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.

Red Sox Sign Wade Miley To Three-Year Deal  —  The Red Sox and left-hander Wade Miley will never have to worry about arbitration, as his agents at O'Connell Sports Management have announced a three-year, $19.25MM contract extension that buys out all of his arbitration years (Twitter link).

Why Lucas Duda is so confident he can have another big season  —  Lucas Duda has spent a lot of time at the Mets spring training facility in the offseason.  —  PORT ST. LUCIE — The Dude says he can do it again.  —  Lucas Duda exploded for a breakout season in 2014, blasting 30 home runs …

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 …

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.

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.

Kaplan: Cubs ‘kicking the tires’ on SP James Shields  —  Your browser does not support iframes. … The last major unsigned free agent has yet to find a home, and the Cubs may be a possible destination.  —  CSN's David Kaplan is reporting that the Cubs are “kicking the tires” …

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 …

New Jaguars assistant Doug Marrone talks about Buffalo departure  —  New Jaguars assistant head coach-offensive line coach Doug Marrone met with reporters today for the first time since he opted out of his Buffalo Bills contract Dec. 31 and was subsequently hired by the Jaguars Jan. 20.

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 …

Dodgers reliever rehabbing after Tommy John, back surgeries  —  4/26/14: Chris Withrow gets out of a jam by striking out Troy Tulowitzki in the 8th, leaving the bases loaded  —  LOS ANGELES — Chris Withrow isn't yet healthy enough to play with his toddler, never mind playing with the Dodgers.

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 …