MLB adds 7-day DL for concussions  —  A seven-day disabled list will be used for major league baseball players with concussions this season, the commissioner's office and players' union announced Tuesday.  —  The list is intended “to allow concussions to clear, prevent players …

Red Sox, JetBlue extend partnership  —  The Red Sox on Tuesday announced that they have signed an eight-year extension to keep JetBlue Airways as the team's official airline and the official airline of Fenway Park.  —  JetBlue will also sponsor JetBlue Park, the new Spring Training ballpark …

Yankees name righthanded reliever Luis Ayala to pitching staff as Pedro Feliciano starts on DL  —  Luis Ayala will be the final man on the Yankees' pitching staff to open the season, as the Bombers chose the veteran righthander over young lefty Steve Garrison.

Andre Ethier: Signs pointing toward end of Los Angeles Dodgers career  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. — Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Andre Ethier on Tuesday stood behind comments he made to The Associated Press after Monday night's exhibition game in which he said this could be his final season …

Breaking news: Lidge out at least 3-6 wks  —  This is Martin Frank (@mfranknba on twitter), filling in for Philled In...Ruben Amaro just updated us, saying that closer Brad Lidge has a posterior rotator cuff strain.  He will be shut down for 3-6 weeks.  That does not, repeat, does not mean he's out for 3-6 weeks.

Jamie Moyer joins ESPN for 2011  —  Jamie Moyer hopes to pitch in the majors in 2012, but for this season the 48-year-old left-hander will lend his expertise as an analyst for ESPN's “Baseball Tonight”, making his debut Thursday for Major League Baseball's Opening Day.

Longoria says AK-47 stolen from house is ‘a personal item’  —  When talking to reporters about the weekend burglary of a house he and two teammates have been renting during spring training, Tampa Bay Rays slugger Evan Longoria  —  at first failed to mention one of the prominent stolen items.

Garza hoping change of weather will change his results  —  After another poor Arizona outing, starter eager for season to begin  —  Matt Garza pitches against the White Sox during spring training.  (Jake Roth-US PRESSWIRE, US PRESSWIRE / March 24, 2011)  —  MESA, Ariz. …

With season start near, Tampa Bay Rays' bullpen nearly solidified  —  A messy slide: The Rays' Sean Rodriguez kicks up dirt while stealing second base against the Red Sox in Fort Myers.  —  FORT MYERS — Unless there's the equivalent of a ninth-inning rally, the Rays' opening-day bullpen …

Even GM Dan O'Dowd wowed by Rockies  —  Big-league general managers are paid to worry, to have a plan in place for what's about to go wrong before it does.  —  Even in the week set aside for irrational exuberance among baseball fans, the week the season opens, general managers rarely lead the parade.

Use of overhead TV camera for baseball is pondered  —  Fox tests the ‘Field Cam’ during Tuesday's Dodgers-Angels game.  Before the game, some players are concerned that it might be too intrusive.  —  Officials from Major League Baseball and the players' association were in Angel Stadium …

Buzz Building About Marlins Slugger Mike Stanton  —  MIAMI (AP) — Sitting in the visitors' dugout one afternoon last September, Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel watched rain fall as he gushed about the Florida Marlins' precocious slugger, Mike Stanton.

For the love of Lee, it's not about the stats  —  AUSTIN, Texas - It is here, in the very state that had, and then lost, the very same pitcher the Phillies had, and then lost, and then won back, that I found the answer to a question that has stumped many men who fancy themselves baseball experts:

Career projections 2011  —  Each of the past few years, I've published career projections for all players aged 21-41 based on a system I developed a few years ago.  See last year's article for reference.  This year, I'm too busy to write an article, but I've run the numbers so I figured I would throw them up here for download.

Roger Clemens eager to defend himself  —  HUMBLE, Texas — Roger Clemens said Wednesday that he's eager to defend himself in federal court this summer and that his Hall of Fame chances aren't a “big deal” for him.  —  “We've had to take it on the chin a little bit, but we'll have our chance to talk …

And now, the HardballTalk staff predictions  —  Our Springtime Storyline previews are the Official Previews of HardballTalk.  But despite our little paragraphs entitled “So, how are they going to do?” their real value is in talking about the issues facing each team, not in providing predictions.