Joe Blanton

TEMPE, Ariz. -- The Angels open Cactus League play Saturday with split-squad games, to the displeasure of Manager Mike Scioscia. "A split-squad the first day is absurd," Scioscia said. "It just makes no sense." With 15 teams in the Cactus League, at...

Will we ever see the Giants coming? The team Brian Sabean and Bruce Bochy put together since saying goodbye to Barry Bonds is the only National League team to win the World Series twice within three seasons since the Big Red Machine, yet the Giants...

Free-agent outfielder Josh Hamilton has agreed to a five-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels, according to multiple reports. ESPNDallas.com reports that the deal is worth $25 million per season for five years. The Angels made a big splash last...

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Who’s afraid of the big, bad wolf? Apparently everybody. The Dodgers are planning to take over the universe, or at least that portion that resides in Major League Baseball. And if the rest of baseball only suspected or feared the possibility, it's...

Terry Ryan has nothing against free-agent outfielder Michael Bourn. Honest. But the general manager knows his Twins aren't going to compete again in the American League Central — Joe Mauer or no Joe Mauer — until they fix a starting rotation...

As the Dodgers face a Sunday deadline to sign South Korean pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin, the team remains at odds with agent Scott Boras over just how much Ryu should be paid. "I think all of us agree the guy is a No. 3 pitcher in the major leagues," Boras...

Hall of Famer Barry Larkin knows some people he doesn't want joining him in Cooperstown. Drug cheats. “I think if you cheated, no, you don't deserve it because I know how difficult it was for me to get there and how difficult it was for me just to...

And then the big, bad new bully swept into baseball’s winter meetings and … did absolutely nothing? That was disappointing. Maybe they were doing that due diligence thing, or being prudent, or just plain smart, but when you half expected...

NASHVILLE — [Updated at 5:34 p.m.: The Angels and veteran right-hander Joe Blanton have agreed to terms on a two-year, $15-million deal, according to a person who is familiar with negotiations but not authorized to speak publicly. The deal...

As far as breakups go, the split between pitcher Zack Greinke and the Angels wasn’t nasty. In fact, it seems like Greinke, formally introduced at a Dodger Stadium news conference Tuesday after signing a six-year, $147-million deal with the Angels&...

SHANE VICTORINO, 32 next week, outfielder Final 2012 stats: .255 batting average, 11 homers, 55 RBI, 39 stolen bases and .321 and .383 on-base and slugging percentages. Contract status: Free agent. The good: Brought stability by becoming everyday...