MLB win totals: How we see the 2016 season unfolding  —  From April through October, 30 major league teams will contest 2,430 games and pay out some $3.7 billion in player salaries in the hope they win a few more than they lose, catch a fortuitous bounce or two and - should everything break just right - find their way into the playoffs.

Suspected Mother Arrested After Newborn Boy Found Abandoned in Toilet at West Covina Subway  —  A woman who was suspected of abandoning her infant at a Subway restaurant in West Covina after giving birth there was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder Monday, police said.

Matt Harvey open to inking long-term extension with Mets  —  PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Matt Harvey is the first among the heralded young pitchers with the New York Mets to be eligible for free agency.  And upon arriving at camp Monday, Harvey did not rule out a long-term extension with the organization.

Rangers sign first baseman Ike Davis to minor league deal  —  Left-handed-hitting veteran has invitation to big league spring training  —  Davis played for Pirates in 2014 when Banister was coach  —  Hit career-high 32 home runs with 90 RBIs for Mets in 2012

The rise of FanGraphs: Stats site gives fans, front offices view to baseball's evolution  —  On Baseball  —  A decade ago, the serious baseball fan - serious, as in desperately wanting to increase his or her chances of winning his or her fantasy league - had few places to turn.

Pirates Ready to Prove Themselves Again as Camp Opens  —  PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates have the second-best record in the majors since 2013, a run that restored faith in the franchise after two decades of misery and led to three straight playoff berths.

Aaron Hernandez settles civil lawsuit in Florida  —  Aaron Hernandez has settled a lawsuit in Florida brought by an associate who claimed that the former NFL star and convicted murderer shot him in the face, court records show.  —  Lawyers for Alexander Bradley, a former friend of Hernandez …

Finding A Landing Spot For David Freese  —  We're now more than halfway through the month of February, and yet, despite the fact that pitchers and catchers report will begin to report this week, there are a surprising number of starting-caliber players available on the free-agent market.

Mookie Betts Drove A Golf Cart Right Into A Lake  —  Red Sox center fielder Mookie Betts is an adept baseball man, as well as an extremely skilled bowler.  What he's not good at is driving a golf cart, apparently.  He and Travis Shaw went golfing this afternoon, and they got a bit more amphibious than they wanted to.

Not every team that's rebuilding should be accused of tanking  —  Here's the thing about “tanking,” which the owners reportedly discussed at their recent meetings, and which some will tell you is a scourge on baseball as we know it:  —  When teams such as the Phillies, Brewers and Braves go young …

Expectations Soar as Cubs Try to End Championship Drought  —  CHICAGO — The last time the Chicago Cubs faced expectations this high, the Model T was hitting the market.  —  The Cubs look about as loaded as any team after a 97-win season that catapulted them to the National League Championship Series …

Many Roles to Fill as Overhauled Reds Open Spring Training  —  CINCINNATI — Reds manager Bryan Price was driving to Goodyear, Arizona, for the start of spring training and thinking about all of the decisions ahead.  —  He's got many more than usual because of Cincinnati's near-total makeover.

100-Win Cardinals Ready to Defend NL Central Title  —  ST. LOUIS — There was no way the St. Louis Cardinals could match the headline-grabbing activity of their biggest NL Central rival in Chicago, the team that was saw to it they were one and done last fall.

Grassley joins call to delay Supreme Court nomination  —  The Senate should not take up the nomination of a replacement for Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court until after the November presidential election, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley said in a statement on Saturday.