Rays trip to Cuba for March 22 exhibition finally set  —  UPDATE, 5:59: The trip will cause some scheduling issues for the Rays, as they try to make sure their prep for the regular season is not disrupted.  Each player will get $10,000 for going.  —  3 Months Ago 3 Months Ago 3 Months Ago

Texas Rangers Top 10 Prospects  —  The State of the System: This group is as good one-through-five as any in baseball.  From there, it gets crazy volatile, but in a fun way?  Is that a thing?  —  The Top Ten  —  Height/Weight: 6'4" 195 lbs.  —  Bats/Throws: L/L

Aroldis Chapman Receives 30-Game Suspension  —  Newly-acquired Yankees reliever Aroldis Chapman has been hit with a thirty-game suspension arising out of an investigation into domestic violence allegations, Billy Witz of the New York Times reports (links to Twitter).

Troy Tulowitzki still seething over Rockie exit from Denver  —  DUNEDIN, Fla. - Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Troy Tulowitzki still seethes recounting how it went down, and there are Colorado Rockies' executives he'd rather not speak with again.  —  “I'll never talk to him, never talk to those people,” Tulowitzki told USA TODAY Sports.

Sources: Marlins reliever Carter Capps undergoes MRI on right elbow  —  The Marlins were looking at Capps as their possible closer  —  Capps has a history of elbow injuries  —  The Marlins managed to make it through spring training last season relatively unscathed in terms of serious injuries.

Farrell Back in Dugout, Red Sox Sweep Boston College Teams  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. — Boston Red Sox manager John Farrell returned to the dugout for the first time since revealing his cancer diagnosis in mid-August, and his team opened exhibition play Monday with a 6-0 win over Boston College and an 8-3 victory over Northeastern.

Tough road back for injured Hollands  —  CLEARWATER, Fla. - When his body failed him and his mind drained last summer, Mario Hollands went exploring.  The Phillies reliever left his condo on Clearwater Beach and ventured to beaches at Indian Rocks and Madeira.

It may not be ‘tanking,’ but it'll soon be addressed at a bargaining table near you  —  CLEARWATER, Fla. — Nobody uttered the magic word.  Nobody ever did mouth the word “tanking” in Tony Clark's visit to the spring training camp of the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday.

Which locations make the most sense for MLB expansion?  —  Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred told reporters recently that he's interested in expanding from 30 to 32 franchises.  The sport's growing revenues support the concept, and Manfred cited the favorable schedule of 16-team leagues split into four divisions of four.

ROOT Sports televising 150 Rockies games in 2016  —  Scottsdale, Ariz. — ROOT Sports will once again televise the Rockies season, beginning with a March 14 spring training game against the Seattle Mariners in Peoria.  —  All told, ROOT will televise six spring training games and 150 regular-season games.