Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo was fined an undisclosed amount of money by the Commissioner's Office, a baseball source confirmed, for comments pertaining to left-hander Cole Hamels, who hit outfielder Bryce Harper with a pitch during Sunday's 9-3 loss to the Phillies.

The Yankees plan to add Andy Pettitte to their active roster and have him pitch on Sunday against the Seattle Mariners, general manager Brian Cashman said Tuesday.

Feeling lingering dizziness the day after a home-plate collision, Mets catcher Josh Thole was placed on the seven-day disabled list Tuesday with a concussion.

Nelson Cruz is the only Rangers player who has started every game in the field this season. Cruz has been on the disabled list five times in the last two years but so far said he is feeling good physically and does not need a day off.

Jerry McMorris, who put together the Colorado-based group that rescued the Colorado Rockies franchise in 1992, died on Tuesday at The Anschutz Medical Campus at the University of Colorado-Denver after a long illness.

Casey Blake, who played 13 years in the Major Leagues, has told the Des Moines Register he plans to officially retire.

The Nationals have signed lefty reliever Michael Gonzalez, who will report to the team's Spring Training complex in Vieira, Fla.

The Brewers made long-term commitments Tuesday to two faces of the franchise, extending general manager Doug Melvin's contract through 2015 and manager Ron Roenicke's through 2014.

A day after Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels stoked the budding rivalry between his team and the Washington Nationals by hitting Bryce Harper with a pitch and then admitting that he did it intentionally, Major League Baseball responded by suspending the left-hander for five games and hitting him with an undisclosed fine.

The expected roster moves after Jayson Werth underwent surgery on his left wrist were made on Tuesday, when the Nationals reinstated third baseman Ryan Zimmerman from the disabled list and put Werth on it, retroactive to Monday.

Before testimony began Tuesday morning in his courtroom at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Judge Reggie Walton raised his voice in repeating a message he has delivered to attorneys from both sides several times: The federal perjury trial of Roger Clemens is moving too slowly, and the jury is noticing.

Baseball may be changing, but it's still considered acceptable for pitchers to throw at hitters under the proper circumstances. The real transgression, it seems, is being candid about it later.

Yankees closer Mariano Rivera was examined on Monday by two physicians in New York, and the expectation continues to be that he will have season-ending surgery on his torn right ACL. But for a reason not known, a date has not been set.

Adam Dunn and Stephen Strasburg, albeit for very different reasons, are among the early potential Comeback Player of the Year candidates who have have gotten off on the right foot this season.

Of the 33 players taken in the first round of last year's First-Year Player Draft, a large majority are in Class A or lower. Twenty-six are in Class A Advanced, Class A or extended Spring Training waiting for an assignment. Five are in Double-A and one didn't sign.

Spurred by the case of 11-year-old Sarah Fradkin, numerous experiences offered by an array of Hall of Famers, GMs, coaches and active players will be available at auction in an effort to raise money for epilepsy awareness and research.