Diamondbacks closer Greg Holland, after being unsigned last offseason, has new take on free agency  —  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Diamondbacks closer Greg Holland closes his eyes, takes a deep breath and allows those unpleasant memories to slowly trickle back into his thoughts.  —  Bryce Harper is still unsigned.

Aaron Judge fully healthy entering Yankees' spring training  —  TAMPA, Fla. — With his once-broken wrist fully healed, New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge is reporting to spring training camp this week in peak physical condition, according to manager Aaron Boone.

5 takeaways from White Sox camp, including prospects emerging and a clubhouse boombox that caters to all tastes  —  Photos of the White Sox at spring training at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Ariz., before the 2019 season.  —  Chicago Tribune  —  Five takeaways from Sunday at White Sox camp:

Cubs spring training updates: More muscular Javier Baez homers after team has mental skills meeting  —  Photos of the Cubs at spring training at Sloan Park in Mesa, Ariz., before the 2019 season.  —  Chicago Tribune  —  Here are updates from Cubs spring training Sunday.

Pena returns to Cardinals to back up Molina, but there's a catch  —  JUPITER, Fla.  • Bumped from the roster to make room for a prospect the Cardinals wanted to protect, Francisco Pena found himself this winter back where he started, which is to say looking for a job where he might not be starting at all.

Casey Mize thriving at Detroit Tigers camp with ‘big league mentality’  —  LAKELAND, Fla. — Casey Mize wants to clarify something.  —  He has heard the narrative building around Tiger Town, the Detroit Tigers' spring training home, about how he's the first one at the complex every morning.

Madison Bumgarner says he was joking over opener refusal  —  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Madison Bumgarner was joking when he told manager Bruce Bochy he absolutely refuses to pitch behind an opener.  —  It won't happen anyway.  —  San Francisco's ace lefty is hardly a likely candidate …

Peter Alonso faces down Jacob deGrom in Mets' first live batting practice  —  PORT ST. LUCIE - Plenty of teams held their first live batting practice of the spring this weekend.  But only the Mets had a 2019 NL Rookie of the Year candidate digging in against the reigning NL Cy Young winner.

Stroman lashes out at contract situation, trade speculation and overall state of the Blue Jays  —  DUNEDIN, Fla. — Marcus Stroman likes to bring the heat when he's on the mound, a place where he's comfortable and feels he can be one of the best pitchers in major league baseball.

At age 45, Ichiro prepares for a trip home to Japan with Mariners  —  At a distance, he looked like just like anyone else in a Mariners' uniform in the Saturday afternoon sunshine.  —  In fact, he moved better than the average player, running a little bit harder and faster than most.

If Bryce or Manny go to Philly, they'd better get dirty  —  A word of advice for Manny Machado and Bryce Harper if one of them winds up taking the Philadelphia Phillies' money: Be prepared to get very, very dirty.  —  EDITOR'S PICKS  —  For they will have signed on to live in a city devoted to the rawest of competitors.

Yasmani Grandal takes proactive approach to learning Brewers' staff  —  PHOENIX — The ink was hardly dry on his $18.25 million, one-year contract with Milwaukee when Yasmani Grandal started working the phone, reaching out to as many new teammates as possible from his offseason home in Peoria.

Diamondbacks could break in Jon Duplantier, other rotation prospects as relievers  —  The Diamondbacks arrived at camp with a fully stocked starting rotation, the second consecutive year they have acknowledged there are no jobs up for grabs entering spring training.