With Machado at third, Kinsler can focus on second for Pads  —  PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) With Manny Machado now officially the Padres' third baseman, Ian Kinsler can focus on playing second base for San Diego.  —  Kinsler, fresh off a World Series title with the Boston Red Sox …

The Yankees are mostly all right at the plate ... and that's just fine with Aaron Boone  —  TAMPA — The pendulum has swung in the last four years.  In 2015, the complaints were the Yankees featured a lineup with too many left-handed hitters.  Heading into this season …

Cardinals' Shreve adjusting his approach to work more inside  —  JUPITER, Fla.  • A pitch that Christian Yelich put well beyond the wall this past August offered Cardinals lefty Chasen Shreve all the example he needed to explain an area of focus this spring.

Column: Brewers know they can't stop Cubs fans from invading Miller Park: 'It's a very easy trip'  —  Cubs fans usually are in the majority for games against the Brewers at Miller Park in Milwaukee.  (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)  —  Chicago Tribune  —  The Brewers recently held …

MLB players are ready to ‘burn the whole system down.’ Here's what they want to avoid a strike.  —  For 25 years, labor peace has prevailed in Major League Baseball, players and ownership alike getting rich in the years after an eight-month work stoppage canceled the 1994 World Series and imperiled the '95 season.

Red Sox Won't Use Many Regulars in Early Exhibition Games  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Red Sox' lineup for Friday's spring training opener vs Northeastern is set.  Well, most of it anyway.  —  During his press conference Thursday at JetBlue Park, manager Alex Cora revealed who will be playing.

MLB 2019: Sleepers and players set to break out this season  —  Every baseball season produces its share of unexpected success stories - players who may not have had much fanfare entering spring training, but who take the playing time they're given and make the most of it.

Clark: Machado's deal doesn't mean system is working  —  TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Players' union head Tony Clark says Adam Wainwright's comments about a possible strike were in line with widespread concern he hears from his members about a free-agent market they claim has become dysfunctional.

Mets' deep bullpen could let Seth Lugo sneak into rotation  —  PORT ST. LUCIE - Let's imagine a scenario where Seth Lugo enters the rotation this year.  —  All it would take is an injury to one of the five starters for Lugo, Robert Gsellman or Corey Oswalt find his way in.

Arizona Diamondbacks' lineup faces obstacles with Paul Goldschmidt gone  —  The Diamondbacks enter spring training dogged by a question that, while not exactly unique to their existence, is one they are not usually forced to grapple with at this time of year.  It is a question of scoring runs.

The first spring training game of the year got rained out  —  The spring training season started with a splash.  Just not the kind fans hoped for.  —  In the first major league exhibition game of the year, the Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athletics were rained out Thursday in Mesa …

Ryan Braun, 35, aiming to build off strong finish to last season  —  PHOENIX — Those days of playing every day, they're done for Ryan Braun.  Most important for the longtime Milwaukee Brewers star these days is making the most of the time he's in the lineup.  —  Now 35, Braun is inching closer to the downside of his career.

Cubs make changes in team's player development department  —  Photos of the Cubs at spring training at Sloan Park in Mesa, Ariz., before the 2019 season.  —  Chicago Tribune  —  The Cubs have promoted Double A-Tennessee manager Mark Johnson to minor-league catching coordinator.

Buster's Buzz: Why Nationals' defense will be much better in 2019  —  Nationals Manager Davey Martinez stopped to chat at the edge of practice field No. 3 the other day in West Palm Beach, Florida, and behind him, coaches swung fungo bats to generate ground balls at Washington infielders.

How Jordy Mercer helped Detroit Tigers sign Josh Harrison  —  LAKELAND, Fla. — Josh Harrison needed a place to stay.  —  It was 10 years ago and he had just been traded from the Chicago Cubs to the Pittsburgh Pirates, arriving in Lynchburg, Virginia, with a duffel bag, luggage and nowhere to sleep.