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Rangers hitting instructor Howard Johnson was taken to a hospital after being hit squarely in the left side of his face by a foul ball during Saturday's spring training game.

The Oakland Athletics announced Saturday a playful pricing plan for parking at their stadium for games against the Bay Bridge rivals.

The Brewers have optioned Junior Guerra, their Opening Day starter a year ago, to Triple-A Colorado Springs and told Yovani Gallardo that he will not make the team.

Red Sox ace Chris Sale stressed he will be ready for his Opening Day start after getting drilled in the left hip Saturday by a line drive from Houston's J.D. Davis.

The Phillies release six-time All-Star reliever Francisco Rodriguez after eight appearances this spring.

Right-hander Bartolo Colon, 44, was released by the Rangers after giving up 19 hits, including four homers, over 18 innings this spring.

St. Louis closer Luke Gregerson will begin the season on the disabled list with a hamstring strain, manager Mike Matheny said on Saturday.

Drew Pomeranz (forearm strain) and Eduardo Rodriguez (knee) will be put on the DL, leaving the Red Sox with a likely rotation of Chris Sale, David Price, Rick Porcello, Brian Johnson and Hector Velazquez.

Mets pitcher Zack Wheeler, who has given up nine earned runs in 10 innings of work this spring, has been optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas.

Christian Vazquez, who has thrown out the highest percentage of attempted base stealers (42 percent) for any catcher since 1987, has signed with the Red Sox through 2021.

In the latest round of a running gag between Cubs honchos and the reserve infielder, the brass got an assist from one of the team's star players.

Draft lists and cheat sheets are all about ranking the most-likely season from each MLB player. However, most leagues are won and lost by looking at the extremes. To that end, Tristan H. Cockcroft offers up his 2018 bold predictions in fantasy baseball.

Remember all the hype this spring about the Yankees' prized infield prospects? Well, this unheralded guy actually won a starting job. So who is he?

San Francisco was hoping to ride its rotation to a bounce-back year. But with MadBum sidelined, the Giants could instead be headed to rebuilding mode.

All-Star second baseman Daniel Murphy is likely to remain behind in Florida when the Washington Nationals break camp.

Clayton Kershaw stretched his scoreless streak to 21 1/3 innings with 6 2/3 innings against Kansas City on Friday in his final tuneup for Thursday's opener against San Francisco. Kershaw's spring training ERA was 0.00.

Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki was hit in the helmet by a pitch Friday and exited his minor league spring training game in Arizona.

Michael Conforto received a late-night phone call from New York Mets manager Mickey Callaway, who asked whether he wanted to fill an open spot as Friday's designated hitter.

Giants southpaw Madison Bumgarner left Friday's spring training game against the Royals after taking a liner off his left hand.

After an investigation into an assault allegation, Major League Baseball announced Friday that Twins third baseman Miguel Sano faces no disciplinary action.