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Johnny Damon has left the on-deck circle. He's officially with the Cleveland Indians.

The Cleveland Indians may have found a boost for their stagnant offense.

Check out the MLB players ranked from No. 351 to No. 400 as ESPN counts down the top 500 of 2012.

The New York Yankees are considering adding a left-handed bat, and one of the three most prominent remaining free agents -- Raul Ibanez, Johnny Damon or Hideki Matsui -- could be on the team within a week, according to a major league source.

Large sums of money were spent this winter, with the bulk of it thrown at Albert Pujols, Prince Fielder and Jose Reyes. But Buster Olney writes that good value was available in under-the-radar deals. Here are the top 10 from the offseason.

Blog | Conversation | February 06, 2012

Along with a new uniform, Jose Reyes has a new, close-cropped look.

Michelle Obama and Jill Biden put their baseball allegiances aside Wednesday and teamed up with Major League Baseball to support the military before Game 1 of the World Series.

The Rangers' pitching depth is key to where they are and where they go.

The Rangers are closing in on checkmate after winning a Game 3 chess match.

Rays 6, Blue Jays 2

James Shields pitched eight shutout innings, Johnny Damon homered and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the AL West-leading Texas Rangers 4-1 on Wednesday night.

Johnny Damon lost a grand slam to a video review in the seventh inning, then hit a game-ending home run in the ninth that lifted the Tampa Bay Rays over the Seattle Mariners 8-7 Sunday.

Evan Longoria and Ben Zobrist both had run-scoring singles with two outs during the eighth inning as the Tampa Bay Rays beat Felix Hernandez and the Seattle Mariners 3-2 on Friday night.

Johnny Damon, Casey Kotchman and Kelly Shoppach connected in the third inning for three of Tampa Bay's five solo home runs against CC Sabathia, and David Price again came out on top in a matchup of elite lefties as the Rays beat the Yankees 5-1 Friday.

The Tampa Bay Rays recalled outfielder Desmond Jennings, who was leading the International League with 68 runs scored, from Triple-A Durham after Friday night's 10-4 loss to Kansas City.

Johnny Damon drove in four runs, Jeremy Hellickson pitched into the eighth inning to stop a personal four-game losing streak and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-3 on Sunday.