Sources: Mets to place IF Ruben Tejada on waivers  —  JUPITER, Fla. — Ruben Tejada's days with the New York Mets appear numbered.  —  Tejada has been placed on waivers, paving the way for the Mets to free themselves from paying a large portion of the infielder's salary, multiple baseball officials told ESPN.

Jake Arrieta has to put runner on base on purpose to get work from stretch  —  Chicago Tribune  —  After breezing through the first inning Monday against the Padres, Cubs starter Jake Arrieta said he issued an “intentionally unintentional” walk to Derek Norris leading off the second.

‘Relaxed’ Maikel Franco hits two more home runs  —  SARASOTA, Fla. - Maikel Franco said he did not notice how far his first home run traveled on Monday afternoon.  Franco did not stop to watch the path of his rocket, which left Ed Smith Stadium in the first inning and continued the third baseman's hot spring.

Palos Verdes Girl Paralyzed After Doing Backbend Refuses to Give Up Hope She'll Dance Again  —  Five-year-old Eden Hoelscher suffered a traumatic spinal injury while doing a backbend on the living room floor of her Palos Verdes home right before Christmas.  —  The injury left …

Teacher, TV star Rod Durham dies  —  Influential Leon High School drama teacher, theater director and “Extreme Weight Loss” star Rod Durham has died.  He was 52.  —  “He was someone they (the students) could go talk to when they needed to,” Leon High School principal Billy Epting said on Monday morning.

Giants' Cueto Has Bruise After Getting Hit in Head by Liner  —  MESA, Ariz. — San Francisco Giants pitcher Johnny Cueto shows no initial signs of a concussion or serious injury after he was hit in the head by a line drive during a 10-2 loss to the Oakland Athletics.

Adam LaRoche Likely To Retire  —  White Sox DH Adam LaRoche says he will “step away from baseball,” Colleen Kane of the Chicago Tribune reports (Twitter links).  He indicated that he would wait a few days before addressing the matter further, out of respect for his teammates' request that he think it over …

New manager Andy Green is a breath of fresh air for the Padres and MLB  —  Andy Green's career highlight wasn't his major-league debut at age 26.  It wasn't the pinch-hit home run he hit in his first plate appearance at home for the Diamondbacks.  It wasn't even his return to the majors …

The Minnesota Twins went all out for their Bachelor finale viewing party  —  Spring Training is always a good time to work in some team bonding, and there's no better way to bring a group of players together than by sharing a meal while watching “The Bachelor”.

Third time isn't the charm for Rays  —  It's the 2015 trend that no one is talking about.  The Rays are at it again.  Even with Joe Maddon in Chicago, they're still getting all inventive on us.  It's easy to miss if you don't watch Rays games every night (indeed, Tommy Rancel of Rays blog …

Greinke Has 1st Rough Inning of Spring, Diamondbacks Win  —  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Every pitcher gives up runs in spring training, even Zack Greinke.  —  Greinke had his first rough inning of the spring Monday in the Arizona Diamondbacks' 8-3 victory over a Seattle Mariners split squad.