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.

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.

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 …

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

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 …

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 …

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

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 …

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 …

Byung Ho Park Struggles in Debut; Twins Beat Red Sox 7-4  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. — South Korean slugger Byung Ho Park struck out three times in his exhibition debut, Phil Hughes breezed through two scoreless innings and the Minnesota Twins beat the Boston Red Sox 7-4 on Wednesday in the teams' Grapefruit League opener.