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Don't tell the Chicago Cubs and the New York Mets that baseball is boring.

Thanks to Chicago's absurd collection of bats and New York's contingent of power arms, those two teams are set up to be two of the most exciting MLB squads in 2016.

In the process of drawing up the excitement rankings, we searched for three key attributes:

As Cliff Lee looks to continue his pitching career in 2016, the former American League Cy Young winner needs to find a team willing to take a chance on him.  

Continue for updates. 

Alex Cobb has been one of the Tampa Bay Rays' best starting pitchers when healthy, so if the team wanted to explore a trade market for him, it would certainly be robust. 

Veteran right-hander Freddy Garcia has decided to retire at the age of 39 after making one final start for Venezuela in the Caribbean Series on Sunday.

According to Jesse Sanchez of MLB.com, Garcia will attempt to lead Venezuela to victory in the championship game against Mexico before hanging up his cleats. 

The start of spring training is still a few weeks away, but it's never too soon to start planning for this year's fantasy baseball draft.

Hitting on your early round picks and anchoring your roster with superstar talent is important, but more times than not, it's the late-round sleeper picks that prove to be the difference when it comes to contending for a league title.

The Toronto Blue Jays announced on Saturday they have hired Eric Wedge as the team's new player development adviser. 

Sure, MLB fans are still waiting for pitchers and catchers to report to spring training, but it's never too early to start preparing for the upcoming fantasy baseball season.

Unfortunately, that preparation is not starting on a positive note. We're taking a look at a downside of fantasy baseball—regression—and the players coming off fantastic 2015 campaigns that are most likely to fall short of matching those spectacular numbers.

With spring training drawing near, we're all mainly excited for the baseball. It's our dear friend, and it's been too long since we last hung out.

But don't forget about the business, folks. Spring training always brings us a few last-minute deals, and we're here to take a whack at predicting some of the big ones that will go down this spring.

Spring training can get kind of boring, right?

The game’s best pitchers are held back, and its best position players don’t often take the games seriously. It’s more like a televised health club than competitive athletics.

I get it, of course. After months off, position players are just looking to get a feel for their swings and timing in the field. The best pitchers are held back because there’s no worse feeling than watching an ace hurt his arm in spring training.

The Chicago Cubs have re-signed ace Jake Arrieta to a one-year, $10.7 million deal, per the Associated Press (via ESPN.com). Jon Heyman of MLB Network confirmed the news.