METS MAY BE IN ARMS WAY  —  INNINGS MINOR PROBLEM FOR PELFREY, HUMBER  —  Mike Pelfrey and Philip Humber haven't thrown many minor-league innings, yet they're both candidates for the Mets' starting rotation.  It's worth examining how ready they are without many more frames for them in Double-A or Triple-A.

Fan fined $1,000, ordered away from Shea Stadium  —  A Mets fan who impersonated a reporter last season was fined $1,000 on Tuesday and ordered to stay away from Mets home games for the next three years.  —  Ryan Leli, 18, was also ordered to stay away from Brooklyn Cyclones games …

MLB TV deal gets fuzzy reception  —  So here comes Major League Baseball in a quick, shortsighted money grab (again), selling out its core fans (again) and telling everyone (again) how the sport ought to be consumed.  —  Here comes MLB, as arrogant and detached as ever, ready to limit its popular …

Ex-Yank Leyritz: Good riddance, Randy  —  NEW YORK - As badly as one wanted to leave, another wanted to stay.  The winters of Randy Johnson and Bernie Williams took different paths, and those paths were a hot topic last night at a dinner honoring the 1977 Yankees.

New mix in Sox's outfield  —  Erstad signing near; groin surgery sidelines Podsednik  —  With SoxFest just a few days away, the shape of the White Sox's outfield has taken a dramatic turn with the impending signing of free agent Darin Erstad and recurrence of an old groin injury …

Rays to pad infield depth with Pena … ST. PETERSBURG - Seeking to increase depth with their infield plans unsettled, the Devil Rays are close to signing first baseman Carlos Pena to a minor-league deal.  —  Under some alignments, the Rays could end up with Ty Wigginton and Greg Norton splitting time at first base.

What Rangers get from Sosa is anybody's guess  —  You want my honest opinion on Sammy Sosa?  —  OK.  I've got no clue.  —  The arguments pro and con Sosa are easy to understand, which makes it all the more difficult to choose which is the right one.  —  Might he have something left to offer after a year of seclusion?

Around the Horn: Outfielders  —  Jenkins seeks comeback season; Brewers to try Hall in outfield … MILWAUKEE — Geoff Jenkins is heading into a contract year, but he's more concerned about making it a statement year.  —  The Brewers figure to have a knockdown, drag-out Spring Training …

Blue Jays Join Growing Gulf Coast League  —  A busy offseason for the Gulf Coast League continued when the Blue Jays added a sixth affiliate and joined the Florida-based Rookie-level league.  —  The Blue Jays pulled out of the Appalachian League at the conclusion of the 2006 season …

Rollins, Phillies confident about chances in '07  —  PHILADELPHIA — Pitchers and catchers don't report to spring training for another three weeks and exhibition games are still more than a month away.  The Philadelphia Phillies already are talking about the postseason.

Starter Felix Hernandez is in 'amazing shape' after an offseason of working out  —  That sense of relief coming from downtown Seattle is the sigh of satisfaction in the Mariners' offices at the sight of pitcher Felix Hernandez.  —  Hernandez, the 20-year-old whose potential as a superstar seems limited …

Cards hope to learn Weaver's fate this week  —  The Cardinals probably will learn this week whether their two-year offer to free-agent pitcher Jeff Weaver is enough to keep the righthander in their starting rotation three months after he became a cog in their World Series championship push.