Phillies release Jenkins; eye Sheff?  —  With less than a week until Opening Day, the Phillies released veteran outfielder Geoff Jenkins on Tuesday.  —  The left-handed-hitting Jenkins hit .250 in 11 Grapefruit League games, with one homer and five RBIs.  Last season, his lone campaign …

Phillies Release Jenkins  —  Just got word that the Phillies have released outfielder Geoff Jenkins.  —  Does this mean Gary Sheffield is on his way?  —  Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said he would talk later.  —  Reporters just met with Jenkins.  Here is some of what he said:

Spring Game 34: Yankees at Reds (now updated with roster moves)  —  YANKEES  —  Pitching today: Joba Chamberlain.  —  REDS  —  Tavares CF  —  Dickerson LF  —  Votto 1B  —  Phillips 2B  —  Bruce RF  —  Hernandez C  —  Encarnacion 3B  —  Janish SS  —  Owings RHP

Offseason In Review: New York Yankees  —  Next up in our Offseason In Review series, the Yankees.  Here's what we wrote about them on October 13th.  —  Additions: Mark Teixeira, C.C. Sabathia, A.J. Burnett, Andy Pettitte, Nick Swisher, Damaso Marte (re-signed), Jason Johnson, Sergio Mitre …

TRUE BREW FANS  —  BLEACHERS ARE AGAIN BEER-ABLE  —  The raucous fans who populate Yankee Stadium's bleachers should return to form this season, now that the team has lifted its nine-year prohibition on performance-enhancing suds.  —  Beer was banned in Section 39 at the old Stadium in 2000 …

Signs point to Green, Carter  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. — Barring any unforeseen developments, it appears infielder Nick Green and first baseman/outfielder Chris Carter have secured the final two spots on the Red Sox' 25-man roster.  —  Club officials told Green and Carter that their chances …

Royals option Hochevar to Triple-A  —  Ponson, Bannister, Ramirez in mix for final rotation slots  —  SURPRISE, Ariz. — Right-hander Luke Hochevar, one of the prime candidates for the last two spots in the Royals' rotation, was optioned on Tuesday to Triple-A Omaha.

Garland happy, but questions offer  —  TUCSON - As a free agent this winter, Jon Garland said he always had the Diamondbacks, and the National League West, in mind.  He just didn't expect his off-season to transpire the way it did.  —  Not that Garland is complaining.

LACK OF VELOCITY STILL JOBA ISSUE  —  DUNEDIN, Fla. — You were seduced by Joba Chamberlain's 100 mph fastball when he introduced himself in 2007 as the premier set-up man in baseball.  —  The Yankees right-hander blew away the best hitters in the majors, and made them look ill against a slider with fangs.

How Citi Field will play still in question  —  Players need to adapt to differences between new home and Shea  —  PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Nick Evans will tell you it was a fluke.  He's just being modest.  Mets chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon, for one, thought differently …

John Calipari leaving Memphis for Kentucky … After over a day of deliberation, John Calipari is headed to Kentucky.  —  The coach sent a text message to ESPN.com's Andy Katz on Tuesday evening saying, “I am accepting the UK job!  Go Big Blue, coach Cal.”

Final: Red Sox 8, Rays 7  —  SOX WIN (3:52, END 9, 8-7 SOX)  —  Ramon Ramirez gave up a one-out single up the middle to Jon Weber and a walk to Zobrist, making the victory precarious, especially after an Adam Kennedy sacrifice fly put the tying run 90 feet from home.

McGehee in; Lamb out  —  By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel  —  Phoenix - Manager Ken Macha just told us that veteran infielder Mike Lamb has been told he won't make the team coming out of spring training.  —  Instead, the Brewers have decided to keep Casey McGehee, who is having a banner camp.

Anderson, O'Day survive cuts  —  PORT ST. LUCIE — Pinch-hitting specialist Marlon Anderson and Rule 5 reliever Darren O'Day survived the Mets' final roster cuts today, according to GM Omar Minaya.  —  The Mets kept O'Day over Fernando Nieve and Elmer Dessens for the final bullpen spot instead …