Notes: Spring treating Miller well  —  Likely to make No. 5, righty fine-tuning approach in final weeks  —  MESA, Ariz. — For the first time since 2004, Wade Miller will be on a team's Opening Day roster.  It feels pretty good.  —  Miller is penciled in as the Cubs' fifth starter …

Mets pitching has room to improve  —  Glavine, Maine, Pelfrey looking good, but others have not  —  PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — His extended workday complete, Billy Wagner developed a sense of accomplishment from something as routine as an appearance in a simulated game on Monday.

It's now Rangers Ballpark in Arlington  —  Team works out deal with Ameriquest to get its 'brand back'  —  SURPRISE, Ariz. — Welcome back to the Ballpark in Arlington.  —  It is now Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.  —  The bell is gone.  —  The Rangers announced on Monday that they are taking …

Communication Couldn't Be Better for the Nationals  —  Jim Bowden leaned against the batting cage Monday morning at Space Coast Stadium, and Manny Acta approached from the side.  "Manny Acta!" the general manager of the Washington Nationals said, and he held out his hand to his manager.

Non-roster invitee seizes chance  —  SURPRISE, Ariz. — Non-roster invitee Adam Russell has pitched himself into consideration for a spot on the White Sox's Opening Day roster.  —  "Russell, enjoy the ride, because he's in the picture," manager Ozzie Guillen said with a smile Monday …

Mariners Notebook: Sherrill is latest shaky performer in bullpen  —  PEORIA, Ariz. — If you ever wondered what a deflated man looks like, then the picture of Mariners reliever George Sherrill on Monday afternoon would answer your query.  —  As the 6-foot, 225-pound Sherrill trudged …

Waldman and Sterling ink new deals  —  Quietly - very quietly - John Sterling and Suzyn (Georgie Girl) Waldman have signed new five-year deals, which will keep them as the Yankees radio team until 2011.  —  For some, this is good news.  For others, well, look at it this way, you will have both voices to kick around for years to come.

Pittsburgh 5, Philadelphia 1  —  CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Adam Eaton finished another outing, answered more questions about moving to the bullpen and went home still in the rotation.  —  Eaton struggled over five innings in the Philadelphia Phillies' 5-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday.

Retooled Brewers expect big things  —  Deeper staff, return to health may lift franchise to contention  —  PHOENIX — Is this the year in which the Milwaukee Brewers finally break through to not only a winning, but a contending season?  —  Well, the reasons on their side of the argument …

Marlins taken out to sea by Astros  —  Olsen strikes out five in 5 1/3 innings, gives up four base hits  —  ASTROS 4, MARLINS 2  —  Marlins at the plate: Hanley Ramirez singled, stole second and scored on Josh Willingham's RBI single to center in the first.

Notes: Feliz's new approach paying off  —  Benitez has best outing; Lowry still searching for timing  —  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Anybody who has watched Pedro Feliz hit knows that he either pulls the ball or doesn't hit it at all.  —  He's trying to stop being so one-dimensional.

Chisenhall, Fuller Dismissed By South Carolina  —  Major news out of South Carolina tonight, as two of the nation's top four freshmen were dismissed from the nation's No. 2 team.  Outfielder/righthander Lonnie Chisenhall, who was hitting .313 out of the three-hole in the Gamecocks' lineup …

No more baby steps: Seattle to let loose Hernandez  —  Miller: Five things to know  —  PEORIA, Ariz. — Psst, pay attention here.  Because something is about to occur in the quiet Pacific Northwest that could — could — positively rock the baseball world this summer, shake the AL West and rattle the Cy Young cages.