For the Milwaukee Brewers it is the Year 1 A.P. (After Prince). The club is coming off the best regular season in franchise history, but there are doubters, those who wonder how The Crew can survive now that the slugging Fielder has cashed in with the Tigers.

Bryce Harper is the type of talent that comes along only so often. There's an eagerness for his arrival, making any delay seem like an eternity.

Brett Cecil rededicated himself both on and off the field this offseason and he hopes the changes to his body will result in dramatically different results on the mound.

Michael Brantley has been around the highest level of baseball for so long that his version of a childhood sandbox was diamond-shaped with lines painted on it and bases in the way.

After striking out four times in an 11-7 loss to the Tigers on Sunday, Nationals top prospect Bryce Harper was optioned to Triple-A Syracuse, where he will play mostly center field. He will also see action in right.

Mike Russell was a Marlins scout in the instructional league in 1999 and he is a Tigers scout in Spring Training these days, so he has seen Miguel Cabrera come full circle.

Craig Biggio, four years removed from a Hall of Fame career and with 3,060 hits on his resume, made an appearance at Astros camp this week, with one of his top duties coming on the same dusty back fields he roamed two decades ago.

Astros center fielder Jordan Schafer is expected to be sidelined for a few days after suffering a sprained left hand, suffered while making a terrific diving catch in the third inning Sunday against the Mets.

Angels right-hander Dan Haren cleared a few more hurdles in his third Spring Training start on Sunday — he got into the 60-pitch range, began challenging hitters with inside fastballs and battled the elements.

Ryan Lavarnway has done just about everything he can to make sure manager Bobby Valentine has a difficult decision on his hands later this spring.

The executive director of the Major League Baseball Players' Association doesn't believe that Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista has been unfairly targeted by the league's random drug testing policy.

Royals right-hander Luis Mendoza made an impression with seven strikeouts in a dominating 4 2/3-inning performance in last Friday's 9-4 Kansas City victory.

Rangers fans are familiar with Alexi Ogando's transition from outfielder to pitcher, a switch that was so successful that Texas is trying it on other players.

Catcher Salvador Perez was getting through the Royals' clubhouse on crutches Sunday morning, heading for what will be a daily destination for him — the training room.

Mariners shortstop Brendan Ryan was sidelined for a fourth straight day on Sunday, as the club continued being cautious with a tender quadriceps muscle in his right leg.

Chris Carpenter has not played in a Grapefruit League game yet, but that does not mean he has not been heavily involved this spring.

Young aces faced off Sunday at Charlotte Sports Park as the Red Sox defeated the Rays.