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Let's shut down the Hot Stove and get spring started with a look at the best stories, best and worst free-agent signings, the most improved and least improved teams, players to watch and much more.

With just two weeks until pitchers and catchers report, here's an in-depth look at baseball's five most important injury comebacks.

The MLB postseason so far has never been more dramatic, thrilling and crazy than it has been this year.

A 21-year-old rookie, a 38-year-old legend and a threesome of strikeout artists are on the verge of rewriting the record books.

Spring is finally here, can you believe it? Now let's take a look at the most intriguing spring storylines, the best and worst free-agent signings, the most improved and least improved teams, players to watch and much more.

You know how Derek Jeter got to the precipice of 3,000 hits? Greatness. That's what.

One year after calf issues tormented Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins for virtually the entire 2010 season, he told ESPN.com: "The best advice I can give Derek Jeter is, 'You're going to get healed in the offseason.'"

Derek Jeter's option year is filled with incentives.

The New York Yankees informed Derek Jeter's agent, Casey Close, on Thursday that the team was willing to improve its original three-year, $45 million offer, according to a baseball official who was told of the exchange.

Put away your calculators and spreadsheets -- we've already done the calculations for you. These five teams -- and it's not just the usual suspects -- are poised to be big-time players in the free-agent market this winter.

Adding more teams to the postseason mix would crank up the drama around the majors and create extra incentive for teams to finish in first place.

Winning doesn't come with an on/off switch or special manual. Instead, a select few players and managers don't just have "it;" they also get "it." What is "it"? Let them explain.

Derek Jeter's contract will expire after the 2010 season, but there's no doubt the Bronx legend will ever wear anything but pinstripes.

Unlike a year ago, baseball issues are the main focus as spring training gets underway for the defending champion Yankees.

The New York Yankees paid a steep price to add Curtis Granderson, and the first -- and only -- big move of these winter meetings so far comes with risk.

The old faces of the Yankees -- Mariano Rivera, Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada and Andy Pettitte -- connect the last title team with the one that was crowned after knocking off the Phillies in six games.