Cardinals' closer Luke Gregerson to begin season on DL  —  JUPITER, Fla. — St. Louis closer Luke Gregerson will begin the season on the disabled list with a hamstring strain, manager Mike Matheny said on Saturday.  —  Gregerson injured the hamstring during conditioning drills.

Rangers release Bartolo Colon from minor league deal  —  The Texas Rangers have released 44-year-old pitcher Bartolo Colon from his minor league contract Saturday.  —  The Rangers had brought the right-hander Colon into camp with a guarantee of $1.75 million if he made the major leaguer roster.

20 years of Rays: Greatest moments in franchise history  —  1. ALCS CLINCHER, Oct. 19, 2008  —  David Price threw the pitch, Boston's Jed Lowrie hit the ground ball, Akinori Iwamura made the pickup and raced to step on second base, and the Rays — the Tampa Bay Rays — were going to the World Series.

20 years of Rays: Worst signings, trades and deals  —  1. Stuck with 1999 top pick OF Josh Hamilton through the disappointment of multiple drug suspensions and got him back on the field, only to massively miscalculate and leave him unprotected in the December 2006 Rule 5 draft.

Giants' Madison Bumgarner breaks pitching hand on line drive in final spring start  —  San Francisco Giants left-hander Madison Bumgarner is hurt for the second straight year, breaking a bone in his pitching hand when hit by a line drive off the bat of Kansas City's Whit Merrifield during a spring training game on Friday.

Zack Wheeler gets demoted, and a Mets dream looks dead  —  A Wheel' shame.  —  The Fab 5 will not finally make consecutive turns throughout the rotation — at least not to open the season — as the Mets demoted Zack Wheeler to Triple-A Las Vegas on Saturday.  Seth Lugo will take his spot as the No. 5 starter.

Red Sox sign Christian Vazquez to three-year extension  —  The Boston Red Sox have signed catcher Christian Vazquez to a three-year extension through the 2021 season, it was announced Saturday.  —  EDITOR'S PICKS  —  Boston Red Sox pitcher Steven Wright will not appeal a 15-game suspension for an offseason domestic violence arrest.

Nationals' Daniel Murphy likely to stay in Florida as knee rehab continues  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — All-Star second baseman Daniel Murphy is likely to remain behind in Florida when the Washington Nationals break camp.  —  Murphy had micro-fracture surgery on his right knee on Oct. 20 …

Detroit Tigers release utility man Alexi Amarista; 27 players remain  —  Detroit Tigers owner Chris Ilitch spoke to reporters on Saturday, March 3, 2018, in Lakeland, Fla. Video by George Sipple/DFP  —  LAKELAND, Fla. — It appears that Niko Goodrum and JaCoby Jones are going to make the Detroit Tigers' Opening Day roster.

Is Rangers slugger Joey Gallo primed for an Aaron Judge-like leap in 2018?  —  It's not like the leap Joey Gallo made in 2017 was a small one.  Grooving his powerful swing to earn substantial major league at-bats for the first time, he produced just the 14th 40-home run season in Rangers history.

Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw completes scoreless spring in 10-0 rout of Royals  —  After six innings against Kansas City, after six weeks in the desert, Clayton Kershaw reached his limit.  His schedule called for him to throw a simulated inning in the Dodgers bullpen.  The thought exhausted him.

Greg Bird scratched from Yankees spring training start with sore foot, will see doctor  —  TAMPA, Fla. - Greg Bird has been scratched from Saturday's split-squad game at Disney World due to a sore right foot.  —  The Yankees first baseman is headed back to Tampa and due to be examined on Saturday afternoon.

Mets' David Wright is baseball's lone captain in 2018  —  Anthony Rizzo is a three-time All-Star and the 2017 winner of the Roberto Clemente Award, baseball's biggest honor for sportsmanship and community involvement.  Jon Lester is a three-time World Series champion, and Jason Heyward organized …

Jason Vargas pushed back after emergency room visit, Seth Lugo likely to get turn in rotation  —  PORT ST. LUCIE - Jason Vargas ended up in the emergency room Friday as a result of his surgery on Tuesday.  The painkillers he was prescribed after having his hamate bone removed upset his stomach and sent him to a local hospital.

Brandon McCarthy, Scott Kazmir miss the Dodgers, but they're happy to be in Atlanta … The Atlanta Braves haven't made the playoffs since 2013, when they lost to the Dodgers in the first round.  The Dodgers have a playoff run of five straight years that started in 2013.