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 …

Yankees' 2015 first-round pick James Kaprielian takes strength from watching late mother's long battle with cancer  —  TAMPA - James Kaprielian didn't want to go.  —  A 20-year-old star pitcher from UCLA who should have been on top of the world following the 2014 season …

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 …

Rangers To Sign Ian Desmond  —  9:07am: It's a one-year, $8MM deal, per Rosenthal (on Twitter).  —  8:29am: The Rangers have agreed to sign Ian Desmond to a one-year deal, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports (on Twitter).  The deal is still pending a physical, but there is an agreement in place between the two sides.

Cleveland Indians to sign outfielder Will Venable, Mike Chernoff's college teammate, to minor league deal  —  Zack Meisel, cleveland.com By Zack Meisel, cleveland.com  —  CLEVELAND, Ohio — Will Venable and Mike Chernoff played together at Princeton more than a decade ago.  —  Now, the two are reunited.

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.

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

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 …

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.

Cole upset at Pirates over salary  —  BRADENTON, Fla. - Gerrit Cole is the emerging star of the Pirates' starting rotation.  —  As the team set his salary for 2016, however, Cole feels he was treated like a second-class player.  —  On Saturday, Cole grudgingly signed a deal for $541,000 in base salary.