--1B Miguel Cabrera, who won the league home run title in his first season with Detroit, placed 13th on the list of 23 players who received votes from baseball writers in balloting for American League Most Valuable Player. 

Detroit has left itself with two open roster spaces, turning in a list of 38 players whom it will protect from the Rule 5 draft instead of the maximum 40, to give general manager Dave Dombrowski some maneuvering room heading into the winter meetings. 

--1B Miguel Cabrera, who won the league home run title in his first season with Detroit, placed 13th on the list of 23 players who received votes from baseball writers in balloting for American League Most Valuable Player. 

As teams continue to play the hot stove waiting game, Ken Rosenthal says the first big domino to fall will be slugger Mark Teixeira. 

The pitching staff was in a general state of disarray at the end of the season following an April breakdown of the rotation and an August/September collapse of the back end of the bullpen. 

The Tigers aren't expected to be in on the bidding for the marquee free agent closers in the coming weeks. 

--RHP Armando Galarraga finished fifth in the voting for American League Rookie of the Year. 

The Cardinals, in serious discussions with a number of free-agent left-handed relievers, are pursuing Trever Miller as their primary target, major-league sources say. 

The pitching staff was in a general state of disarray at the end of the season following an April breakdown of the rotation and an August/September collapse of the back end of the bullpen. 

The pitching staff was in a general state of disarray at the end of the season following an April breakdown of the rotation and an August/September collapse of the back end of the bullpen. 

The Tigers aren't expected to be in on the bidding for the marquee free agent closers in the coming weeks. 

--RHP Armando Galarraga finished fifth in the voting for American League Rookie of the Year. 

The Tigers aren't expected to be in on the bidding for the marquee free agent closers in the coming weeks. 

--RHP Armando Galarraga finished fifth in the voting for American League Rookie of the Year. 

As more closers hit the open market, Joel Sherman says it's more likely the Mets will get one of the ones they want.