Maeda stays aggressive as Dodgers win at Angel Stadium  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Kenta Maeda finished last season pitching aggressively and effectively out of the Dodgers' bullpen.  —  Los Angeles hoped that might carry over in 2018.  With the regular season quickly approaching, the club might get its wish.

Detroit Tigers' hot questions: Which young player will step up in 2018?  —  The beginning of the Major League Baseball season brings a new round of predictions.  The Detroit Free Press' Anthony Fenech and George Sipple give their prognostications for the 2018 season.  Wochit  —  CONNECT

MLB bold predictions: 6 scenarios for the 2018 season as Opening Day looms  —  Call it tanking, if you must.  Or “cyclical player business,” as Commissioner Rob Manfred prefers, or “non-competitive cancer,” as agent Scott Boras says.  Either way, some one-third of Major League Baseball teams are …

Injuries to Wainwright, Gregerson spark questions about pitchers sprinting  —  St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny and pitcher Luke Gregerson during St. Louis Cardinals spring training on Monday, Feb. 19, 2018, in Jupiter, Fla. Photo by Chris Lee, clee@post-dispatch.com  —  • Adam Wainwright is 36 years old.

ST Daily: A Kingery's Ransom  —  Scott Kingery received a couple of guarantees on Sunday.  —  One was a spot on the Phillies' Opening Day roster.  The other was even more noteworthy.  —  The team and one of its top prospects agreed to a six-year, $24 million deal Sunday …

Albert Belle: Cleveland Indians legend arrested for DUI, indecent exposure  —  March 26 (UPI) — Five-time All-Star Albert Belle was arrested Sunday in Scottsdale, Ariz.  —  The 51-year-old was taken into custody by the Salt River Police Department at 2:40 a.m. and charged with two counts …

Cueto pitches Giants past A's 5-1 in Bay Bridge game  —  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Considering the state of the San Francisco rotation, the Giants were hoping to see something positive from Johnny Cueto.  —  And Cueto delivered in his final start of spring training.

Camp report: Brewers blown out by White Sox in Cactus League finale  —  On the field: With the best record in the Cactus League already sewn up, the Brewers closed out their spring in Arizona with a 16-1 loss to the Chicago White Sox at Camelback Ranch in Glendale.

Diamondbacks' Robbie Ray fans 12 with no walks in final spring training appearance  —  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Saying he isn't disappointed about being passed over as Arizona's Opening Day starter, Robbie Ray dominated a minor league game in his final spring training appearance on Sunday.

Sure, the Nationals bullpen finally looks stable, but there's still uncertainty … Remember last year when the Washington Nationals' bullpen was a glaring question mark, really the only one, on a loaded roster with World Series aspirations entering the season?

Anthony Rizzo sets his sights on doing even more for the Cubs  —  Chicago Tribune  —  Anthony Rizzo's 6-foot-3, 240-pound frame didn't stop him from batting leadoff for 14 games last season, and the Cubs first baseman said he would like to be more versatile in the field as well as at the plate.

Column: Pitched as a timeless game, baseball's changeup is surprisingly effective  —  Chicago Tribune  —  Part of baseball's appeal, part of what it sells, is that it's as timeless as hot dogs and beer, the crack of the ball on a wooden bat.  —  It's unchanging: Three strikes and you're out, three up, three down.

Seth Lugo shows resiliency by earning spot start in Mets rotation for injured Jason Vargas  —  PORT ST. LUCIE — Seth Lugo knew what was happening.  The Mets' versatile righthander had never gone into a spring training camp without feeling like he was fighting for his career.

Top MLB storylines for 2018  —  Chicago Tribune  —  Baseball is evolving at a rapid pace, with bigger, stronger players and technological advancements resulting in new bullpen strategies changing the way the game is played.  —  Managers are hired with little or no experience …

Mets plan to have Tim Tebow start with Class AA Binghamton  —  The Tim Tebow show will roll into upstate New York this spring, as the New York Mets plan to have the 29-year-old quarterback-turned-outfielder start the season with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies, the organization's Class AA affiliate, according to the New York Post.