Giants pitcher Barry Zito encouraged to watch Jamie Moyer  —  SURPRISE, Ariz. - The San Francisco Giants were shut out by Colorado Rockies left-hander Jamie Moyer twice this spring, and the clubhouse consensus was that it might be best if the team didn't see Moyer again for a while.

Source: Braves get Livan Hernandez  —  The Atlanta Braves have reached agreement on a deal with right-hander Livan Hernandez, a source told ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick.  —  The move comes hours after the Houston Astros released baseball's active leader in starts and innings from his minor league contract.

TAMPA — New York Yankees right-hander Michael Pineda said he felt “a little sore” in the back of his right shoulder during an abbreviated outing Friday night in which he allowed six runs in 2-2/3 innings against the Philadelphia Phillies.  —  As ominous as that sounds, it was unclear if Pineda is injured or …

Trout sent to Triple-A amidst trying spring  —  TEMPE, Ariz. — The Angels optioned star prospect Mike Trout — as well as long-shot rotation candidate Brad Mills — to Triple-A Salt Lake on Friday.  —  The move offered little in the way of surprise.  All it did was signal the end …

NY Mets front office considered releasing Michael Pelfrey before Opening Day  —  Pelfrey follows news with strongest outing on Thursday, allowing one run in 6.1 innings  —  Michael Pelfrey's future with the Mets may not last past this season, as sources say the team considered cutting the righthander before Opening Day.

Royals, Alex Gordon Agree To Extension  —  6:10pm: The deal is worth $37.5MM over four years with a player option for 2016 at $12.5MM, tweets Bob Dutton of the Kansas City Star.  Gordon will earn $6MM for 2012, $9MM for 2013, $10MM for 2014, and $12.5MM for 2015, Dutton tweets.

Cabrera returns with two doubles in victory  —  Tigers rally past Orioles behind Plagman's homer, triple  —  SARASOTA, Fla. — Tigers reserve outfielder Tony Plagman homered in the seventh to tie the score, then tripled home the go-ahead runs in the ninth to steal the spotlight …

Darvish strikes out 11 in Rangers' 5-3 win  —  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.—Texas Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish did just fine without a scouting report on the Colorado Rockies.  —  He struck out 11 in six innings in a 5-3 victory over the Rockies on Friday night.  He allowed three runs and six hits and walked one.

Joe Posnanski is Leaving Sports Illustrated  —  Less than three years after joining the staff at Sports Illustrated, Joe Posnanski is leaving.  Posnanski has told the magazine he's moving on, and his next stop is the USA Today/MLB Advanced Media joint venture that was announced last month.

Ted Lilly to open season on DL  —  GLENDALE, Ariz. — Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Ted Lilly will begin the regular season on the 15-day disabled list as a result of neck stiffness that knocked him out of his most recent Cactus League start, manager Don Mattingly said after Friday's split-squad, 9-4 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers.

Gordon, Loney lead way against Cubs  —  MESA, Ariz. — Dee Gordon hit a two-run triple and scored on James Loney's single to lift the Dodgers' split squad to a 6-3 victory Friday over Ryan Dempster and the Cubs.  —  With the game tied, 1-1, the Dodgers had two on and one out in the seventh against Manuel Corpas.