...McFarland, C Luis Exposito, INF Ryan Flaherty, INF Manny Machado, INF Yamaico Navarro, INF Jonathan Schoop, INF Danny Valencia, OF Xavier Avery and OF L.J. Hoes on one-year contracts.National LeagueCHICAGO CUBS_Optioned OF Matt Szczur to Tennessee...

...ChicagoSOCCER1:30 p.m., FSN: UEFA Champions League, Juventus vs. Celtic, 7 p.m., FSN: UEFA Champions League, Valencia at Paris Saint-Germain (same-day tape)BaseballMLB spring trainingMonday's GamesDetroit 8, Houston 5Philadelphia 5...

...longer for Francisco Liriano and Danny Valencia to get going.The Twins moved Liriano from the rotation to the bullpen and sent Valencia, once a promising third base prospect...himself at the top of the rotation and Valencia to give them some power at third base...

...Miguel Socolovich to Norfolk (IL).BOSTON RED SOX_Placed 3B Will Middlebrooks on the 15-day DL. Recalled INF Danny Valencia from Pawtucket (IL).CHICAGO WHITE SOX - Optioned OF Jordan Danks to Charlotte (IL). Selected the contract of OF Dewayne...

...grandparent.Among the potential players who could wear the Israeli uniform are Ike Davis, Jason Marquis, Sam Fuld, Danny Valencia and Scott Feldman. Ryan Lavarnway, a top catching prospect in the Boston Red Sox system, is also a candidate.Ausmus...

...Jamey Carroll at shortstop, Danny Valencia at third base, and Luke Hughes and Sean...will be the fourth outfielder."With Valencia and Parmelee hitting at the bottom of...and Burroughs was brought in to push Valencia at third. Parmelee, one of the organization's...

...seven innings for the Twins, who had won two in a row. Danny Valencia had a sacrifice fly in the second inning, but that was all...Ryan Doumit to make things interesting.But Ogando got Danny Valencia to ground into a fielder's choice, Chris Parmelee to strike...

...in the third made it 4-3 Kansas City.In the second inning, Gordon leaped high above the left-field wall to rob Danny Valencia of a home run, snatching the ball out of the air right before it landed in a row of flowers just beyond the fence.With the...

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...and Matthew Hanson, Verndale, a girl, Piper Frances, 8 pounds, 8 ounces, April 1, 2012.Ashley Thotland and Gabriel Valencia, Staples, a boy, Gabriel Lucas, 7 pounds, 13 ounces, April 3, 2012.Katie and Josh Phillips, Walker, a boy, Hunter...