Yankees' Luis Severino to Undergo Tommy John Surgery  —  The Yankees shut down Luis Severino last week after he started experiencing forearm soreness.  —  New York Yankees pitcher Luis Severino will have Tommy John surgery after dealing with forearm soreness last week, general manager Brian Cashman announced Tuesday.

Notebook: DeJong takes ‘free’ RBIs — and more  —  JUPITER, Fla. — Paul DeJong, who had struck out in his first two spring at-bats, knocked in four runs in his two plate appearances Tuesday in the Cardinals' 9-6 exhibition loss to the Washington Nationals in a 3 hour 49 minute struggle.

Meet Mason Saunders, the secret rodeo identity of Madison Bumgarner  —  The picture is a bit blurry.  —  The photo is of two men standing in front of a backdrop featuring the logo of Rancho Rio Arena in Wickenburg, Ariz. They've just won $26,560 in a team-roping rodeo competition …

Keith Law's Top 100 prospects for 2020  —  Welcome to this year's ranking of the top 100 prospects in baseball.  I've been compiling and writing such rankings for 13 years now, and those of you who've read them before will find the format here similar to those from the recent past.

Scott Boras will honor Kobe Bryant's wish with internship for Alexis Altobelli  —  Baseball agent Scott Boras told the Los Angeles Times he will honor Kobe Bryant's wishes and create an internship for the late John Altobelli's surviving 16-year-old daughter, Alexis.

The Monday Baseball Column: The story behind why Alex Verdugo's debut is being delayed  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. — The first impressions have been hard to come by.  Just snippets.  —  Alex Verdugo occasionally cruises through the Red Sox' clubhouse these days, distinguishing himself with the constant companion of music.

Free Agent Market Still Stocked With Well-Known Players  —  As we all know, past performance — especially, long-past performance — is no guarantee of more in the future.  Teams are looking at more than Baseball-Reference career totals.  That said, track record does generally reflect a high degree of skill.

Patriots and agent for Tom Brady expected to meet in Indianapolis  —  INDIANAPOLIS — While there have been some conversations between the Patriots and Tom Brady, and or his agent, Don Yee, there hasn't been anything substantive with respect to a new contract for the Patriots quarterback.

Yasmani Grandal hard at work molding pitching staff that drew him to White Sox  —  It should come as no surprise that Yasmani Grandal is already making a big impact, even in the early weeks of spring training.  —  After all,  —  his impact was being felt before anyone even showed up to Camelback Ranch.

Cincinnati Reds notes: Eugenio Suárez will test his shoulder this week; Freddy Galvis delayed  —  GOODYEAR, Arizona - The next few days will be an important test for Eugenio Suárez as he recovers from right shoulder surgery last month.  —  Suárez is planning to throw and take two-handed swings for the first time.

Some first-game adventures for Rays, Pete Fairbanks  —  Loss to Red Sox comes down to suspenseful final out; relief candidate got into and out of jams.  —  FORT MYERS — The Rays' first spring training game took a couple of interesting turns.  —  Especially at the end …