MLB

With the 2015 regular season on the horizon, the Minnesota Twins locked up one of their key pieces by signing second baseman Brian Dozier to a contract extension.

According to the Twins' official Twitter account, the 27-year-old middle infielder inked a four-year deal:

Not long ago, second base for the New York Yankees was as stable, consistent and productive as any position on any team in Major League Baseball. These days, it's anything but.

As we get set to kick off the MLB season, now is as good a time as any to play some over/under on what to expect statistically from some of the game's biggest stars in 2015.

Over/under 40 home runs for Giancarlo Stanton?

Over/under 20 wins for Madison Bumgarner?

Anthony Rendon's knee injury isn't serious, they said. He's only being held out of spring training action as a precaution, they said.

Well, now they're singing a different tune. And for a Washington Nationals club that has eyes on being perhaps the elite team in Major League Baseball in 2015, that's a bummer.

The Detroit Tigers have now completed more than half of their 2015 spring training schedule. It has been a largely unsuccessful March for Detroit if you only consider its record (7-14). However, wins and losses mean precious little during this stage of the year.

What matters most is players getting in their reps and optimizing their preparation for a minimum six-month-long season.

Every team has needs.

From World Series favorites like the Washington Nationals to clubs favored to land in the cellar like the Philadelphia Phillies, all 30 clubs have at least one bullet point remaining unchecked on the organizational to-do list.

The New York Yankees need Masahiro Tanaka's elbow to remain healthy. The Boston Red Sox are still on the lookout for a front-line starter. Plus, playoff hopefuls like the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants are already searching for extra bodies thanks to untimely spring injuries to key contributors.

FORT MYERS, Fla. — While Kris Bryant pummels baseball after baseball into oblivion in the Cactus League, whipping the when-will-he-debut debate into a frenzy from Arizona to the Billy Goat Tavern in Chicago, he's not the only phenom dropping jaws this spring.

With just two weeks left until the end of spring training and the start of the 2015 season, Toronto Blue Jays prospect Roberto Osuna has made a strong case to make the Blue Jays’ Opening Day roster.

Coming into spring training, Mookie Betts, the Red Sox's seventh-ranked prospect by Baseball America in 2014, was supposed to compete with Cuban signee Rusney Castillo for the starting center field job.

Suddenly, a prominent Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander is dealing with a shoulder injury that won't be going away for a while.

But don't worry. It's not that prominent Dodgers lefty. For that matter, this is a situation hardly worth worrying about at all.