Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman might be sidelined over the next two weeks as he rests a right knee injury that he suffered during Tuesday morning's workout at ESPN's Wide World of Sports Complex.

On Tuesday, Oakland manager Bob Melvin announced Brandon McCarthy as the Opening Day starter against the Mariners on March 28 in Japan. Veteran Bartolo Colon, 38, will start the second game of the season.

A's catcher Kurt Suzuki seems to have a new batting partner in Manny Ramirez, as the veteran slugger has been joining Suzuki and hitting coach Chili Davis during their regular morning session.

What Jason Kendall would give to have his successor's future in Kansas City. He'd take Salvador Perez's next 10 years over Albert Pujols' bank account any day.

Omar Vizquel might be the old man on the block when compared to some of his teammates in the Blue Jays' clubhouse, but he still has the passion of a much younger player.

Adam Wainwright was challenged by the Cardinals' biggest bats on Tuesday, as the right-hander declared his latest throwing session a success.

The Phillies play an exhibition game Wednesday afternoon against Florida State at 1:05 p.m. ET at Bright House Field, and Phillies manager Charlie Manuel ran through his lineup card following Tuesday's workout at the Carpenter Complex.

Stu Sternberg held court at Tuesday's workout, and the Rays' principal owner spoke candidly about baseball in the Tampa Bay area and the coming season.

Astros manager Brad Mills said catcher Jason Castro is progressing so well from his offseason foot surgery that he will have no limitations when the team begins Grapefruit League play Saturday against Washington.

Tommy Hanson participated in stretching with his teammates on Tuesday, but that was as far as it could go for the Braves pitcher.

The Angels and Rangers don't have a rivalry on par with their counterparts in Boston and New York, but in time, they could approach that.

Right up until word finally broke that Jason Varitek would formally announce his retirement on Thursday, his teammates half-expected they would walk into the clubhouse one morning to find the captain strapping on the gear for one more season.

The man pays the bills at Miller Park, making him admittedly biased. But Brewers principal owner Mark Attanasio thinks everybody is missing the real story about Prince Fielder defecting to Detroit.

Seven seasons after Babe Ruth hit the Stadium's first homer, Yankee Stadium welcomed black baseball on July 5, 1930, as New York's Lincoln Giants played a doubleheader against the Baltimore Black Sox.

After undergoing the same stem-cell treatments that resurrected Bartolo Colon's career, left-hander C.J. Nitkowski is hoping for another shot at the big leagues after seven years away.

Alfonso Soriano says the money is all that fans see, not his big heart. His teammates know that, and understand that with the megadeal comes higher expectations.

Rockies manager Jim Tracy and his son Chad are separated by just a few hundred feet at the Rockies' Spring Training facility, but it doesn't exactly mean they're seeing a whole lot more of each other than they would otherwise.