Jimmy Rollins Q&A: 'I feel like I'm free to be myself'  —  FOX Sports  —  (Photo by Robert Rogers/MLB Photos via Getty Images),(Photo by Jason Wise/MLB Photos via Getty Images)  —  Three-time All-Star shortstop Jimmy Rollins believes transitioning from from Philadelphia to Los Angeles will allow his true personality to show.

Minor, Upton not likely to return before May  —  The Braves don't yet have an estimated return date for starting pitcher Mike Minor or center fielder Melvin Upton, but it's reasonable to assume neither will be ready for major league games before May.  —  Minor has not thrown in 2 ½ weeks …

Mets manager Terry Collins and GM Sandy Alderson show signs of friction  —  PORT ST. LUCIE — Terry Collins has always gladly accepted the terms and conditions of managing for Sandy Alderson, and in most ways nothing has changed.  Yet with Collins' job very much on the line this season …

Tomas Homers in Diamondbacks' 7-4 Loss to Dodgers  —  GLENDALE, Ariz. — Yasmany Tomas hit a three-homer in the sixth inning of the Arizona Diamondbacks' 7-4 spring loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday.  —  Tomas connected against reliever Chin-hui Tsao , tying it at 4, and finished with three hits.

Votto, Phillips: Same team, different approaches  —  GOODYEAR, Ariz. -The debate still rages throughout the game, and plays out every day for the Cincinnati Reds, inviting intrigue, discussion and even divisions within their own organization.  —  From the corner of power and patience: First baseman Joey Votto's hitting philosophy.

Spring training lets umpires sharpen their game too  —  Atlanta Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez argues with home plate umpire Dan Iassogna after Iassogna ejected Gonzalez for arguing balls and strikes in the first inning of the Braves' spring training game against the New York Yankees in Tampa, Fla., Thursday, March 12, 2015.

Reliever Caminero's chances of making Pirates' roster heating up  —  PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — Ninety-eight, 98, 98.  Those were the first three mile-per-hour readings of Arquimedes Caminero pitches on the Charlotte Sports Park scoreboard Monday.  The Pirates reliever was just loosening up.

Cooperstown Confidential: The Enigmatic Life of Alex Johnson  —  Alex Johnson played for eight major league teams.  —  The recent death of Alex Johnson brings to an end one of the most controversial and enigmatic chapters in baseball history.  Even as we try to put the many conflicts …

Longtime baseball writer Nick Peters dies at 75  —  ›  —  ‹  —  Nick Peters, the Hall of Fame baseball writer who chronicled the San Francisco Giants for nearly a half century, died Monday at his Elk Grove home after a lengthy illness.  —  He was 75.

Rays to name Asdrubal Cabrera everyday shortstop  —  PORT CHARLOTTE — The Rays have decided that Asdrubal Cabrera will be their everyday shortstop after all.  —  When the Rays signed Cabrera in January, they said they would determine during spring training whether to keep him at shortstop …

Are the Mets Big Enough for Matt Harvey?  —  The next New York–size super sports star is finally back on the mound.  —  Shares … Ian Schrager wants Matt Harvey's workout advice.  —  It's a moment of insider New York cross-pollination, an elder luminary of the city's social whirl reaching …