Former Dodgers slugger Pedro Guerrero in critical condition after brain hemorrhage  —  Former Dodgers and Cardinals slugger Pedro Guerrero, who won a World Series ring with the '81 Dodgers, remains in “critical condition” at Manhattan's Lenox Hill Hospital after suffering …

Tigers-White Sox postponed; Opening Day slated for 2:10 today  —  Baseball's back!  In this “Talkin' Tigers” podcast, Anthony Fenech and George Sipple preview the 2017 Detroit Tigers, live from Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, where they'll open the season.

Column On Vin Scully's first opening day in retirement, he engaged in ‘that other national pastime, paying bills’  —  Shaking the sleep out of their old ballpark, awakening their urgency to end a title drought, the Dodgers majestically opened the 2017 baseball season Monday afternoon with a perfect two-part greeting.

Mets' Seth Lugo has slight UCL tear in right elbow, sources say  —  Mets righthander Seth Lugo has been diagnosed with a slight tear of the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow with the belief that it could be fallout from pitching in the World Baseball Classic, multiple sources said on Tuesday.

Cabrera, Syndergaard lead Mets past Braves 6-0 in opener … NEW YORK — Noah Syndergaard is off to a blistering start — and that could be a concern for the New York Mets.  —  The hard-throwing ace pitched six sharp innings before leaving with a blister, Asdrubal Cabrera singled home …

Frank Fleming, Mets fan angry at NJ Transit, to get car and tickets for Friday's game vs. Marlins … Frank Fleming won't have to deal with the headache that is NJ Transit for his next Mets game.  —  The fan who went viral on Monday after flipping out over NJ Transit delays on his way to Opening …

About All These Velocity Spikes  —  Yesterday, I wrote about Madison Bumgarner looking like he might have been throwing harder than usual on Sunday.  Then Jeff chimed in, noting that most everyone in that game had increased velocity, and so perhaps there was something going on with Arizona's radar calibration.

Junior Guerra could be out 6 weeks with calf strain  —  MILWAUKEE — The Brewers have placed Opening Day starter Junior Guerra on the 10-day disabled list with a strained right calf and recalled reliever Brent Suter from Triple-A Colorado Springs.  —  Manager Craig Counsell said before Tuesday's game …

Cubs break through for two runs in fourth inning  —  After starting off with three scoreless innings, Adam Wainwright allowed his first runs of the night in the fourth.  —  The Cubs managed to get two men on with one out, thanks to Addison Russell lining a double to the right-center gap and Willson Contreras drawing a walk.

Braves Jumping Mike Soroka, Kolby Allard To Double-A  —  The Braves are pushing some of their top prospects this year.  —  Atlanta will send lefthanders Max Fried and Kolby Allard and righthander Mike Soroka to Double-A Mississippi, skipping all three over high Class A Florida after they spent last year at low Class A Rome.

David Ross To Throw Out 1st Pitch, Sing Stretch On April 12 On Ring Ceremony Night For The Cubs  —  Beloved former Cubs catcher David Ross will be front and center on the night the team holds its ring ceremony for its 2016 championship.  —  Ross will throw out the ceremonial first pitch …