Commissioner Rob Manfred said Friday that MLB.com’s Statcast technology will be in place at all 30 Major League ballparks by Opening Day 2015, as he laid out some of the ways that the groundbreaking technology will make its way to fans and clubs in the new season.

Once more, they have very few question marks. As usual, they have high expectations. In that way, the St. Louis Cardinals never seem to change much.

After undergoing an MRI on Friday afternoon, Braves center fielder Melvin Upton Jr. learned that a left foot injury will sideline him throughout Spring Training and likely force him to spend the first few weeks of the regular season on the disabled list.

Last year was the first time Stephen Strasburg didn’t have to worry about injuries or an innings limit, and he took advantage of the situation. MLB.com caught up with Strasburg to talk about his career with the Nationals and the team’s chances in the postseason.

Jon Lester’s first live batting-practice session was impressive, as was his working relationship with catcher David Ross.

D-backs GM Dave Stewart decided after last season that right field would be a better fit for Mark Trumbo than left, where he began the 2014 season.

Matt Harvey, who missed all of last season following Tommy John surgery, threw 43 pitches during two batting-practice stints on the mound, his first against live hitters since Aug. 24, 2013. And although the batters were not swinging, the assessment — from Mets manager Terry Collins, the players and Harvey alike — was nothing but positive.

CC Sabathia is continuing to make progress as he returns from right knee surgery, and the Yankees left-hander plans to attack his workload with the assistance of a brace that has been hidden underneath his billowing pinstriped pants.

Alex Rodriguez gave first base a whirl for the first time on Friday, fielding grounders and receiving throws on a training field behind the third-base seats of George M. Steinbrenner Field.

The Hall of Famer is taking on a new challenge. And as challenges go, this one may have been supersized. Paul Molitor is the new manager of the Minnesota Twins, and look at the neighborhood into which he has moved.

Rangers pitcher Yovani Gallardo turned 29 on Friday, and his teammates serenaded him with “Happy Birthday” during pre-workout stretching.

Johnny Cueto finished second in NL Cy Young voting in 2014, and Reds manager Bryan Price dropped names such as Greg Maddux and Pedro Martinez in praising the Reds’ ace in Spring Training.

Jose Bautista gave a ringing endorsement to the additions Toronto made during the offseason on Friday afternoon. Suggesting that the incoming players are “maybe an uptick or two more competitive than some guys who have been here in the past.”

Orioles manager Buck Showalter put a new wrinkle on an old drill on Friday, pumping in crowd noise from last year’s postseason as infielders practiced catching pop flies on the main field of Ed Smith Stadium.

The Blue Jays don’t expect former Cy Young Award winner Johan Santana to be ready for the start of the regular season but he’s going to have an opportunity to compete for a starting job in the not-so-distant future.

Adam Wainwright returned to Cardinals camp on Friday, one day after a St. Louis-area specialist diagnosed him with an abdominal strain that should not keep him from continuing through a spring throwing program.

MLB.com’s At Bat App made its 2015 debut on Friday as an update on millions of smartphones and tablets everywhere. The seventh-year veteran already is making some more history, too: It offers the most comprehensive bilingual accessibility of any U.S. professional sports app, as part of one of the single largest updates Major League Baseball Advanced Media has made to its flagship product.