Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano launched his fourth home run in the past two days with a monster blast over the batter’s eye in center field at Peoria Stadium on Monday, helping Seattle to a 6-4 win over the Royals.

In a game that featured seven home runs, Carlos Sanchez went deep twice as the White Sox defeated the Rockies, 11-7, at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick on Monday afternoon.

The final start of Spring Training is typically a relaxed tuneup for most probable Opening Day starters. Not so for Masahiro Tanaka, as manager Joe Girardi is challenging the right-hander to step up at the end of his inconsistent spring.

Positioning matters when it comes to outfielders, because it’s important to know how much space they have to cover. With Statcast, we’re now able to measure average starting position, and it makes for some interesting comparisons.

David Ortiz’s final Spring Training home game with the Red Sox was preceded by a ceremony that served as a reminder that the designated hitter will long be remembered when his playing days are over.

In a surprising move Monday, the Reds announced that Raisel Iglesias will pitch on Opening Day against the Phillies on April 4. The widely expected Game 1 starter, Anthony DeSclafani, is dealing with an oblique strain.

Matt Holliday went 2-for-2 with his first home run of spring and Carlos Martinez pitched six strong innings to lift the Cardinals to a 3-1 win over the Mets at Roger Dean Stadium on Monday.

Quite literally riding off into the sunset.

The Mets spent much of this spring preaching the importance of their starting pitchers’ health, carefully scripting their throwing programs and aligning the rotation. It may have been for naught. Matt Harvey’s Spring Training is finished, and his Opening Night start is in jeopardy due to a “non-baseball medical issue.”

D-backs chief baseball officer Tony La Russa knows winning. In the final days of Spring Training 2016, La Russa knows that this year’s D-backs have the makings of a winner. Yes, they are in the National League West along with a Dodgers franchise has won the last three division titles, and a Giants franchise that has won three of the last six World Series. No, the D-backs aren’t intimidated.

Each new season brings breakout stars, players who spring from relative obscurity to become major contributors for their clubs. Some come saddled with hype they live up to, like Carlos Correa and Kris Bryant a year ago. More arrive on Opening Day brimming with projectable skills that make them poised to improve their performance from the previous year. Others still emerge seemingly from nowhere, like Chris Colabello last season or Steve Pearce in 2014.

Add “matchmaker” to the long list of Bryant’s skills.

Spring Training is winding down, with less than a week standing between the Pirates and Opening Day at PNC Park. It’s an easy time to get complacent, to let your mind wander toward the regular season.

Cubs outfielder Dexter Fowler said he left Sunday’s game as a precaution because of tightness on his left side, and it had nothing to do with the bees that invaded Sloan Park.

Chris Tillman will start the Orioles’ season opener, manager Buck Showalter announced on Monday. The right-hander, who has been the team’s Opening Day starter the past two seasons, will face the Twins in Baltimore on April 4.

Look good, feel good.

As part of its “Pitch and Prevail” program, Major League Baseball will honor bullpens throughout the 2016 season by shining a light on a “Bullpen of the Week presented by The Hartford.”