Ben Badler chatted about the Indians farm system.

As the first high-profile Japanese baseball prospect to spurn his nation?s leagues to entertain offers from the U.S., Junichi Tazawa has strained relations between leagues on two continents.

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In their second offseason trade for an established big leaguer, the Royals acquired center fielder Coco Crisp from the Red Sox for righthanded reliever Ramon Ramirez.

Don Wakamatsu, became the first Asian-American manager in the Major League Baseball when he was hired Wednesday by the Seattle Mariners.

PM EST By Steve Gilbert / MLB.com The move leaves just the D-backs and Rockies in Tucson, and both teams have told the city that in order for them to stay there need to be more teams in Tucson. 'Would we like to be in Tucson? Yeah, but we need four

AM EST By Steve Gilbert / MLB.com A Major League source confirmed to MLB.com that Don Wakamatsu is expected to get the job, though the Mariners had yet to announce the news as of Tuesday night. The story was first reported by KING-TV and the Seattle

Don Wakamatsu became the first Asian-American manager in major league baseball history when he was hired Wednesday by the Seattle Mariners.

PM EST By Steve Gilbert / MLB.com 'We've talked a few times,' Vazquez's agent Melvin Roman said. 'But nothing specific yet. I think we are scheduled to talk later this week.' The D-backs' top priority this offseason is finding a second baseman to

PM EST By Steve Gilbert / MLB.com Webb picked up two fifth-place votes and one ninth in results that were released on Monday. The Cardinals' Albert Pujols captured the award for the second time in his career as he finished just above the Phillies' Ryan