The Royals have a very good closer with a favorable contract at a time when everybody is handing closers crazy contracts. Should they leverage that into something they need?

We looked at the lineup, now for the pitchers.

With the Winter Meetings set to begin today, we offer a quick look at what can be expected.

Insights into Boston’s hiring of Bobby Valentine.

Cincinnati needs to capitalize on Votto while it has him.

Trader Lane wasn’t there. Neither was Syd Thrift. Or Billy Beane. But it was still one crazy swap meet.

A number of intriguing international players will, or could, sign with major league teams this offseason.

Safety in first round picks, sleepers in 2012, and Zack Greinke and the power of observation in the final installment of “The Fantasy Alphabet.”

Nor we will use a lame hops-and-barley metaphor for creating the right mix for 2012.