David Wright Diagnosed With Shoulder Impingement  —  6:20pm: A pair of Mets sources tell Kristie Ackert and Christian Red of the New York Daily News that the news on Wright's shoulder following today's examination is “not good.”  Mets GM Sandy Alderson told reporters today that Wright's shoulder woes …

Will MLB Say Goodbye to Lena Blackburne Rubbing Mud?  —  Major League Baseball has asked Rawlings to create a baseball with more tack and it could mean the end of a nearly 80-year-old tradition.  —  Baseballs arrived for games in the Arizona Fall League last November that surprised the young pitchers.

Royals' Peter O'Brien leaves teammates in awe with ‘freaky’ power  —  SURPRISE, ARIZ.  —  Stand inside the batter's box of George Brett Field, the main practice field at Royals spring training, and you can see a collection of trees sitting beyond the right-center field wall.

2017 World Baseball Classic: Pool B Capsules  —  AUSTRALIA  —  Top Players: RHP Peter Moylan, LHP Travis Blackley, OF Trent Oeltjen  —  Top Prospect: LHP Lachlan Wells (Twins)  —  Hitting: Australia needs consistency from its international veteran hitters, with former big leaguers Oeltjen …

Car Drives into Crowd at Gulf Shores Parade  —  UPDATE (8:45 a.m. 3/1/17) - Three middle school students remain hospitalized after a sport-utility vehicle plowed into a marching band during a Mardi Gras parade on the Alabama coast.  —  Gulf Shores city spokesman Grant Brown says nine …

Baseball's Too Slow.  Here's How You Fix It.  —  Major League Baseball officials are finally addressing something that many fans have complained about for years: the length of games.  The average game last season took three hours.  Playoff games are even more trying, now often stretching beyond three and a half hours.

New Reds bullpen a reboot of an old idea  —  GOODYEAR, Ariz. - For baseball's oldest franchise, it's fitting that a new idea is really an old one in disguise.  That's the case when it comes to how the Cincinnati Reds plan to close out games.  —  Reds manager Bryan Price has talked about it since the middle of last season.

Bills won't use franchise tag on cornerback Stephon Gilmore  —  The Buffalo Bills will not use the franchise tag on cornerback Stephon Gilmore this year, The Buffalo News has learned.  —  The deadline for teams to apply the tag to an impending free agent is Wednesday.

Roy Halladay reportedly set for role with Phillies  —  CLEARWATER, Fla. - Roy Halladay was around the Phillies' spring-training facility this weekend, which may have been the early workings of an agreement to bring the legendary pitcher back into the fold.  —  MLB.com reported Tuesday that Halladay is …

Owens or Moss?  “I take neither,” says HOF GM Polian  —  Simple question: Randy Moss or Terrell Owens?  —  That's a choice Hall-of-Fame voters face in 2018 when Moss becomes eligible for Canton, and it's one bound to create considerable fallout ... no matter what happens.

NL East Notes: Suzuki, Eickhoff, Tebow  —  The action this morning has been in the NL East, with the Nationals making an important bullpen addition and the Mets receiving some unfortunate injury news.  Nats fans may also want to have a look at a profile of manager Dusty Baker penned by Jon Heyman of Fan Rag.