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 …

Rangers Exploring Catching Market, Showing Interest In Derek Norris  —  The Rangers are “surveying the market for a possible catching addition,” three sources tell Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News.  While the Rangers have had interest in Jonathan Lucroy all offseason …

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.

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.

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 …

Price Gets Taste of Rivalry, but Yankees Beat Red Sox 6-3  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. — David Price got his first taste of the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry Tuesday night, striking out six over four innings for Boston during its 6-3 loss to New York.  —  The new Red Sox ace gave up one run and three hits with no walks.

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.

Tillman Shaky in Spring Debut as Orioles Tie Blue Jays 6-6  —  DUNEDIN, Fla. — Chris Tillman allowed two runs and didn't make it out of the second inning in Tuesday's shaky spring debut for the Baltimore Orioles, who tied the Toronto Blue Jays 6-6.  —  The former All-Star served up four hits …

Fielder, Gallo Homer in Rangers' 5-4 Victory Over  —  SURPRISE, Ariz. — Prince Fielder hit his first spring homer and Joey Gallo hit a mammoth shot for his third as the Texas Rangers topped the Cleveland Indians 5-4 Tuesday.  —  Fielder homered to center off Carlos Carrasco in the third inning.

Nationals Score Three Off McHugh, Beat Astros 6-4  —  KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Houston's Collin McHugh gave up his first runs of the spring Tuesday as the Washington Nationals beat the Astros 6-4.  —  Daniel Murphy's two-run double highlighted a three-run inning off the 19-game winner in the third.