Jacob deGrom leaves Mets to be with wife in Florida for birth of couple's first child  —  De Baby is on de way... and so, too, may be some pitching reinforcements from Las Vegas.  —  Jacob deGrom left the Mets Monday for Florida around 3 p.m. when he got the call that his wife is getting ready …

Source: Atlanta Braves player arrested for dispute with woman at Ritz Carlton in Arlington  —  Atlanta Braves player Hector Olivera has been arrested for a dispute with a woman at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Arlington, police sources have told ABC7's Jeff Goldberg.

Adam LaRoche goes deep on his decision to walk  —  ADAM LaROCHE SPEAKS with the kind of certainty that makes doubt seem like a disease.  He can make his argument, and he can make yours too, talking his way through every side of a story like a guy working a piece of furniture down a tight stairwell …

Twins Place Glen Perkins On DL With Shoulder Strain  —  The Twins have announced that they've placed closer Glen Perkins on the disabled list with a left shoulder strain, and promoted lefty Taylor Rogers to take his place on the active roster.  MLB.com's Rhett Bollinger was first to tweet the news.

MLB reveals special event uniforms  —  Major League Baseball unveiled new jerseys and caps to celebrate Mother's Day and Father's Day, as well as updated designs for Memorial Day, Fourth of July and the All-Star Game.  —  It's the first time teams will celebrate Mother's Day and Father's Day in specially designed uniforms.

Under Davey Lopes's tutelage, Nationals are more aggressive on the basepaths  —  The sample size is small and the Nationals have played fewer games than most teams because of the weather, but they rank near the top already in a category they hoped to improve this season: stolen bases.

Why the Cole Hamels trade might pay even more dividends for the Rangers  —  Texas still has plenty of valuable prospects it can deal for another ace  —  Leftover notes from our first two MLB on FOX broadcasts — Rangers at Angels last Thursday and Dodgers at Giants on Saturday:

Ricketts family buys another Wrigley Field rooftop  —  Fans on the Brixen Ivy rooftop at 1044 W. Waveland Avenue, down the leftfield line of Wrigley Field.  —  Chicago Tribune  —  With baseball season underway, yet another of the rooftop club owners beyond Wrigley Field's walls has sold …

Brandon Finnegan Looks Like a Starter  —  For a good long while Monday night, Reds fans had reason to be encouraged.  The team was already off to a strong start, and then it took a lead on the road against the Cubs, with Brandon Finnegan working on a no-hitter.  It promptly came undone.

Exclusive: Jason Pierre-Paul is ready to put his fireworks accident behind him … This story appears in the April 18, 2016, issue of Sports Illustrated.  Subscribe to the magazine here.  —  In the late hours of July 4, 2015, at a holiday cookout in his hometown of Deerfield Beach, Fla. …

Are the Red Sox contenders or pretenders?  —  The Red Sox lost to the Orioles, 9-7, in an action-packed 105th Fenway Park Opening Day Monday afternoon.  The winning runs were scored when Orioles softball-league slugger Chris Davis mashed a 433-foot, three-run homer off new Sox closer Craig Kimbrel …