Central Notes: Sale, Cubs, Floyd  —  The White Sox have announced that star pitcher Chris Sale has suffered an avulsion fracture in his right foot, sustained Friday in an accident at his home.  (GM Rick Hahn says Sale sustained the injury while unloading his truck, according to CSNChicago.com's Dan Hayes on Twitter.)

Fish out of water: Rays RHP hurt exiting pool  —  PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — It isn't unusual for players to work on their stroke in spring training.  But that phrase has a whole different meaning for Tampa Bay Rays reliever Ronald Belisario, who will miss the start of the season …

PLAYERS' UNION HEAD: FUTURE SPRING GAMES IN CUBA POSSIBLE  —  GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — Cuba could be a spring training destination once more.  —  Major League Baseball is considering playing future spring exhibition games on the island nation and baseball hotbed, which used …

Expert discusses causes, prevention for TJ at Sloan conference  —  John Smoltz joins Hot Stove to discuss the abundance of pitchers returning from Tommy John surgery this season  —  BOSTON — Glenn S. Fleisig, a leading expert in pitcher injuries, made a couple of simple but forceful points …

New Dodger Rollins: Mets were No. 2 choice  —  GLENDALE, Ariz. — Jimmy Rollins spent a lot of years with the Philadelphia Phillies antagonizing New York Mets fans with his swagger and competitive spirit.  He was among a select group of opposing players that fans in Flushing Meadows most loved to hate.

Hale wants Cuban slugger to see a lot of at-bats  —  Steve Gilbert talks about how the D-backs are optimistic about Yasmany Tomas' workouts at third base  —  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Yasmany Tomas, who has worked out almost exclusively at third base, has started to shag balls …

Walk away from $144 million?  No sweat, Scherzer had it covered  —  FOX Sports  —  New Washington Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer knew he was going to land on his feet.  —  VIERA, FLA. —  Before getting traded to the Rays last July, left-hander Drew Smyly marveled …

Brewers Sell 101,000 Tickets on First Day of Individual-Game Sales  —  MILWAUKEE - Today's single-digit temperatures were ignored by the Brewers faithful today as thoughts of summer days at Miller Park filled the air.  Fans queued up early at Miller Park to be the first to get single-game tickets …

Outfielder is midway through $51.5 million, six-year contract  —  Take a look back at the stellar career of Pirates outfielder Andrew McCutchen from the 2005 Draft up to his perennial MVP candidacy  —  BRADENTON, Fla. — In the conclusion of its countdown to the Major League's Top 100 current players …

Any suspension for outfielder would likely start at beginning of regular season  —  Angels GM Jerry Dipoto and manager Mike Scioscia discuss Josh Hamilton after the outfielder met with MLB for a disciplinary issue  —  TEMPE, Ariz. — Josh Hamilton's potential suspension for a drug of abuse …

Blue Jays expect Saunders back early in season  —  DUNEDIN, Fla. - Michael Saunders should be ready to rejoin the Toronto Blue Jays by mid-April rather than around the all-star break after the left-fielder had 60 percent of the meniscus removed from his left knee during surgery Friday.