GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) Cleveland's medical staff has predicted Kerry Wood could take eight weeks to get back in a major league game.
The Indians' closer has his own timetable. Read More...
Jenks expects to be ready for opener
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) White Sox closer Bobby Jenks expects to be ready for the season opener after an MRI on his right calf revealed no structural damage.
Jenks, who has a 37.80 ERA in two spring outings, missed his turn to pitch on Saturday because of irritation. He is scheduled to pitch Monday against Kansas City and vowed to be ready for the opener against Cleveland on April 5. Read More...
Weiner expects contract talks next year
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) New baseball players' union head Michael Weiner anticipates talks with Major League Baseball on a new collective bargaining agreement will begin by spring training or perhaps a bit earlier next year.
"Our goal will try to be, in one sense, you always want to have an agreement without a threat of a stoppage," Weiner said on Sunday. "But you also have to have an agreement that works for both sides. I'm sure that everybody will try our best to get a deal done on a kind of timeframe that we did last time. So we'll just have to see how it plays out." Read More...
Lincecum wild but pitches into 6th
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) Two-time reigning National League Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum was a bit wild early on Sunday in a game against San Francisco Giants minor leaguers, but still managed to throw 5 2-3 shutout innings.
While his Giants teammates were playing against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Tucson, the 25-year-old right-hander walked five hitters, gave up three hits and struck out six while throwing 94 pitches. It was his longest outing of the spring. He was 0-2 with a 9.39 ERA before Sunday. Read More...
Scully maintains humor after fall
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) Bruised physically and emotionally following a fall at his home Thursday, Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully showed he still has his sense of humor.
The 82-year-old Hall of Famer arrived in the desert Sunday to call his first game of the spring. Read More...
Nationals send Strasburg to Double-A
VIERA, Fla. (AP) Stephen Strasburg was sent to the minor leagues on Saturday by the Washington Nationals, who told baseball's top pitching prospect he needed to slow down his delivery from the stretch in order to speed up his arrival in the majors.
"I'm not a believer that a player can come from amateur baseball and step right into the major leagues," Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo said. "I've seen terrific prospects attempt it and the failure rate is too great. This is a prized asset." Read More...
Selig believes realignment can work
PHOENIX (AP) Baseball commissioner Bud Selig admitted Saturday that he has put his ideas for realignment on paper, but that's as far as it has gone thus far.
"When I am on long airport rides I will fiddle around with divisions and things," Selig said at Maryvale Baseball Park during a spring training game between the Kansas City Royals and Milwaukee Brewers. "The one thing about it: you come up with 100 different (scenarios)." Read More...
Guillen asked son to resign from ChiSox
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said on Saturday that he asked his son to resign from his position with the team because the younger Guillen had made a mistake.
Guillen spoke to the media a day after his son Oney resigned from a position with the Chicago's scouting department in part over comments he made on Twitter that the White Sox sought to tone down. Read More...
Halladay struggles against Tigers
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) Roy Halladay struggled for the first time this spring and the Detroit Tigers were able to take advantage.
Halladay (1-1) allowed three runs and six hits, all for extra bases, in five innings of the Philadelphia Phillies' 3-0 loss to the Tigers on Saturday. Read More...
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