MLB

Spring training is never about wins and losses, but it can still be about winning and losing.

No one remembers the score of the St. Louis Cardinals' May 5 game against the Miami Marlins (I looked it up; they won 3-2). But the Cardinals won't forget losing shortstop Jhonny Peralta that day to a thumb injury that required surgery.

Arizona Diamondbacks center fielder A.J. Pollock left the field with a fractured elbow during Friday's spring training game against the Kansas City Royals. The injury will require surgery, and it's unclear when Pollock will be able to return to the lineup. 

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Major League Baseball reportedly suspended veteran catcher Taylor Teagarden for 80 games Friday.

T.J. Quinn of ESPN passed along the news and noted Teagarden was the only athlete caught on tape in Al Jazeera's documentary on performance-enhancing drugs in December.

The San Diego Padres are reportedly "in agreement" on a minor league deal with veteran starting pitcher Jeremy Guthrie, according to a report from Ken Rosenthal and Jon Morosi of FoxSports.com on Friday.  

There are some things money just can't buy—including, but not limited to, love, happiness and Chris Colabello's digestive health.

The Kansas City Royals will begin the defense of their 2015 World Series title Sunday night against the team they beat to win the championship, the New York Mets.

The Royals are listed at 14-1 odds to win the World Series again this season at sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark, while the Mets are 12-1.

Imagine, if you will, that the year is 2021.

Suspected performance-enhancing-drug cheats still haven't gained entry into the Hall of Fame, but the Tampa Bay Rays have relocated to Montreal, the Oakland A's now call San Antonio home and Bartolo Colon, at the age of 47, is still pitching.

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Once more around the block with David Ortiz, then the retirement papers take effect after the 2016 season and it's off to Legendville. What a ride it's been, fabulous and funny, dramatic and dynamic.

The Minnesota Twins acquired him in September 1996, literally as a player to be named later for third baseman Dave Hollins.

The draft is over. Weeks, perhaps months of copious fantasy baseball research shines through when examining the results. Yet the road to claiming a championship has only begun.

Some managers, confident of their drafted squads, will simply kick back and wait for Opening Day. That's probably better than the person who has overreacted to every spring training tidbit and already made 20 moves.

When the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates kick off the 2016 MLB season on Sunday, we will have endured 153 days without meaningful baseball.

That's five months and change of frigid weather, feverish hot-stove tracking and the long, sometimes tedious exhibition slate.

Now, at last, the games count. The stats matter. The grass is cut, the lines are chalked. You're ready. They're ready.

First, though, let's check in with another installment of "hottest questions."