Opening Night draws curtain for World Series rematch  —  Hmmm.  Kansas City Royals vs. New York Mets.  Why does that sound familiar?  —  Oh, right!  —  Technically, Opening Night at Kauffman Stadium is just Game 1 of 162.  But tonight's 8:37 ET Interleague arrangement …

Pollock emerges from ‘nightmare,’ Diamondbacks move on  —  PHOENIX (AP) A.J. Pollock emerged as one of baseball's best players a year ago.  Now the Arizona Diamondbacks All-Star center fielder is out for the foreseeable future after fracturing his right elbow in a head-first slide at home plate in an exhibition game Friday night.

Taylor Teagarden - shown in Al-Jazeera documentary - suspended for violating drug policy  —  Taylor Teagarden, a free agent catcher who was named in the same Al-Jazeera report that connected Peyton Manning and baseball stars Ryan Zimmerman and Ryan Howard to anti-aging clinics, was suspended 80 games by Major League Baseball on Friday.

Brewers Sign Carlos Torres  —  10:49am: The Brewers have announced that they've signed Torres to a one-year big-league deal.  To make room on the 40-man roster, they've moved outfielder Rymer Liriano (face) to the 60-day DL.  To clear active roster space, they optioned Cravy to Triple …

Alex Presley Will Not Make Brewers, Has 48-Hour Window To Be Added Elsewhere  —  Alex Presley has been told he will not make the Brewers' Opening Day roster, MLBTR has learned.  There will now be a 48-hour period in which other teams can decide whether they want to add Presley to their active rosters …

Introducing ... the best and worst defensive teams, plus most improved and teams that got worse  —  Last week, I laid out MLB's best and worst defensive players, according to Baseball Info Solutions (BIS) projections for the 2016 season, and while the defensive skill of some younger players …

Nationals Release Reed Johnson  —  The Nationals have released outfielder Reed Johnson, as Mark Zuckerman of MASNsports.com tweets.  The Nats also cut Sean Burnett on Sunday morning, though Burnett had already decided to opt-out of his deal.  —  Johnson, 39, inked a minor league deal with the Nats in November.

Team predictions for 2016 season  —  Which team is going to win the World Series in 2016?  —  We recently polled 31 ESPN experts for their team predictions (division winners, wild-card winners, League Championship Series winners and World Series winner) for the upcoming season.

Padres Sign Jeremy Guthrie To Minor-League Deal  —  SATURDAY: The deal is complete, Jeff Sanders of the San Diego Union-Tribune tweets.  —  FRIDAY: The Padres have agreed to terms with righty Jeremy Guthrie on a minor-league deal, Ken Rosenthal and Jon Morosi of FOX Sports report (via Twitter).