Baseball

Passionate coaching is valuable in any sport.

It's so valuable, in fact, that for the right man, teams will recruit across league lines.

In the eyes of the Detroit Tigers and Pittsburgh Pirates, Jim Harbaugh is precisely the right man.

Super Bowl winners dump gallons of Gatorade over their coach's head. The NBA Finals conclude with stormy champagne showers. NHL champions sip (or guzzle) from Lord Stanley's Cup. In short, sports celebrations are inexplicably intertwined with the decidedly messy utilization of food and beverage.

New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman is awaiting potential suspension from Major League Baseball for his involvement in a domestic dispute with his girlfriend.

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Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Chris Tillman missed an intrasquad exhibition Sunday after suffering a "core muscle injury," per Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com.

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Oakland Athletics pitcher Henderson Alvarez is inching closer to a return to the mound after undergoing shoulder surgery.

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On Saturday, Gerrit Cole voiced displeasure with the Pittsburgh Pirates for their modest contract offer to the Cy Young-caliber ace. The team responded Sunday, admitting it made a mistake in how it handled negotiations.

On Sunday, the Toronto Blue Jays announced they signed veteran relief pitcher Rafael Soriano to a minor league contract that includes an invitation to major league spring training.

Eduardo Rodriguez has been diagnosed subluxation of the patella tendon after undergoing an MRI on Sunday according to Jason Mastrodonato of the Boston Herald. Rodriguez originally suffered the injury on Saturday.

The knee remains structurally intact and the ligaments are fine, though there is swelling, per Mastrodonato, leaving a timetable to the southpaw's recovery unclear.  

Shortstop Ian Desmond has been a huge part of the Washington Nationals' success in recent years, but the two sides parted ways Sunday as Desmond signed with the Texas Rangers in free agency.  

The San Diego Padres passed over pitcher James Shields for Opening Day starting duties in favor of Tyson Ross, but Shields insisted it's not a huge deal.

According to Mike Cranston of the Associated Press (via Yahoo Sports), Shields took it in stride while speaking about the subject Saturday.