D-backs outfielder A.J. Pollock underwent successful surgery on his fractured right elbow Tuesday afternoon, according to a release put out by the team.

Whenever pitchers change teams, we immediately analyze the park and league fit for the pitcher in question. And that’s understandable, as those are big factors in how he might perform for the upcoming season. However, when a top-level defender changes teams, the baseball community talks less about his potential impact on his new teammates .

Commissioner Rob Manfred said the onset of the regular season adds to the need to make a decision on the possible penalty facing Rockies shortstop Jose Reyes for domestic abuse allegations.

A’s ace Sonny Gray, robbed of an Opening Day start because of what he thought to be food poisoning, believes he actually fell victim to a vicious flu bug that’s making its way around a handful of clubhouses. Right-hander Kendall Graveman is the latest to turn up ill.

Having exhausted their supply of pomp and circumstance after the second of two pregame ceremonies at Kauffman Stadium, Royals fans moved on to mocking Noah Syndergaard. They berated him with boos on Tuesday as the Mets right-hander loosened in the bullpen. Syndergaard chuckled to himself as the stadium’s PA system blared “American Woman” while he warmed in the first. So imagine the glee at Kauffman when, minutes into Tuesday’s series finale, Royals shortstop Alcides Escobar hit a leadoff triple against Syndergaard, the fan base’s newly minted villain. Then imagine the deflation when Syndergaard struck out the next three batters in succession during the Mets’ 2-0 win.

D-backs manager Chip Hale said he did not know of any condition that would have impacted Zack Greinke’s efforts on the mound during Monday’s Opening Night start

Right-hander Noah Syndergaard threw six overpowering innings, giving up just three hits while striking out nine, and the Mets held on for a 2-0 win over the Royals on Tuesday afternoon at Kauffman Stadium. The Mets earned a split in the two-game set.

Major League Baseball fully supports New York City’s impending smokeless tobacco ban at Yankee Stadium and Citi Field, Commissioner Rob Manfred said on Tuesday, and the league could even help enforce the ban in the future. Manfred’s comments came on the eve of a New York City Hall ceremony in which Mayor Bill de Blasio is expected to sign the new bill into law.

If this is, as many suspect, the season Mookie Betts will emerge into an All-Star, the gifted right fielder and leadoff man is off to a rousing start.

With the 2016 season getting started, here’s a look at where the Cubs’ Top 30 prospects are projected to start the season. Top prospect Gleyber Torres will start the year at Class A Advanced with the Myrtle Beach Pelicans.

Astros first baseman Tyler White had a big league debut he won’t soon forget. White, a former 33rd-round Draft pick who was a long shot to make the club in the spring, had a pinch-hit single in his first plate appearance in the seventh inning of Houston’s 5-3 season-opening win over the Yankees at Yankee Stadium. He was then hit by a pitch in the eighth.

Mind over matter. That’s what David Price had said. The conditions, Price knew, going into his first official start as a member of the Boston Red Sox would be frigid, but so would the response from the Boston faithful if he stepped on that Progressive Field mound and got shelled.

Carlos Correa’s fingerprints were all over the Astros’ 5-3 season-opening win over the Yankees on Tuesday afternoon at Yankee Stadium, which should come as no surprise from a player many expect could contend for the American League Most Valuable Player this year.

One of the coldest games in Astros history made for tough playing conditions Tuesday afternoon at Yankee Stadium, where pitchers couldn’t quite grip the ball as well as they’d like and hitters had to square up the ball to make it go.

In search of an ace, the Red Sox invested heavily in David Price this winter. In an Opening Day outing opposite Indians righty Corey Kluber on Tuesday, Price once again showed his worth in guiding Boston to a 6-2 victory over the Tribe.

Wearing sunglasses to block out the late-afternoon light and a red hoodie under his uniform to stay warm, David Ortiz whipped his bat through the zone and kicked off his final Major League season in grand fashion in the top of the ninth inning on Tuesday.

Carlos Correa reached on an eighth-inning throwing error by Dellin Betances, sending Jose Altuve home with the go-ahead run as the Astros defeated the Yankees, 5-3, on Opening Day at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday.