Orioles right-hander Dylan Bundy is in the midst of recovery from last year’s Tommy John ligament replacement surgery in his right elbow, and he said on Tuesday he is making progress.

Nationals relief pitcher Ryan Mattheus underwent an MRI on Monday, which revealed costochondritis, an inflammation of the cartilage that attaches the ribs to the sternum.

Moments before Nelson Cruz took the podium, they started filing in. Former Rangers teammates Chris Davis and Tommy Hunter, who both took seats for the crowded news conference, were followed by Darren O’Day, Matt Wieters, Manny Machado, J.J. Hardy, Adam Jones and Nick Markakis, the latter half-dozen standing in the back, waiting on the arrival of their new superstar teammate.

Justin Morneau and Michael Cuddyer are positioned side by side in the Rockies’ clubhouse, a symbol of their close relationship that dates back to 2003 with the Twins. And the mutual respect and appreciation between Morneau and Cuddyer is overwhelmingly obvious.

Orioles executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette preached patience all winter long, and in the end, it paid off with Baltimore officially making its third acquisition in less than a week in signing veteran Nelson Cruz on Monday.

A lot has happened in a short amount of time for Michael Wacha, Xander Bogaerts and Sonny Gray after making their big league debuts in 2013. Now, they’re being counted on to do it all season long. Nothing is guaranteed in baseball, but it seems like this is a trio ready for the pressure of expectations and eager to shine.

MLB.com At Bat — the sports app standard bearer — returned on Tuesday for a sixth year and with a new look to millions of mobile devices everywhere, in time for this week’s start of Spring Training exhibitions.

Major League Baseball’s official announcement on Monday to implement a ban on home-plate collisions for the 2014 season was met with mixed reaction from players and managers.

The Angels can officially sign Mike Trout to a long-term extension before Opening Day and not have the value of his potential deal affect their luxury-tax threshold this year.

Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association announced Monday the addition of Rule 7.13, covering collisions at home plate, on an experimental basis for the 2014 season.

Pitcher Yu Darvish and Tommy Hanson both pitched one scoreless inning for “Team Bogar” in the Rangers’ intrasquad game Monday afternoon on the Nolan Ryan Field. “Team Buechele” prevailed in the affair with a 7-4 victory over 6 1/2 innings.

Most catchers fantasize about having a 2013 campaign like Buster Posey’s. But having proven capable of more, he seeks excellence, not just competence.

It was just an early-morning simulated game taking place on a back field at the Yankees’ Spring Training complex, but Masahiro Tanaka once again proved that he will draw a crowd like few others can.

Cardinals top prospect Oscar Taveras increased the intensity of his running on Monday and continues to creep closer to being entirely uninhibited in his workouts.

Rangers manager Ron Washington, who led his team to the World Series in 2010-11 and to 370 wins over the past four seasons, has been given a one-year contract extension through 2015.

General manager Chris Antonetti has maintained that the Indians have interest in discussing a contract extension with All-Star second baseman Jason Kipnis. That process appears to be underway this spring.

Reds first baseman Joey Votto has become a flashpoint between those who care mostly about traditional statistics to measure successful production and people who focus on more new-school advanced stats, or sabermetrics.