Jacobs out to win Mets' first-base job  —  PORT ST. LUCIE — Mike Jacobs isn't just in Mets camp trying to make a team.  He's out to prove he still can be an everyday first baseman.  —  The 29-year-old signed a minor league contract with the Mets in February, seeking to bounce …

College Game 1: Huskies vs. Red Sox  —  You're looking live at City of Palms Park, the spring training home of the Red Sox.  They Sox will start their schedule today with a split-squad doubleheader against Northeastern and Boston College.  Both games will be seven innings.

PADRES: Peavy enjoyed time with Padres, but happy to be with White Sox  —  Chicago White Sox pitcher Jake Peavy is only 12 miles down the road from the Padres' Peoria complex, but he might as well be 1,000.  Seven months after he was traded by the Padres for four pitchers …

Keep Jeter in pinstripes, even as owner  —  TAMPA — The Yankees need to find a way to make Derek Jeter a Yankee for Life.  There's really only one way.  At some point the Steinbrenner family would have to take him into the ownership group.  —  The Yankees will take the field today …

Future Shock: Top 101 Prospects by Kevin Goldstein  —  Baseball Prospectus' prospect guru rates the game's best youngsters.

Getting into a sensitive area  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. - Cup or no cup?  That is the question.  —  It's a delicate issue regarding a delicate area.  The punch lines are infinite, but it's not funny when a guy gets hit in his testicles and he's not covered by the triangular hard-shell plastic designed to protect a man's private parts.

Q&A with Mike Rizzo  —  General manager pleased with progress, but won't stop … MLB.com: The Nationals' exhibition season starts Thursday.  How is the team shaping up?  —  Mike Rizzo: The early returns from Spring Training are positive.  Guys are getting their work in.

Nolan Ryan predicts 92 wins for 2010 Texas Rangers … Texas Rangers president Nolan Ryan has high expectations for the 2010 season: 92 wins.  —  “I just feel like that's a number that this ballclub should be able to reach,” Ryan said Wednesday.  “It's hard to sit here before we play …

Checking the Numbers  —  Power Sapped  —  An anomaly is defined as a strange discrepancy or deviation from an established trend or baseline.  In baseball terms, they occur when teams or players defy expectations—in either direction—to the extent that it proves difficult to offer confident explanations.

Nick Swisher's stint on mound in laugher against Rays a critical point for 2009 New York Yankees  —  TAMPA - Nick Swisher's first pitching performance of his career turned out to be one of the most important moments of his 2009 season, although it had nothing to do with his spotless ERA.

Spring Training Game 1: Yankees vs. Pirates  —  YANKEES  —  RHP Chad Gaudin (2-0, 3.43 with NY in 2009)  —  PIRATES  —  WEATHER: Cloudy and windy.  Not especially cold, but also not especially warm.  Temperatures in the 50s.  —  UMPIRES: HP Chad Fairchild, 1B Eric Cooper, 2B Marty Foster, 3B Dan Iassogna

Cubs reach deal with Cuban prospect  —  Righty Serrano to join after physical, additional paperwork  —  MESA, Ariz. — The Cubs have reached an agreement with Cuban right-handed pitching prospect Juan Yasser Serrano.  However, the deal is not expected to be finalized for another month.

Finance plan spurs 4 teams to skip Cactus League event  —  Four teams boycotted the annual Cactus League kickoff breakfast - hosted by Mesa this year - to protest a proposed leaguewide ticket surcharge to build a new Chicago Cubs spring-training complex and to finance other improvements.

Sabermetrics gains ground with Cubs  —  Ricketts said he expects organization to use statistical analysis more  —  MESA, Ariz. — Sabermetrics once was considered a four-letter word in the Cubs organization, where scouting reports trumped statistical analysis almost every time.

Harang gets Opening Day nod for Reds  —  Right-hander to tie team mark with fifth straight start  —  GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Unlike the past few years, there was more discussion and more than a hint of doubt over who would be the Reds' Opening Day starter and ace of the rotation.

Quick Q&A: Jason Bay looks to find his way with the Mets  —  It's a fact of baseball life: Players switch teams through trades and free agency all the time.  For the most part, we pay the relocations no mind outside of a baseball context.  —  I've always found it a little more interesting than most, though.

Darryl Strawberry sees young Mariano Rivera in New York Mets' prospect Jenrry Mejia  —  PORT ST. LUCIE - You can feel the Jenrry Mejia campaign beginning to build in earnest.  So far Jerry Manuel has only lightheartedly hinted at the possibility of express-laning the 20-year-old prospect …