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Barry M. Bloom has been a national reporter for MLB.com since 2002 and has more than 35 years of experience covering sports.
 | The days of Spring Training are dwindling to a spare few, and it looks like Matt Kemp will remain at Camelback Ranch, not only when the Dodgers break camp for their season-opening trip to Australia, but well beyond that. Time marches on, and right now the clock is not in Kemp's favor.
More»Mattingly updates progress of Greinke, Kemp |
 | All-Star right fielder Jay Bruce is already a major impact player, averaging 32 home runs over the past three seasons. And he has even loftier expectations for himself this year.
More»Joey Votto and Jay Bruce on the 2014 season |
 | Great starting pitching was the hallmark of San Francisco's two recent World Series-winning teams and the rotation intends to be competitive again in 2014.
More» Hudson tosses three scoreless frames vs. Reds |
 | Four years after retirement, Trevor Hoffman is now the upper level pitching coordinator for the Padres, imparting his infinite wisdom to San Diego's hurlers.
More»Black on young pitchers gaining experience in spring |
 | The Archie Bradley era for the D-backs began in earnest on Monday night, and the first returns were electrifying, writes Barry M. Bloom.
More»Bradley is excited about his outing vs. Rockies |
 | Cody Ross was not in the outfield Sunday for the D-backs against the National League West-rival Giants at Scottsdale Stadium, but he's getting a little bit closer every day.
More» Ross looking to bounce back from 2013 |
 | Back with the Phillies as bench coach under new skipper Ryne Sandberg, Larry Bowa wants to make this perfectly clear: Right now he has no intention of ever managing again.
More»Bowa on being back with Phillies as bench coach |
 | After more than 20 years across Japan and Major League Baseball, Ichiro Suzuki for the first time finds himself without a position or a starting berth on a Yankees team chocked with high-priced outfielders and Japanese stars.
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 | The long feeling-out process between pitcher and catcher began in earnest on Wednesday for Yankees right-hander Ivan Nova and his new catcher, Brian McCann.
More»Brian McCann on the beginning of his Yankees career |
 | Regardless of the circumstances of how it came about, it can now be said that Orioles executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette played the free-agent market just right. With the signings in the last week of outfielder Nelson Cruz and right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez, Duquette didn't dive into the market as much as he let it come to him.
More»Duquette on Cruz, Jimenez and the 2014 Orioles |
 | The medical trials and tribulations of Derrick Hall almost took a turn for the worse last month when the D-backs' president and chief executive officer underwent tests at the University of Washington in Seattle to determine whether he had pancreatic cancer.
More»D-backs president and CEO Derrick Hall on SU2C |
 | The first thing you should know is that Joba Chamberlain is wearing a neat, tightly-trimmed beard, which is just fine around Tigertown. Chamberlain, looking slim and fit, said he's in a good place: happy to have had his experience with the Yankees and looking forward to helping the Tigers win the World Series.
More»A day on the Joba with Joba Chamberlain |
 | Heath Bell has spent the last few years bouncing back and forth from coast to coast like a ping pong ball: from San Diego to Miami to Arizona and now to Tampa Bay.
More» Bell loses save chances in revamped bullpen |
 | Phil Hughes is happy to be a member of the Twins, a tad disappointed in how he left the Yankees, but looking forward, always looking forward.
More» Hughes looks to lower ERA at Target Field |
 | In his annual State of the Big Papi address, David Ortiz, now 38, said he's asking the club to extend his current contract by a season, and by one season only. Afterward, principal owner John Henry said management might be inclined to do just that.
More»Big Papi hungrier than ever as 2014 begins |
 | One Joe is waiting to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame this summer, and the other is beginning his seventh season as manager of the Yankees with a wildly different cast and revamped roster. But no doubt, Joe Torre and Joe Girardi made their individual impact on the Yankees, combining to guide clubs to five of New York's 27 World Series victories.
More»Girardi shares a few things he learned while managing |
 | The vicissitudes of the 2013 season behind him, Dodgers manager Don Mattingly joined his club in camp this weekend with a renewed attitude and in a different comfort zone. There are no guarantees in sports, but there's something about a three-year contract that brings a spring to the step.
More»GM Colletti on decision to extend skipper Mattingly |
 | In a major new initiative announced at their FanFest on Saturday at Chase Field, the D-backs are dressing local youth and Little League baseball players in the home colors of Sedona red, black, green, purple, white, you name it.
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 | His contract extended earlier this week, D-backs manager Kirk Gibson joked and joshed individually and collectively with the media, which tells you a lot about his continued growth and comfort in the position. When it came to talking about his job security, the sometimes recalcitrant Gibson was expansive.
More»Gilbert on extensions for GM Towers, manager Gibson |
 | Rinku Singh, the left-handed pitcher who came to the U.S. from his native India almost six years ago after winning a contest, is about to become more than famous, reporting to Pirates' Spring Training while also being portrayed in a movie.
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