Cardinals’ Pete Kozma draws start at second base Sunday
by R.J. White | CBSSports.com

(11:56 am ET) Cardinals shortstop Pete Kozma is starting at second base in Sunday’s spring game, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

Kozma spent most of last season stashed in the minor leagues as a Plan B in case something happened to starting shortstop Jhonny Peralta. He’s out of options this season, and the team is looking to prepare him for a potential utility role. Manager Mike Matheny hasn’t ruled out giving him work in the outfield in addition to seeing time around the infield. Kozma is also being prepared to serve as the team’s emergency catcher.

Jose Iglesias hit by batted ball during Tigers’ BP
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(11:47 am ET) Tigers infielder Jose Iglesias was scheduled to return to the lineup on Sunday after missing a game with a shin contusion. 

However, Iglesias was hit by J.D. Martinez’s line drive during batting practice and had to be helped from the field. 

Iglesias was scratched from the game due to a shin contusion.

Mariners’ Franklin Gutierrez dealing with groin tightness
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(11:46 am ET) Mariners outfielder Franklin Gutierrez will likely miss a few days due to tightness in his right groin, the Tacoma News Tribune reports.

Gutierrez sat out last season due to an inflammatory nerve condition. He played in back-to-back games this weekend in his first spring action and went 0 for 5 at the plate.

Mariners 2B Robinson Cano (personal) leaves camp
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(11:41 am ET) Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon said Sunday that second baseman Robinson Cano has left camp after the death of his grandfather in the Dominican Republic, the Tacoma News Tribune reports.

There’s no indication when the second baseman will rejoin the team. Cano hit .314/.382/.454 with 14 home runs, 82 RBI and a career-high 10 stolen bases in 595 at-bats in his first season with the Mariners.

Phillies’ Sandberg: Chase Utley out until at least later this week
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(11:23 am ET) Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg said Sunday that second baseman Chase Utley will continue to be held out until later this week at the earliest due to precautionary reasons, the Philadelphia Daily News reports.

Utley has been dealing with ankle soreness this spring.

Marlins scratch Mat Latos from spring debut
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(11:23 am ET) Marlins RHP Mat Latos was scheduled to make his first spring start on Monday, but manager Mike Redmond said that plan was scrapped. 

Instead, Latos will pitch a simulated game against minor leaguers. 

Redmond said that Latos was a “little banged up” and the team wanted “to ease him into it”. While he wouldn’t name the specific problem, Redmond said that Latos didn’t have an arm injury, and he’d done all his spring bullpen work, as scheduled.

“He’s fine,” Redmond told the Miami Herald. “We’re just being cautious with him and let him get back on the mound, control how many hitters and how many pitches he throws. He’s getting all his work in.”

Phillies SP Cliff Lee dealing with elbow discomfort
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(11:17 am ET) Phillies starting pitcher Cliff Lee is dealing with discomfort in his pitching elbow, the team announced.

Lee said he felt “normal” after throwing 22 pitches in his spring debut Thursday. He missed the final two months of last season with elbow issues but said he had no uncertainty about the elbow following Thursday’s outing.

Lee felt something in the elbow Friday, and an MRI showed mild inflammation, The News Journal reports. He will be held out of his next start due to the flexor pronator issue, which was the same injury that he dealt with last season.

Lee will likely begin to throw again Monday, and he “will progress his throwing program as tolerated,” per the team’s statement. The MRI has been sent to Dr. James Andrews for a second opinion.

Lee went 4-5 with a 3.65 ERA and 72:12 K:BB ratio in 81 1/3 innings in 2014.

Mets’ Daniel Murphy testing injured hand in BP
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(10:50 am ET) Mets infielder Daniel Murphy tested his injured hand on Sunday by taking batting practice. 

Murphy suffered a bruised right hand during Friday’s game. 

Marlins’ Adeiny Hechavarria out until Tuesday
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(10:43 am ET) Marlins infielder Adeiny Hechavarria will sit out the next two days to rest a tired shoulder, according to a report by Joe Frisaro of MLB.com.

The team hopes to have Hechavarria back on Tuesday. 

Hechavarria hit .276 in 146 games at shortstop for the Marlins last season. 

Diamondbacks’ Kevin Munson dealing with arm soreness
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(10:39 am ET) Diamondbacks reliever Kevin Munson hasn’t appeared in a spring game yet. Manager Chip Hale said that Munson was dealing with “soreness” in his arm. 

Hale claimed he didn’t know if the issue was with Munson’s shoulder or elbow. 

They checked everything out and everything looked good,” Hale told Nick Piecoro of AZCentral.com. “We’re very careful during spring training to not push things.”