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NL West News and Rumors

Sergio Romo will not face criminal charges after incident at Las Vegas airport

Mark Townsend, yahoo.com

Updating a legal item, San Francisco Giants closer Sergio Romo will not face criminal charges stemming from his New Year’s Day run-in with a Transportation Security Administration official. This new comes courtesy of TMZ, who first reported the Clark Co…

Thomas Harding, MLB.com

In an innovative move to oversee player development practices at every level of the Minors, the Rockies' 2013 Minor League staff will include a development supervisor for each of the six Minor League affiliates.

CNNSI.com

As a PED bombshell rocks baseball, Tom Verducci reports on the specifics of Alex Rodriguez's alleged doping program and how MLB is turning up the heat in its investigation.

Tracy Ringolsby, MLB.com

Rene Lachemann will provide the perfect amount of experience on Walt Weiss' first-year Colorado staff as he enters his 50th season in a professional baseball uniform.

Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.com

Brandon Webb, the 2006 National League Cy Young Award winner and one of the most dominant starters in the game during a five-year stretch with the Arizona Diamondbacks, is officially retiring from baseball, according to his agents at Millennium Sports.

CNNSI.com

The Giants haven't done very much this offseason, but after winning two of the past three World Series, we should trust their strategy more than ever before, writes Jay Jaffe.