Nick Franklin joined the list of injured Rays on Monday, and the infielder could miss the start of the season. The candidate to play second base tweaked his left oblique on his last swing of batting practice prior to the game.

White Sox left-hander Chris Sale, rehabbing a broken right foot, completed a running session on Monday and will throw a bullpen session on Tuesday ahead of a simulated game on Friday.

Nick Swisher has maintained all spring that being ready in time for Opening Day is his goal, but the veteran made it clear last week that he understood that might not be realistic. Indians manager Terry Francona confirmed as much on Monday morning.

While waiting for a medical update on Hyun-Jin Ryu and seemingly prepared for bad news, manager Don Mattingly on Monday morning spoke vaguely about how to replace Ryu short-term.

Mookie Betts has taken a laid-back and humble approach at Red Sox Spring Training, but his performance on the field has been anything but quiet as the 22-year-old has hit and hustled his way to a virtual lock on the center-field job.

Even though Rick Porcello is no longer teammates with ace righties Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer, he has brought parts of his old Tiger pals with him to the Red Sox.

Following four years, eight months and eight days as an active officer, and another two trying to rediscover himself in the Minors, Lieutenant Mitchell Andrew Harris finds himself on the cusp of becoming the first graduate of the Naval Academy in 94 years — and only the second ever — to appear in a Major League Baseball game.

Jacoby Ellsbury believes that his strained right oblique is improving, and the speedy outfielder is confident that his name will appear in the Yankees’ lineup on Opening Day.

Monday’s Grapefruit League game between the Phillies and Twins at Bright House Field was believed to be a first in Major League Baseball history. It was the first time two current Hall of Fame players managed against each other. Twins manager Paul Molitor was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2004. Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg was inducted in ’05.

There’s less than two weeks to go before the Cubs open the season, and although Joe Maddon is still learning his players, he has discovered one thing: All the power makes him feel as if he’s still managing an American League team. And he’s had an epiphany about the makeup of the final roster, though it did not come after Kris Bryant’s first or second home run on Saturday.

Two separate teams of Red Sox position players battled in agility relay drills with this caveat: the winning squad gets to skip Tuesday’s bus ride to Jupiter, Fla. The losing team has to go.

Three home runs against Yankees starter CC Sabathia and another encouraging performance from right-hander Matt Harvey lifted the Mets to a 6-0 Grapefruit League win over the rival Yankees on Sunday afternoon at sold-out Tradition Field.

Yankees center fielder Jose Pirela was carted off after he crashed into the center-field wall during the first inning of Sunday’s game against the Mets at Tradition Field. Pirela collided with the wall while chasing a ball hit by Juan Lagares from Yankees starter CC Sabathia that resulted in an inside-the-park home run.

Orioles top pitching prospect Hunter Harvey is out 4-6 weeks with a slight fracture of his right fibula.

Veteran utility man Kelly Johnson has been around long enough to understand the intricacies of Spring Training. While the stats and team records may not matter in the grand scheme of things, the reality is what happens in these games can matter a lot more for some players than others.

Yankees manager Joe Girardi said Sunday morning that he has put the decision of naming a closer on the backburner to focus on more pressing decisions.

Braves outfielder Nick Markakis is expected to take a major step in his rehab process on Monday by making his spring debut in a game against the Astros.