MILWAUKEE — Outfielder Corey Hart’s sluggish spring with the Brewers could open the door for Jim Edmonds to start opening day.
The Brewers host the Rockies on Monday and manager Ken Macha must decide between Hart and Edmonds for right field. He said he hasn’t made up his mind.
“I expect to (start), but I’m not writing the lineup,” Hart said. “We’ll see what happens.”
Hart is hitting .123 in the spring with two homers and five RBIs, while Edmonds, 39, has a .273 average, two homers and 12 RBIs.
Hochevar hit by line drive
ARLINGTON, Texas — Royals starter Luke Hochevar pitched only four innings in his final spring training start after taking a comebacker off his left ankle.
Manager Trey Hillman said Hochevar was OK and would make his first regular- season start as scheduled Wednesday against Detroit.
“It’s fine. I could have gone back out,” said Hochevar, a graduate of Fowler High School who was only 12 pitches shy of his 60-pitch limit. “We decided to stay on the safe side, come in and get some ice. . . . No problems, no pain at all.”
The only hit Hochevar allowed was an infield single to Julio Borbon in the first.
• Royals third baseman Alex Gordon (thumb) and Josh Fields (hip) likely will open the season on the DL.
Footnotes.
Scott Feldman, who in less than a year has gone from long reliever to opening-day starter for the Rangers, agreed to a three- year contract worth nearly $14 million.
• With four-time all-star Joe Nathan’s season over before it started, the Twins have turned to the tallest pitcher in major-league history to take care of closing duties — 6-foot-11 right-hander Jon Rauch.
• Mike Leake, Cincinnati’s first-round pick — eighth overall — in the June draft, beat out Travis Wood and Aroldis Chapman as the Reds’ fifth starter.
• Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez told investigators and lawyers for Major League Baseball he was treated by a Canadian-based doctor now under investigation by federal authorities but did not receive performance-enhancing drugs from Anthony Galea.
• Slugger Hank Blalock did not make Tampa Bay’s opening-day roster.
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