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Schenectady High School product Casper Wells has signed a minor league contract with the Detroit Tigers. He will report to spring training in Lakeland, Fla. Wells was drafted by the Tigers in 2005 before making his major league debut in 2010...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Various reports say 2013 AL Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer has agreed to a seven-year contract with the Washington Nationals. Neither the Nationals nor Scherzer's agent immediately responded to requests for comment Sunday night...

The reputable baseball rumor site, MLBtraderumors, has listed its Top 50 MLB free agents for this offseason -- as well as predictions of where each will end up. Interestingly enough, the site predicts three of the top 50 to be in Pinstripes next season, including #1 (Max Scherzer), #4 (Hanley Ramirez) and #47 (Jason Grilli)...

NEW YORK (AP) — Even with a loss, the Baltimore Orioles achieved another goal. While the Orioles were getting one-hit for the third time in seven weeks during a 5-0 loss to the New York Yankees on Monday night, Baltimore clinched home-field advantage in the AL division series when Detroit lost to the Chicago White Sox...

DETROIT (AP) — Alex Avila hit an RBI single off the wall in right field with two out in the bottom of the ninth, giving the Detroit Tigers a 3-2 victory over the New York Yankees on Thursday. A day after David Price gave up nine straight hits, the Tigers sent Kyle Lobstein to the mound for his first major league start...

DETROIT (AP) — The New York Yankees chased David Price with nine straight hits in the third inning, beating the Detroit Tigers 8-4 Wednesday night. The Yankees scored all eight of their runs in the third off Price (12-10), who had pitched a one-hitter in his previous start...

DETROIT (AP) — Rick Porcello pitched eight impressive innings, and the Detroit Tigers snapped New York's five-game winning streak Tuesday night, beating the Yankees 5-2. Porcello (15-8) joined teammate Max Scherzer as the American League's only 15-game winners, allowing two runs and nine hits...

NEW YORK (AP) — Shane Greene capped a series of fine starting pitching, working into the ninth inning and then watching closer David Robertson get pinch-hitter Miguel Cabrera to ground into a double play as the New York Yankees edged the Detroit Tigers 1-0 on Thursday...

NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Capuano outpitched Justin Verlander while Brian McCann and Chase Headley homered to send the New York Yankees past the Detroit Tigers 5-1 Wednesday night. The Yankees improved to 2-1 in these three straight games started for Detroit by AL Cy Young Award winners...

David Price threw 8.2 innings in his Tigers' debut and Alex Avila hit a game-winning home run in the top of the 12th as Detroit beat the Yankees, 4-3, on Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium. The loss drops the Yankees to 58-54 and puts them one full game back of the Blue Jays in the chase for the second wild card...

Reports are out that the Detroit Tigers have reached a contract extension with first basemen Miguel Cabrera. Cabrera, who is still under contract for two years, would get an additional eight years and $248 million. Throw in two more vesting options and the Tigers could have Cabrera for 12 total years and more than $300 million...

Not so fast my friends! The winner will be  picked in a moment. First, the prelim. The standings. Here are my picks for what should be a great 2012 baseball season. By the way, don't buy into the phoney notion that baseball is about 5 teams and that's it...