When Team USA gathered Monday for its first workout before the World Baseball Classic, the player all the other players were watching take batting practice was Giancarlo Stanton of the Marlins. ...more

R.A. Dickey will be the starting pitcher Friday night, when Team USA opens the World Baseball Classic with a game against Mexico. Team USA manager Joe Torre has yet to announce the rest of his pitching plans, but suggested that Derek Holland will start Sunday against Canada. ...more

Jose Reyes said Friday that Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria kept telling him to buy a house in Miami -- and that he even said it just two days before the Marlins traded him to the Blue Jays. ...more

The worst news for the World Baseball Classic wasn't that Team USA has too few American stars. No, the worst news is that American baseball fans don't really care that so many stars have chosen not to play. For now, the WBC remains all potential. ...more

The Marlins have said they don't intend to trade Giancarlo Stanton, but that hasn't stopped teams from trying. A Stanton trade remains highly unlikely, but there is a price tag. It's sky high, as it should be. ...more

With the Yankees committed for now to staying under the $189 million luxury-tax threshold for 2014, and with the Red Sox coming off a bad season that requires at least a lot of fix-up work, the timing was right for the Blue Jays to take a serious run at upsetting the balance of power in the AL East. With the trade that became official Monday, they've tried. ...more

It's the Marlins, so when they name a new manager something could always go wrong. They've changed managers eight times in Jeffrey Loria's 11 seasons as owner. But maybe they got this one right by hiring Mike Redmond to replace Ozzie Guillen. ...more