Rocco Baldelli returns to Tampa Bay Rays as a special assistant  —  PORT CHARLOTTE - Former Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Rocco Baldelli will rejoin the Rays as a special assistant, working with young players, executive vice president Andrew Friedman announced Tuesday.

Sources: Upton, D-Backs close to multi-year deal  —  Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005.  He appears weekly on MLB on FOX.  —  The Diamondbacks are close on a new contract for right fielder Justin Upton, according to major league sources.

Games.  Lots of games.  —  The Yankees will leave at 10:30 for an arcade game tournament.  —  They will play skee ball, a pop-a-shot basketball game and a racing video game.  The pressure is clearly in Andrew Brackman in the basketball event.  —  Joba Chamberlain is out with flu-like symptoms.

Yankees Have To Return Approximately $10,000 Each From World Series Share  —  Winning was sweet for the New York Yankees, who won their 27th championship last fall.  But it's not worth as much as it was back then.  —  Sources told CNBC that Yankees players recently received a letter …

Alex Rodriguez's steroid stain will last forever  —  Yankees Alex Rodriguez stands behind the batting cage while waiting his turn to take batting practice at Steinbrenner Field on Monday.  —  “This is about someone else,” A-Rod kept saying.  —  Yes and no. Federal agents are indeed investigating …

Matthews: I'm natural choice for Mets leadoff spot  —  PORT ST. LUCIE — Gary Matthews Jr. felt right at home in the leadoff spot yesterday.  —  If Jerry Manuel's plan of batting Jose Reyes third in the lineup is to succeed, the Mets manager will need either Matthews or Angel Pagan to emerge as a reliable leadoff hitter.

Get used to it: Gonzalez is a wanted man  —  Jake Peavy is planning a prison break.  —  He wants to spring Adrian Gonzalez from the Gaslamp Gulag known as Petco Park.  He wants to free the oppressed slugger from the cruel, unusual and harshly low-profile punishment of playing for the Padres.

Hart eager to stage comeback  —  Outfielder knows he has a lot to prove after arbitration win  —  PHOENIX — Corey Hart needs glasses.  Wouldn't it be nice if that simple fix is all he needs to return to the good old days?  —  “I probably should have used glasses last year,” said Hart.

Podsednik to add charge to KC lineup  —  Even at 34, left fielder should offer plenty of speed  —  SURPRISE, Ariz. — There's no doubt about Scott Podsednik's biggest baseball moment.  On Oct. 23, 2005, he did something only 13 other players had ever done: End a World Series game with a home run.

Colorado Rockies' Huston Street calls inflamed shoulder ‘normal’  —  TUCSON, Ariz. — Colorado Rockies closer Huston Street is experiencing inflammation in his right shoulder, a condition he calls normal for this point in spring training and one he said is improving.

Mariners' Woodward picked family over playoffs  —  With a sick child and a newborn son, infielder had to tell Red Sox he couldn't make it to the postseason last year  —  PEORIA, Ariz. - The way the timing went - a new baby, the chance to return to the playoffs - Chris Woodward had 24 hours of the best news a man could have.