Victor Martinez To Undergo Knee Surgery  —  The Tigers announced that Victor Martinez tore the medial meniscus in his left knee during his offseason workout program and will undergo surgery next Tuesday.  The team did not give a timeline regarding his recovery, stating that they will provide …

Brewers Sign Chris Perez To Minor League Deal  —  6:48pm: Adam McCalvy of MLB.com reports (via Twitter) that Perez can top out at $3MM if he hits all of the incentives in his contract.  Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel tweets that $1.5MM of that will be his base salary upon making the club …

Moving Beyond WOWY: A Mixed Approach To Measuring Catcher Framing by Jonathan Judge, Harry Pavlidis and Dan Brooks  —  A Mixed Approach To Measuring Catcher Framing  —  Last year, Baseball Prospectus introduced our Regressed Probabilistic Model (or “RPM") for catcher pitch-framing.

Marlins reportedly win arbitration case with Latos  —  Mat Latos will look to regain the form that helped him notch a career K/9 rate of 8.3 entering 2014 and should benefit from a new ballpark  —  MIAMI — An arbitration panel sided with the Marlins on Thursday in their $1 million difference …

COLORADO ROCKIES / MLB  —  NEW ROCKIES PITCHER KYLE KENDRICK EAGER TO TRY AND TAME COORS FIELD  —  The Denver Post  —  Whether veteran right-hander Kyle Kendrick succeeds in a Rockies uniform this year no one can know.  But there is no doubt he possesses the right attitude.

Lawrence Taylor at 56: ‘Hard to believe’ I'm still alive  —  No. 56 Lawrence Taylor said his life at 56 isn't perfect, but that he is in a good place.  —  He spawned a generation of kids and aspiring football players who wanted to wear No. 56 more than any other number, arguably more than No. 12 way back when for Joe Namath.

Haley: Brady's Super Bowls Tainted  —  Talk of Fame Network  —  Charles Haley owns an NFL-record five Super Bowl rings.  —  Quarterbacks Joe Montana and Tom Brady have four apiece.  Haley won two of his Super Bowl rings with Montana and the San Francisco 49ers in the 1980s.

D-backs righty Ziegler has Opening Day roster in sights  —  7/9/14: Brad Ziegler takes the mound for the 269th time since 2011 and sets a record for appearances among MLB relievers in that time  —  PHOENIX — Lost amid the rash of Tommy John surgeries that plagued the D-backs' pitching staff …

Blue Jays trade LHP prospect Ybarra to Rockies  —  The Toronto Blue Jays and Colorado Rockies have agreed to a trade of minor league left-handers, industry sources tell Sportsnet.  —  The Blue Jays will acquire Jayson Aquino, who was recently designated for assignment by Colorado, for Tyler Ybarra, a 25-year-old prospect.

Outfielder has worked hard, lost weight in offseason  —  White Sox executive vice president Ken Williams traces the team's rebuilding process back to a 2013 trade for outfielder Avisail Garcia  —  CHICAGO — Evaluating Avisail Garcia's bright future simply by judging his past results must be done so with a couple of caveats in mind.

Zack Wheeler aiming to lower his pitch count as Mets righty already hard at work  —  Wheeler made 32 starts last season and logged 185.1 innings - only four of the 47 pitchers in the majors who started that many games threw fewer frames.  —  PORT ST. LUCIE — Zack Wheeler knows he's not …

Redskins letter to fans lists four key players.  RGIII isn't one of 'em  —  “Dear Premium Club Member,” reads this letter from the Redskins.  —  “The Washington Redskins thank you for your continued loyalty and support.  Redskins fans are the best in the NFL and we greatly appreciate your dedication over the years.”

Cuban infielder, 19, was unblocked Tuesday by United States government  —  Matt Yallof, Ron Darling and Tom Verducci discuss the potential of Yoan Moncada and what impact he could have on an MLB team  —  Top Cuban infield prospect Yoan Moncada is eager to begin his professional baseball career …