Diamondbacks Sign Rickie Weeks To Minor League Deal  —  The Diamondbacks have signed infielder/outfielder Rickie Weeks to a minor league contract, as per the team's official Twitter feed.  The deal contains an invitation to their big league Spring Training camp.  Weeks is represented by the Legacy Agency.

Cubs adjust to MLB rule changes to protect middle infielders  —  MESA, Ariz. - Add an emphasis on footwork around second base to this year's spring training infield fundamentals.  —  Major league officials stopped in Mesa on Saturday to talk to the Cubs field staff as part of tour of camps …

Indians' Abraham Almonte Suspended 80 Games For Failed PED Test  —  The Indians announced today that center fielder Abraham Almonte has received an 80-game suspension from Major League Baseball after testing positive for a banned substance (Boldenone, per a statement from MLB).

Mets' Matt Harvey has slider moving again after ‘Tommy John hangover’ in 2015 … STORY  —  Cespedes' tricked-out Jeep ‘like a spaceship’  —  STORY  —  Mets' Tejada praises new ‘takeout’ rule  —  STORY  —  Syndergaard locked in with nasty BP stuff … Mets  —  Scenes from Mets spring training

Rule 5 Draft pick Jones feeling better; former Minor Leaguer Green joins scouting staff  —  PHOENIX — The Brewers filled out their radio team Friday by adding former University of Nebraska broadcaster Lane Grindle to the booth.  —  Grindle will serve as the Brewers' No. 3 radio man alongside Bob Uecker …

Arizona Diamondbacks-Los Angeles Dodgers rivalry gains steam … Lost in the fan excitement of Zack Greinke joining the Diamondbacks is an entertaining subplot:  —  The team's rivalry with the Los Angeles Dodgers will become even more, um, spirited.  —  Fantastic.

Vin Scully Says He Wouldn't Vote Pete Rose Into Hall of Fame  —  LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully says he wouldn't vote Pete Rose into baseball's Hall of Fame.  —  The 88-year-old Scully discusses Rose in an interview for the upcoming March issue of AARP Bulletin, released Friday to The Associated Press.

Ku Klux Klan rally in Anaheim erupts in violence; three stabbed  —  A protester was stabbed at the site of a Ku Klux Klan rally in Anaheim on Saturday.  —  Three people were stabbed, including one who was critically wounded, and several others were arrested when a Ku Klux Klan rally …

A Very Simple Fix for the Qualifying Offer  —  Yesterday, Dexter Fowler re-signed with the Cubs, taking $13 million for one year, or $2.8 million less than he would have made had he accepted the qualifying offer back at the beginning of free agency.  Along with Yovani Gallardo and Howie Kendrick …

Teacher files lawsuit, saying 13-year-old student beat, bullied her … LOVELAND, Colo. — A Colorado teacher is speaking out after she says she was beaten and bullied by her own student, and prohibited by her superiors from reporting the abuse.  —  “I was told that was my job …

Dexter Fowler's fiasco with the the Orioles raises a lot of questions  —  Anyone who blames the Orioles' failure to complete a deal with Dexter Fowler on his desire for an opt-out clause misses the point.  —  If the Orioles would not give Fowler an opt-out, then they had no agreement with him.

Shortstop Christian Arroyo, Giants' top prospect, could be on the move  —  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Before he ascended to rank as the Giants' top prospect, shortstop Christian Arroyo was salutatorian of his high school class and listed A.P. Calculus as his favorite subject.

Shooting reported at Excel Industries in Hesston  —  HESSTON, Kan. - Law enforcement officers are responding to the scene of a workplace shooting at Excel Industries in Hesston with reports of multiple fatalities and others wounded.  —  KSN has confirmed there are two individuals who were pronounced dead …