ST Daily: Arrieta Finds A Home  —  Another free agent domino fell Sunday, to another team hoping to make some unexpected waves in 2018.  —  Jake Arrieta, the top remaining starting pitcher on the market, reportedly agreed to a three-year, $75 million deal with the Phillies on Sunday, pending a physical.

Yankees agree to deal with former Mets second baseman Neil Walker  —  TAMPA - On second thought, the Yankees wanted veteran insurance at second base for 2018, too.  —  With top prospect Gleyber Torres struggling at the plate in his comeback bid from major elbow surgery …

Blue Jays' Stroman won't start Opening Day — and he doesn't like it  —  DUNEDIN — Marcus Stroman may still be the star of the Blue Jays starting rotation but he won't get the ball on Opening Day.  —  That bit of news, delivered by manager John Gibbons on Monday morning …

Zack Cozart gets reunion with Reds at Spring Training  —  Zack Cozart's Spring Training reunion with the Cincinnati Reds is set for Monday afternoon at 4:10 p.m. Eastern, with Cozart expected to bat sixth and play third base for the Angels at Temple Diablo Stadium, per Angels PR via Twitter.

Orioles start program to let kids come to games for free  —  Major League Baseball has the oldest fan base among the four major sports, and the Baltimore Orioles want to do something to change that.  The team announced Monday that it is starting a program called “Kids Cheer Free” …

AP sources: Free agent ace Arrieta, Phillies reach 3-yr deal  —  CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) Two people familiar with the deal tell The Associated Press that free agent ace Jake Arrieta and the Philadelphia Phillies have agreed to a three-year deal.  —  Both people spoke to the AP on condition …

Cincinnati Reds starter Anthony DeSclafani suffers oblique strain; Finnegan leaves Sunday's start with a forearm spasm  —  PEORIA, Ariz. - The Reds' quiet spring ended with two injury thuds Sunday.  —  Right-hander Antony DeSclafani has a left oblique strain.

Jacob deGrom strikes out four as right-hander eases Mets' concerns in spring debut  —  PORT ST. LUCIE - If Mets fans had any concerns about ace Jacob deGrom's early spring training back pain and whether that would hinder the right-hander's preparation for the 2018 season, deGrom came out blazing Sunday in his Grapefruit League debut.

Arizona Diamondbacks spring training - 2018 … Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo is holding off on naming right-hander Zack Greinke as his Opening Day starter, in part, it seems, because of comments Greinke made to reporters after his most recent outing.  —  “We have one really good candidate …

White Sox outfielder Nicky Delmonico suffers partial shoulder separation  —  Chicago Tribune  —  White Sox left fielder Nicky Delmonico was removed after a nasty collision with shortstop Tyler Saladino while they attempted to catch a pop-up in the seventh inning of Sunday's 6-5 win over the Diamondbacks.

Jordan Montgomery wants to show Yankees he is worthy of being named fifth starter  —  JUPITER, Fla. — Jordan Montgomery officially was named on Friday as the fifth starter in the Yankees' rotation, and he fully understands that he must pitch like he warrants that designation.

Fowler back at leadoff but with less pressure  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.  • The phrase that followed Dexter Fowler around Wrigley Field, through the World Series, and all the way to St. Louis as a free agent, was four-words long and T-shirt slogan catchy: “You go, we go.”

Lynn's smaller contract underscores big questions for baseball  —  JUPITER, Fla.  • The Cardinals, in their effort to score a draft pick and not sign a player, offered Lance Lynn a better contract than he'll finalize Monday.  —  Way back before baseball's hot stove got stuck in a meat locker …

MLB's brutal winter is all but over.  Here are the biggest winners and losers.  —  There were no ceremonies to see if a varmint sees his shadow, and snow storms are still pummeling the Northeast, but mercifully, baseball's interminable winter is over.  —  One hundred thirty-days …

Yankees not interested in one-year deal with Alex Cobb: sources  —  Tampa — Despite a rapidly falling free-agent market, the Yankees aren't interested in a one-year deal with Alex Cobb, according to team sources.  —  While the Bombers could add Cobb and still stay under …