Rays prospect Brent Honeywell to have Tommy John surgery  —  PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — Brent Honeywell, the top pitching prospect for the Tampa Bay Rays, has a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right arm and will have Tommy John surgery, sidelining him for the entire season.  —  EDITOR'S PICKS

As a sign of the times, Cardinals shifting signals, breaking habits  —  PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla.  • As the first inning of his first spring start went sideways this afternoon for Carlos Martinez, the Cardinals starter hit one batter, walked two batters, needed 31 pitches to get three outs …

Spring recap: Cubs 6, Rangers 1  —  Chicago Tribune  —  After fouling a pitch off his foot, Anthony Rizzo smacked a two-run, opposite-field home run in the fourth inning and Willson Contreras followed with a solo shot to lead the Cubs to a 6-1 victory Saturday over the Rangers before 14,821 fans at Sloan Park.

Shohei Ohtani gives up two runs in Angels' debut  —  TEMPE, Ariz. — Shohei Ohtani's spring training pitching debut is one that he'll file under “learning curve.”  —  Ohtani took the mound with plenty of hype and a “B” lineup in the field behind him in Saturday's game between the Los Angeles Angels and Milwaukee Brewers.

Reds Sign Oliver Perez To Minor-League Deal  —  11:17am: Sheldon tweets that Perez will earn $1.25MM if he makes the MLB roster, and has $500K available performance bonuses.  He'll be able to opt out of the contract at the end of camp if he isn't added to the roster by then.

Dominic Smith shows up early and gets first spring action for Mets  —  PORT ST. LUCIE - Dominic Smith arrived at First Data Field “somewhere around six o'clock,” on Saturday.  The rookie, who had been benched for being tardy on Friday, was back in the lineup Saturday, ready to put …

Blue Jays reliever Mayza hoping 2018 lives up to '17  —  DUNEDIN — Blue Jays relief pitcher Tim Mayza had a year for the ages in 2017.  —  He moved out of his parents' house.  He got engaged to his university sweetheart Darian.  And his sister, Deanna, started playing professional basketball in Europe.

Source: Martinez's immediate readiness to play not in question; medical experts involved  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. — J.D. Martinez and the Red Sox are indeed sorting through a medical matter, but one that a baseball source with knowledge of the situation said would not have any effect on Martinez in the immediate future.

Kevin Siegrist agrees to minor league deal with Pirates  —  BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Left-hander Kevin Siegrist agreed to a minor league contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates and will report to big league spring training.  —  The 28-year-old was 1-1 with one save and a 4.81 ERA in 46 games …

Phillies 3B Will Middlebrooks leaves game after collision  —  Veteran infielder Will Middlebrooks, who signed a minor-league contract with the Philadelphia Phillies last month, left Saturday's spring training game with what appeared to be an injury to his left ankle or leg.

Cubs take flier on former first-round pitcher Danny Hultzen  —  Chicago Tribune  —  The Cubs agreed to terms with left-hander Danny Hultzen, the second overall pick in the 2011 draft who hasn't pitched since 2016 after undergoing his second major arm surgery.

Brandon Drury plunked in the hand in his spring debut with Yankees  —  BRADENTON, Fla. - Brandon Drury had an eventful spring debut as a Yankee, which included a scare.  —  Drury, the team's third-base acquisition from Arizona, lined a single in his first at-bat, but was hit in the left hand during his second.

Rockies 11, Reds 4  —  GOODYEAR, Ariz. — The Colorado Rockies pounded the Reds 11-4 Saturday before a gathering of 2,936 at Goodyear Ballpark.  —  The game in three paragraphs:  —Right-hander Michael Lorenzen was solid in his return to starting.  He went two innings, allowing one run on two hits.

Arizona Diamondbacks spring training - 2018 … It's a good thing the folks from Rawlings stopped by Salt River Fields the other day to measure many of the Arizona Diamondbacks position players for new baseball gloves.  —  Chris Owings is going to need three different styles and sizes, thank you very much.

Mets legend Mike Piazza visits camp, doesn't rule out owning MLB team in future  —  PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — For now, Mike Piazza has no ambitions to join Derek Jeter in the ranks of former MLB legends owning an MLB team.  The Hall of Famer currently has his hands full as a majority owner of AC Reggiana …