D-backs to make first overall pick; Astros have highest estimated bonus pool  —  High school senior Brendan Rodgers (Lake Mary HS, FL) is putting in the work to try to become one of the top picks in the 2015 Draft  —  Barring the trade of a Competitive Balance pick, the final piece of the puzzle has been placed.

Baseball's All-Star Game coming to Marlins Park in 2017  —  The 2017 All-Star Game will be played at Marlins Park.  —  Officials are expected to announce within the week that Miami has been awarded the Midsummer Classic for the first time, multiple sources with knowledge of the agreement confirmed Tuesday to the Miami Herald.

Yankees' Alex Rodriguez is as delusional as ever thinking he can catch Barry Bonds for home run record  —  His apology comes on the heels of word from Barry Bonds that A-Rod recently told him he still has every intention of breaking his career home run record, which immediately makes a mockery …

Astros watch Barry Zito throw, skip Matt Albers' session  —  If you're looking for a big league pitching job, Houston was the place to be on Tuesday.  —  A pair of veteran major leaguers, reliever Matt Albers and starter Barry Zito, both held pitching sessions in town.

For Rays' Balfour, a heartbreaking trip from home  —  ST. PETERSBURG — His 2014 season had been mostly a mess, and that's more politely than he would put it.  Concerns about the massive makeover his Rays team was undergoing heading into 2015 would have been natural.  —  2 Weeks Ago

Outside the Top 100 list, 21-year-old right-hander primed to make big jump in '15  —  MLBPipeline.com's Jonathan Mayo and Jim Callis debate the super sleeper prospect for the 2015 season … As much time as we spend on figuring out who should go on the Top 100 Prospects list, we care about more than just the “big” names.

Dodgers' potential target Yoan Moncada nearing decision  —  Cuban prospect Yoan Moncada is expecting to field contract offers over the next two weeks and could sign with a team soon after, his agent said Tuesday.  —  “I'm hoping, certainly, that by the end of next week …

Braves sign former closers Veras, Capps to minor league deals  —  The Braves added a couple more former closers, signing Matt Capps and Jose Veras to minor league contracts that include invitations to major league spring training.  —  They hope that Capps, a Douglasville native can get past …

V-Mart's surgery today; will he miss 4 weeks or 4 months?  —  A week of not-so-anxious waiting is coming to an end.  —  Sometime this afternoon, the Detroit Tigers will know the severity of Victor Martinez's left knee injury, suffered while participating in baseball activities two weeks ago.

College baseball: New ball should boost offense  —  JACKSON, Miss. — Tim Corbin sounded more like a philosopher than Vanderbilt's coach as he talked about the new flat-seam baseball designed to bring a little more scoring back to the college game.  —  Finally, he hopes …

Vance Worley Wins Arbitration Case Against Pirates  —  Right-hander Vance Worley has won his arbitration case against the Pirates, Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com reports on Twitter.  That means Worley will earn his filing amount of $2.45MM, rather than Pittsburgh's submission of $2MM.

Little League reviews Chicago team's eligibility … Little League Baseball has met to review facts surrounding the eligibility of the Chicago-based team that won the 2014 U.S. championship, amid allegations that the much-celebrated squad may have violated a rule prohibiting the use of players …

Phillies GM: Expects Hamels to start opener  —  Philadelphia Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. told ESPN.com Monday that while he wouldn't completely rule out trading ace Cole Hamels in the next week, “I would expect him to be in spring training with the Phillies.”