Teixeira Plays for First Time Since Injury, Yanks Top Tigers  —  TAMPA, Fla. — Mark Teixeira went 0 for 1 and walked in his first game since missing the final month last season with a right shin injury and the New York Yankees beat a Detroit Tigers split squad 10-9 Wednesday.

Players Prefer Presentation  —  The Chapman Precedent  —  Aroldis Chapman received a 30-game suspension from Major League Baseball on Tuesday.  In some ways, his case is a lot like many other domestic violence cases: Witnesses gave conflicting statements; the details were alarming, but hard to parse.

Cardinals Extend Kolten Wong  —  7:02pm: SB Nation's Chris Cotillo tweets the annual breakdown of Wong's contract.  He'll earn $1.25MM in 2016, $2.5MM in 2017, $4MM in 2018, $6.5MM in 2019 and $10.25MM in 2020.  The Cardinals hold a $12.5MM option for Wong in the 2021 season, which comes with a $1MM buyout.

Family mourns transgender woman who died after eating seeds from ‘suicide tree’  —  CALUMET CITY, Ill. — A mother of a 22-year-old transgender woman is warning other parents to beware of a deadly seed from an Asian plant called the “suicide tree.”  —  Two weeks ago, Natosha Anderson found …

Re-introducing Paintomatic  —  Red Sox fan: “The Red Sox just spent $217 million on David Price.  What kind of pitcher is he?”  —  Several years ago I introduced a visual called Paintomatic with the goal of answering questions like the one above.  Like my other visuals, the intention was to unlock insight that's hidden in the data.

Baker Wins in Debut, Nationals Beat Rays' Top Young Pitcher  —  PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — Dusty Baker wound up a winner in his debut as Washington's manager when the Nationals roughed up top Tampa Bay Rays pitching prospect Blake Snell for a 6-2 victory Wednesday.  —  Baker last managed with Cincinnati in 2013.

86-year-old woman accidentally hangs herself with medical alert necklace  —  CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. - An 86-year-old Cumberland County woman is dead after she trips and is accidentally hanged by her medical alert necklace.  It happened on February 15.  —  County Coroner Charles Hall …

Encarnacion, Blue Jays held preliminary contract talks  —  DUNEDIN, Fla. - The Toronto Blue Jays and the representatives for pending free-agent slugger Edwin Encarnacion held a preliminary meeting Wednesday.  —  It's unclear if there's a timeline for more substantive discussions toward …

Royals outfielder Jarrod Dyson could be sidelined for weeks with strained right oblique  —  He left the game after two innings Wednesday afternoon  —  He was replaced in the field by nonroster invitee Travis Snider  —  The injury could open up opportunity for a large cast of outfielders

The World's Richest Sports Team Owners 2016  —  Sports teams have long been toys of the rich and famous.  But with franchise valuations soaring thanks to sky-high TV contracts, the entry price for the exclusive owners club has risen dramatically.  Most owners made their fortunes before joining …

ESPN ‘addressing’ Curt Schilling's Hillary Clinton slam  —  ESPN baseball analyst Curt Schilling appeared to violate the network's guidelines when he told a radio station that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton should be “buried under a jail.”

Royals, catcher Salvador Perez agree to new five-year, $52.5 million contract  —  He'll become a free agent after the 2021 season Royals had held three club options on Perez after this season  —  “He's out-performed that contract.  He's an underpaid player in the game.”  —  rdodd@kcstar.com

New revelations in Peyton Manning/Jamie Naughright saga  —  The MMQB staff writer Robert Klemko discusses the latest developments in the Peyton Manning, Jamie Naughright story.  —  LAKELAND, Fla. — In the case of Peyton Manning and Dr. Jamie Naughright and what happened in a University …