John Smoltz has reached a preliminary agreement on a contract with the Boston Red Sox, a stunning end to his long career with the Atlanta Braves

Rafael Furcal is staying with the Los Angeles Dodgers, reaching a preliminary agreement on a $33 million, three-year contract.

Rafael Furcal’s agent said the shortstop was likely to decide Wednesday whether to sign with the Atlanta Braves or the Los Angeles Dodgers. Paul Kinzer had said Tuesday that Furcal was close to accepting the Braves’ offer.

Shortstop Rafael Furcal is close to
accepting a $30 million, three-year offer to return to Atlanta.

The Atlanta Braves have reached a tentative deal
to acquire pitcher Javier Vazquez from the Chicago White Sox.

St. Louis slugger Albert Pujols is the 2008 National League MVP. He was named first on 18 of the 32 ballots cast by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America and had 369 points. The Cardinals first baseman also won the award in 2005.

A year after being named American League rookie of the year, Boston’s Dustin Pedroia is the winner of the American League Most Valuable Player award. The Red Sox infielder got 16 of the 28 first-place votes from the baseball writers and easily beat out Minnesota slugger Justin Morneau.

Braves’ General Manager, Frank Wren, says he won’t sweeten offer for Peavy

Cliff Lee is a runaway winner for the American League Cy Young Award, capping a dominant comeback season that made him the second consecutive Cleveland Indians lefty to earn the honor.

Herb Score, the Cleveland Indians pitcher and former broadcaster whose promise on the mound was shattered by a line drive, has died. He was 75.

Evan Longoria is AL Rookie of Year, Geovany Soto wins NL award

Boston will keep its spring training home in the Fort Myers area for 30 more years after signing an agreement with Lee County, Florida.

The Philadelphia Phillies have captured the World Series after winning the decisive fifth game 4-3 over Tampa Bay in a clinching game that took two days to complete following Monday night’s rain delay.

Due to a stolen base in the World Series, fans got a freebie on Tuesday. Taco Bell pledged to give away free tacos, on Tuesday, if there was a stolen base during the World Series. Tuesday, they made good on that promise. WJBF News Channel 6’s Chris Kane has more…

The World Series won’t resume until Wednesday night at the earliest. With rain still falling in Philadelphia, Major League Baseball decided not to attempt to complete Game 5 Tuesday night.