Senior outfielder Ty Moore has an obvious passion for baseball and it stood out at the USA Baseball National High School Invitational as he helped Mater Dei High to the championship win.

The Diamondbacks negotiated a trade to retain major league Rule 5 selection Brett Lorin, sending 20-year-old righthander Robby Rowland to the Pirates as compensation.

Trevor Bauer made quite an impression in his first Diamondbacks spring training, and only partly because of his unique pregame routine that includes a lengthy stretching program and long toss from foul pole to foul pole. His stuff played, too.

Braves fans spent much of the winter wondering why general manager Frank Wren was not more aggressive in acquiring major league talent with the team’s pitching surplus. The reason became a little clearer less than three weeks prior to Opening Day when …

Casey Crosby didn’t last long in the competition to be the Tigers’ fifth starter. The 23-year-old lefthander pitched in three spring training games, allowing six hits while walking six in six innings.

But don’t think Crosby didn’t make an impression o…

Not quite halfway through spring training, righthander Tyler Sturdevant had already caught the eye of Indians manager Manny Acta.

The Reds may push Billy Hamilton faster than some may have expected.

At this point in Jim Gallagher’s career, it doesn’t matter what position he plays. Just as long as he plays well enough to someday play in Chicago.

The Rockies pulled a surprise for Parker Frazier and his father.

When Brandon Jacobs signed as a 10th-round pick of the Red Sox in 2009, he was best known as the running back who was signed away from Auburn. No longer.