http://www.sportsbooks.com/ Sportsbooks - Pro and College sport headlines and stories on the NFL, NBA, NCAA, NHL, MLB, football, baseball, basketball, World Series, Super Bowl. en-us jackblack@sportsbooks.com http://www.sportsbooks.com/ Players making their first deposit with Sportsbooks.com will automatically receive a Tournament Ticket to the $500 Welcome Freeroll. http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/966650.html The St. Louis Cardinals have signed pitcher Scott Linebrink to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training. Linebrink pitched for Atlanta last season and went 4-4 with a 3.64 earned run average in 64 games out of the bullpen. The 35-year-old right-hander is 42-31 with a 3.51 ERA over his 12 seasons in the majors. He has pitched in 607 games with San Francisco, Houston, San Diego, Milwaukee, the Chicago White Sox a http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/966634.html The Baltimore Orioles signed veteran reliever Luis Ayala to a one-year contract on Friday. The right-hander's deal includes a club option for 2013. Ayala, 34, is familiar with the American League East having pitched for the New York Yankees last season. In 52 appearances, he posted a 2-2 record with a 2.09 earned run average. In seven major league seasons, Ayala owns a career mark of 31-41 with 18 saves and a 3.47 ERA in 429 games for http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/966621.html Sean O'Sullivan and Blake Wood have agreed to terms on one-year contracts with the Kansas City Royals. The pitchers were just two of 12 players to sign a contract with the Royals for the upcoming season. O'Sullivan went 2-6 with a 7.25 earned run average in 12 games, all but two of which were starts, for Kansas City last year. Wood made 55 relief appearances for the Royals in 2011, going 5-3 with a save and a 3.75 ERA. The Royals also http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/966563.html The Cleveland Indians avoided arbitration with shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera, signing him to a one-year contract on Friday. No financial terms were released, but the Plain Dealer reported it is worth $4.55 million. Cabrera hit .273 while posting career highs in home runs (25), RBI (92) and games played (151), while tying a career best with 17 stolen bases and adding 32 doubles in 2011. His 25 round-trippers also stands as a new club record fo http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/966362.html Major League Baseball suspended two New York Mets minor leaguers Thursday. Charles "Dock" Doyle and Scott Moviel both received a 50-game suspension after second violations of the minor league drug prevention and treatment program for a drug of abuse. Doyle, a catcher, hit .296 in 24 games last season for the Single-A St. Lucie Mets. He was selected by New York in the fifth round of the 2008 first-year player draft. Moviel, a right-hande http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/966305.html The Kansas City Royals have agreed to terms on a one-year contract with outfielder Alex Gordon, the team announced Thursday. Gordon notched career-highs in batting average (.303), runs batted in (87), home runs (23), and stolen bases (17) in 151 games with the Royals last season. Gordon, who turns 28 on Friday, also won his first Golden Glove award for his prowess in the outfield. In five major league seasons, all with Kansas http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/966285.html The two-time defending American League champion Texas Rangers have agreed to a two-year contract with outfielder Nelson Cruz, the team announced on Thursday. The 31-year-old Cruz batted .263 with 29 home runs and a career-best 87 runs batted in during 124 regular-season games in 2011. In 17 postseason contests during the Rangers' pennant run, he logged a .226 average with eight homers and 16 RBI. The bulk of Cruz's 2011 playof http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/966284.html Free agent pitcher Rich Harden will reportedly miss the entire 2012 season after undergoing shoulder surgery. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Harden had a torn capsule in his right shoulder repaired last week by noted sports surgeon Dr. James Andrews. The 30-year-old right-hander first had shoulder problems back in 2007 with Oakland when he appeared in just seven games. He told the Chronicle that the injury dates back