Thursday, 3/12/2015 @ 10:05am

(9:55am) Oakland’s Nate Freiman, out with lower-back soreness, believes he’ll be ready to play on Opening Day * * * (9:53am) Boston’s Craig Breslow pitched a scoreless inning Wednesday despite yielding a walk and a hit * * * (9:52am) The Nats roughed up Tigers reliever Josh Zeid for 2 hits, 2 walks and 2…

Games played Tuesday, 4/21/2015 MLB Toronto’s Kevin Pillar went 2-for-5 with a two-run single in Tuesday’s 13-6 win over Baltimore. But what earned him another MLB.com ‘play of the day’ honor was his incredible diving catch of an Adam Jones liner, after which he quickly popped up and doubled a runner off of second base for his…

Games played Thursday (4/23/2015) MLB Toronto’s Kevin Pillar and Danny Valencia were bookmarks in more ways than one Thursday. In Valencia’s second start of the season, the pair played right field and left field, respectively, and surprisingly, it was Valencia — in his first career game in left — who made the highlight-reel catch in a 7-6 win over…

The NYTimes says rookie Joc Pederson is the best defenseman among L.A.’s 6 outfielders and has a chance to start in centerfield in 2015 (9/24/2014) *** Did Kevin Youkilis perform better on the Sabbath, or off? Check out Diane Firstman’s ‘Sabbathmetrics‘ blog for the answer (9/24/2014) *** Speedy pinch-hitter Ryan Kalish legged-out an infield single…

(9:30am) Detroit’s Ian Kinsler hasn’t played since March 12 due to a sore shoulder * * * (9:27am) A blogger says Nate Freiman is in danger of being cut from Oakland’s active roster if his back doesn’t improve soon * * * (9:11am) Oakland first basemen Nate Freiman (out since March 3) and Ike Davis (out since…