The Dodgers are hoping the platelet-rich plasma injection that seemed to help Chad Billingsley and Takashi Saito in the past will benefit Zack Greinke’s sore elbow.

Cubs pitcher Matt Garza, sidelined with a strained left lat, will resume his throwing program Wednesday, but still was not expected to be ready for the regular season until early May.

Though it seems that Aroldis Chapman will make his anticipated move to the starting rotation this season, manager Dusty Baker said the situation is still unknown. He said he’d like to have it settled “in the next week or so.”

Speedster Billy Hamilton has been held out of Cactus League activity after tweaking his left hamstring while stealing a base on Friday. Manager Dusty Baker said he wants to be cautious with his young center fielder.

A day after the reigning American League Cy Young Award winner was named as the team’s Opening Day starter, David Price took the mound against Frederick, the Orioles’ Class A affiliate, to get in his necessary work to prepare for the season.

Coming up on the World Baseball Classic stage: New York, New York. David Wright, Team USA’s “Captain America” and the third baseman of the New York Mets, on one side. Robinson Cano, the unquestioned leader of a talented Dominican Republic team and the second baseman of the New York Yankees, on the other.

Jim Leyland had success without a primary closer with the Pirates in the early 1990s, and he could use the bullpen-by-committee approach this season with the Tigers.

For David Freese, the difference a year can make is evidenced in the two challenges that no longer lie before him. Gone are the demands and requests that trail the reigning World Series Most Valuable Player Award winner. Gone, too, are the questions about when he’d finally be able to stay healthy and off the disabled list for a full season.

It became increasingly obvious to the Tigers that Brennan Boesch would not win the left-field job. Unable to trade his contract, the Tigers released the outfielder Wednesday.

Gio Gonzalez came home and pitched precisely as advertised on Tuesday night and David Wright drove in five as the United States beat Puerto Rico, 7-1, in the second round of the World Baseball Classic.

Team Australia may have been eliminated from the World Baseball Classic, but there are a few players from the Land Down Under who are just getting warmed up for the Major League season.

Details are sketchy on Zack Greinke’s right elbow injury, but manager Don Mattingly said it’s not serious and the pitcher could resume playing catch on Friday.

Seattle ace Felix Hernandez threw an efficient three innings in his second start of the spring on Tuesday, dealing with the D-backs so quickly that he went to the bullpen afterward to throw another 15 pitches to build up his work load.

Two teams are on their way, already navigating from across the Pacific Ocean following successful ventures in the Far East. Two more will emerge from fierce battles this week more than 3,000 miles across the country. Destination: San Francisco.

Dodgers outfielder Carl Crawford stepped it up another notch in his comeback from an elbow injury, taking live batting practice from Major League relievers J.P. Howell and Kenley Jansen on Tuesday.

Ten months. That’s about how long Kyle McClellan had to wait to get on a big league mound and face hitters again. He did so on Tuesday afternoon at Surprise Stadium and hardly looked like he had been away that long.

Yoenis Cespedes’ mother, Estela Milanes, was finally able to join her son in the United States over the weekend, and the Athletics’ left fielder is filled with joy to have her — and 11 other family members — in the country.