Turner in return for OF Wil Myers, C Ryan Hanigan and Ps Gerardo Reyes and Jose Castillo, then they flip Ross and Turner to the Nationals for OF Steven Souza and P Travis Ott .

A busy off-season continues with the Rays pulling off a couple of trades involving 11 players. First, they get C Rene Rivera, 1B Jake Bauers and P Burch Smith from San Diego along with P Joe Ross and IF Trea Turner in return for OF Wil Myers, C Ryan Hanigan and Ps Gerardo Reyes and Jose Castillo, then they flip Ross and Turner to the Nationals for OF Steven Souza and P Travis Ott .

2015 – The Dodgers acquire 3B Todd Frazier from Cincinnati for three prospects, the most heralded being IF Jose Peraza, then flip him to the White Sox for three other prospects, all with major league experience: Micah Johnson, Frankie Montas and Trayce Thompson.

2015 – The Dodgers acquire 3B Todd Frazier from Cincinnati for three prospects, the most heralded being IF Jose Peraza, then flip him to the White Sox for three other prospects, all with major league experience: Micah Johnson, Frankie Montas and Trayce Thompson.

Major League Baseball’s goodwill tour to Cuba, the first official MLB visit to the country since 1999, opens with a news conference at Havana’s Hotel Nacional. Players participating in the four days of children’s clinics and charitable events include White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu and Dodger outfielder Yasiel Puig, who both defected from the island nation to play baseball in the United States.

Major League Baseball’s goodwill tour to Cuba, the first official MLB visit to the country since 1999, opens with a news conference at Havana’s Hotel Nacional. Players participating in the four days of children’s clinics and charitable events include White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu and Dodger outfielder Yasiel Puig, who both defected from the island nation to play baseball in the United States.

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Lacking a closer, the Astros deal former overall number one draft choice Mark Appel, along with Brett Oberholtzer, Vincent Velasquez and two other prospects to Philadelphia for closer Ken Giles and infield prospect Jonathan Arauz. While sometimes shaky in relief, Giles has proved more reliable than anyone the Astros gave up for him. 

2015 – Lacking a closer, the Astros deal former overall number one draft choice Mark Appel, along with Brett Oberholtzer, Vincent Velasquez and two other prospects to Philadelphia for closer Ken Giles and infield prospect Jonathan Arauz. While sometimes shaky in relief, Giles has proved more reliable than anyone the Astros gave up for him. 

The Phillies and Astros swing a seven-player trade, with closer Ken Giles going to Houston, while the Phillies land the number 1 pick in the 2013 amateur draft, P Mark Appel, along with Ps Brett Oberholtzer and Vincent Velasquez headed the other way.

The Phillies and Astros swing a seven-player trade, with closer Ken Giles going to Houston, while the Phillies land the number 1 pick in the 2013 amateur draft, P Mark Appel, along with Ps Brett Oberholtzer and Vincent Velasquez headed the other way.

Broadcasting pioneer Graham McNamee is named the posthumous winner of the annual Ford C. Frick Award

Broadcasting pioneer Graham McNamee is named the posthumous winner of the annual Ford C. Frick Award

Broadcasting pioneer Graham McNamee is named the posthumous winner of the annual Ford C. Frick Award. He described every World Series from 1923 to 1934 for a national audience, as well as the first four All-Star Games