Delayed start  —  Wang headed to disabled list after pulling hamstring  —  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Yankees right-hander Chien-Ming Wang, a 19-game winner last season, will start the season on the disabled list with a right hamstring pull.  —  Wang, who had been under consideration to start opening …

Mariners Notebook: Angels bring out devil in Guillen  —  Animosity remains for Mariners right fielder  —  PEORIA, Ariz. — Two teams and more than two years removed from his ugly departure from the Los Angeles Angels, you'd think Jose Guillen would be over it.  —  You'd be wrong.

It's a command performance  —  Piniella encouraged by Prior's 59-pitch effort against Padres  —  PEORIA, Ariz. — Go figure.  Just when it looked about time for the Cubs to write off Mark Prior, the confounding former ace pitched just well enough for four innings on Thursday to suggest …

Danks' outing strikes chord with Guillen  —  TUCSON, Ariz. — If manager Ozzie Guillen has his way, left-hander John Danks will be on the White Sox's 25-man roster as their fifth starter or a reliever.  —  "Right now, I'm voting for him to be there, but that decision is a group decision," …

Notes: Gross gets good news  —  GM Melvin says outfielder will be on Opening Day roster  —  SURPRISE, Ariz. — Brewers general manager Doug Melvin told Milwaukee radio station WSSP-AM 1250 on Thursday that outfielder Gabe Gross would be on the Opening Day roster.  Melvin reiterated that statement Friday.

Zambrano expresses Met regret  —  Read beat writer Adam Rubin's Surfing the Mets Blog  —  DUNEDIN, Fla. - Victor Zambrano isn't upset at the Mets for not bringing him back this season.  He just wishes he could have lived up to the expectations of a pitcher acquired for Scott Kazmir …

Casto Will Be Tough To Cut  —  The easy move for the Washington Nationals would be to keep outfielders Ryan Church and Chris Snelling and send Kory Casto, their two-time minor league player of the year, to Class AAA Columbus to start the season.  —  But Casto is putting on such a performance …

3/23 Vs the Orioles  —  I'll go back and get to some of the questions posted sometime in the next few days.  As spring winds down there's always a lot of personal stuff to take care of as you prepare to move back home.  Even worse for the kids in the minor leagues that aren't sure where they are headed …

Braves trade Pena Jr. to Royals  —  CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — The Atlanta Braves had no room for Tony Pena Jr. on their opening-day roster, and the Kansas City Royals were willing to give the young shortstop a shot at making their starting lineup.  —  The Braves traded Pena to the Royals for minor league pitcher Erik Cordier on Friday.

Five Questions: Arizona Diamondbacks  —  The Diamondbacks will have the best record in the National League this year.  And it's not me who thinks that—this is according to the Hardball Times division projections, which put Arizona at 86 wins.  —  Actually, I agree with the figure …

Griffey in — Reds vs. Phillies  —  SARASOTA — Batting fourth and playing right field, Ken Griffey Jr.  —  Jerry Narron said Griffey would get two or three at-bats today and he'd try to play him in as many games as possible betwen now and opening day.  —  Reds  —  Ryan Freel CF  —  Adam Dunn LF