The Texas Rangers in their maybe-still-ongoing pursuit to fine-tune their bullpen have missed out on a prime target.

If it wasn’t already obvious, the Los Angeles Dodgers have cemented their status as MLB’s new “Evil Empire” with a mid-January free agency spending spree.Fresh off reportedly agreeing to a deal with Japanese ace Roki Sasaki and signing All-Star closer Tanner Scott to a four-year,

As the site drops its top 10 prospect list for every position, the Rangers were yet to have any names pop up at catcher, nor first, second or third base. But the 18-year-old Walcott is listed by Pipeline as the No. 4 shortstop in all of baseball.

Kirby Yates posted a 1.17 ERA with 33 saves last season for the Rangers in earning his second All-Star nod. Deal is contingent on passing a physical.

The Rangers President of Baseball Operations said the organization put its ‘best foot forward’ in its pitch to the Japanese right-hander.

Thought the Los Angeles Dodgers would stop spending after landing star reliever Tanner Scott last weekend? Think again. The Dodgers, who gave Scott a four-year, $72 million contract, are nearing a deal will fellow top reliever Kirby Yates, according to multiple reports. USA TODAY's Bob Nightengale was the first to report the news.

USA Today's Bob Nightengale reported Tuesday morning that the Dodgers have reached a tentative deal with closer Kirby Yates. The 37-year-old right-hander spent last season with Texas Rangers where he racked up 33 saves. He also had 85 strikeouts in just 61.2 innings of work.

The Los Angeles Dodgers continue to add to their offseason riches and have swiped yet another key free-agent reliever from the bullpen-needy New York Mets.  On

The National Baseball Hall of Fame welcomed three more members into its hallowed halls Tuesday night as Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner were elected to Cooperstown by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

Sasaki narrowed his finalists to three teams in the waning days, the Dodgers, Toronto Blue Jays and San Diego Padres. All of them met with Sasaki again around their major-league cities before he chose the Dodgers, according to reports.

Training is rapidly approaching, making this an appropriate time to look back at moves that have been made this offseason. Several impactful players rema