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Infante was reassigned to minor league camp on Saturday.

Infante agreed to a minor league deal with the Phillies in December after spending a majority of 2015 on the Blue Jays' Triple-A club, the Buffalo Bison. The 28-year-old is not expected to make much of an impact for the Phillies this season and has only pitched in five major league games (all in 2010 with the White Sox) during his career.

Biddle was designated for assignment by the Pirates on Friday.

The move is to make room for David Freese on the 40-man roster and leaves Biddle's future in doubt for the second time this offseason. Biddle landed with the Pirates after getting designated for assignment by the Phillies. Whichever team he lands with will have to be patient if it thinks he can still be a major league pitcher, as he's out for the entirety of 2016 due to Tommy John surgery and had control issues before the injury.

Manager Pete Mackanin said Friday that Hernandez (triceps) is improving, but suggested he will not pitch in a game this weekend, Ryan Lawrence of the Philly Voice reports.

Right triceps tendinitis has kept Hernandez out of action since the Phillies' Grapefruit League opener, but it sounds like he's moving in the right direction. Hernandez, the favorite to close for Philadelphia this season, will likely need to throw both a standard bullpen session and a live session before getting the green light to return to games.

Bracho (groin) will make his spring debut Saturday, the Arizona Republic reports.

A groin injury has delayed Bracho to this point, but he should do away with any concern with a successful outing Saturday. Working primarily with a fastball-slider combo, Bracho fanned batters at a 34 percent clip in 13 appearances with the big club last season, with a swinging-strike rate north of 15 percent. His role to begin the year is to be determined.

Vizcaino has allowed two hits while striking out five in two scoreless innings so far this spring.

The 25-year-old hit triple digits on the radar gun in his Grapefruit League debut, according to ESPN's Jayson Stark, and followed it up with another multi-strikeout performance Tuesday. Jason Grilli is on the verge of making his spring debut, so the competition for the closer role in Atlanta may start to really heat up. It would make sense if the Braves attempted to build Grilli's trade value back up by giving him the ninth inning to start the season, but Grilli has to prove that he's fully recovered from the Achilles injury.

De La Rosa will start the Diamondbacks' fourth game of the regular season, Steve Gilbert of MLB.com reports.

As expected, De La Rosa will follow Zack Greinke, Shelby Miller and Patrick Corbin in the rotation. Robbie Ray, Zack Godley and Archie Bradley are competing for the fifth spot. De La Rosa will need to improve on last year's 4.67 ERA and 1.36 WHIP to be fantasy relevant in 2016.

Morris was sent to minor league camp on Friday, ESPN New York's Adam Rubin reports.

In the first round of cuts the Mets dispatched several arms and a catcher to minor league camp, with Rafael Montero being the only notable player exiled. Morris should provide organizational bullpen depth this year.

Alvarez was optioned by the Mets to their minor-league camp on Friday.

Alvarez had allowed a pair of runs on two hits and five walks in two innings in camp. With other options available in the team's pen, he will open to 2016 at Triple-A Las Vegas.

Montero (rotator cuff) was among those in the first group of players optioned to the minors by the Mets on Friday.

Montero was a longshot to head north with the team after missing most of last season with rotator cuff stiffness. His getting sent down early is a signal of his falling stature within the organization. Montero will need to show he is healthy and rebuild his credibility at Triple-A Las Vegas.

Nelson allowed one earned run over two innings in his second outing of the spring Thursday.

Nelson ended last season on the 60-day disabled list after being struck in the head by a line drive, but he did not suffer any lingering issues, and is 100 percent healthy this spring. Nelson has allowed just one earned run in four innings this spring, but he still has some tuning to do, as evidenced by his 1:4 K:BB ratio. He is a lock to open the season in the Brewers' rotation, but it remains to be seen where he will slot it.