During Spring Training, White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper told Michael Ynoa that he wasn’t too far from reaching the Majors.

The rib cage injury that’s bothered Adam Jones kept him out of the starting lineup again for Sunday’s series finale with Tampa Bay.

While the Cardinals wait to learn more about the short-term plans for Marco Gonzales early this week, manager Mike Matheny acknowledged on Sunday that surgery could be awaiting the left-handed pitching prospect.

The Mets will skip Jacob deGrom’s turn in the rotation due to lingering right lat soreness, the team announced. Right-hander Logan Verrett will take deGrom’s place in the rotation.

Rangers pitcher Cole Hamels won two big confrontations against Angels sluggers Mike Trout and Albert Pujols on Saturday night, and now is enjoying the longest winning streak of his career.

The Cardinals sent Julio Teheran to an early exit and took advantage of multiple defensive miscues while providing Carlos Martinez with ample support in Saturday night’s 12-2 win over the Braves at Turner Field.

The longest-tenured Phillie joined forces with one of his newest teammates on Friday, helping Philadelphia avoid its first 0-5 start to a season in 82 years. Instead, Ryan Howard homered, Vincent Velasquez delivered six shutout innings and the Phillies grabbed a 1-0 win over Bartolo Colon and the Mets.

The Rangers know they are losing catcher Robinson Chirinos to a fractured right forearm, but they are not sure about outfielder Shin-Soo Choo. Choo was scratched from Saturday night’s 4-1 win over the Angels with a strained right calf muscle. He underwent an MRI but the Rangers are still waiting on the results to see the extent of the injury.

On the day Yoenis Cespedes showed up to his first Spring Training with the Mets, hitting coach Kevin Long spoke to the importance of shrinking Cespedes’ strike zone.

Matt Kemp had another big night at Coors Field — his home away from home. The Padres right fielder had two home runs and drove in six runs.

With the Mariners struggling against left-handed pitching in their first four games, manager Scott Servais said he’ll definitely keep relying on right-handed hitting first baseman Dae-Ho Lee in a platoon situation against southpaws as he attempts to balance his lineup.

Zack Greinke may have the star power and name recognition, but the D-backs ace was overshadowed — and outpitched — by Kyle Hendricks on Saturday night as the Cubs won for the fourth time in five games, by a 4-2 margin at Chase Field.

Trevor Story went 1-for-5 in Saturday’s loss to the Padres — and that one hit wasn’t a home run, ending his streak of games with at least one home run at four.

Relievers are throwing harder than ever, but late-inning comebacks are not yet a thing of the past.

Here are the Top 5 GIFs from Saturday’s games, courtesy of @MLBGifs.

When Astros outfielder Colby Rasmus is seeing the ball well, he can be as dangerous as anyone on the team with a bat in his hands.

The first weekend of the regular season concludes today with a full slate of games, featuring a number of exceptional starting pitching matchups.