Here are a couple of items from Sunday that caught my eye. Each day it seems as if the news coming out of each team's respective camps is more relevant, with more items moving the needle.

Diamondbacks Nuggets:

Yasmany Tomas is already getting slated for outfield time during the first week of spring training. While the Diamondbacks want him to win the third base job outright, it's pretty clear that they're not quite all-in on the decision. They want Jake Lamb (who has some upside potential) to get some third base reps, and they want to preserve the possibility of Tomas playing in the outfield as well. There's a non-zero chance that Tomas will have to begin the year in the minors if his defense at third base doesn't improve - such a scenario would at least alleviate the playing time squeeze that they have between Lamb, Ender Inciarte (so good, he's already had a movie made about his game) and David Peralta. If Tomas does win a starting job at either spot, it's also possible that one of my pet favorites, A.J. Pollock, could also lose a handful of at-bats. One of the tricky parts of handicapping this race is that Arizona has a new management team in manager Chip Hale and GM Dave Stewart - we don't really know yet who their favorites are, though one would have to think that with the amount invested in Tomas, they want him to win one of those jobs.

Meanwhile, Chris Owings is ahead of schedule in rehabbing his left shoulder, and might not have to miss the 7-to-10 days of the regular season that was initially prescribed. Owings has an NFBC ADP of 248.9, but that might go up by the end of the month if he starts getting game action in spring training and looks strong. He's an interesting power/speed option at a very scarce position. Even if he ultimately isn't ready for Opening Day but the news is still positive, remember that Opening Day is just a starting point in a long season - missing a few days early shouldn't have that much of a chilling effect.

The latest reports on Addison Reed remind us that it's worth checking out multiple sources for the same team. You're best off getting the news as unfiltered as possible. Here are two reports on the same bit of news regarding Reed:

- First, a tweet from MLB.com's Steve Gilbert: "#Dbacks closer Addison Reed says shoulder soreness completely gone. Will be 2 -2 1/2 weeks before he throws off mound. Still on track for OD."

Sounds great, right? But wait ... here we go again with a pitcher's estimate, rather than official word from the team.

- Later, the Arizona Republic had a blurb about Reed's shoulder. Note the difference in tone simply in changing "will throw by" to "won't throw until," and included a quote from manager Chip Hale: "The worst thing we can do is say you've only thrown two or three times now and we're going to open the season," Hale said. "If that's the case, then he may have to start on the DL. We're a long way away from that. We'll see how many outings it's going to take for him to feel comfortable and for us to feel comfortable with how he's throwing the ball."

- Gilbert later wrote an article for the topic on MLB.com, and that addressed the difference in Reed's pronouncement and Hale's comments. It's hard to parse the nuance of an issue in one tweet - which serves as both a lesson for us posting the updates on RotoWire and for you searching for information on a particular player. Even if we just link to a Twitter note and not the full article, more often than not the full article is linked in that tweet, or at least is in the timeline of that writer. We post those links both for attribution and to allow you to extend your research. If there's any sort of doubt in your mind, take that extra moment to click through.

Gattis Not Catching:

The Astros aren't going to use Evan Gattis behind the plate at all this spring. Instead, they are having him focus most of his efforts in left field, though they'll still use him at first base some as well, in case Jonathan Singleton doesn't make the Opening Day roster. This isn't all that surprising - the Astros already had Jason Castro and traded for Hank Conger as well this offseason, and Gattis isn't much of a defender behind the plate. But it's also worth noting that if Gattis struggles defensively in left field, or gets hurt, they believe that they have a multitude of options to replace him, including Jake Marisnick, Robbie Grossman, L.J. Hoes and Alex Presley. The eye-opening line from manager A.J. Hinch was that he considers left field an "all hands on deck" position.

Elbow Issues For Juan Lagares:

The Mets are worried that Juan Lagares's sore elbow could be a long-term concern. Lagares missed the last two weeks of the 2014 regular season with the injury and didn't begin baseball-related activities until late November, though he didn't have any operations on it. The spin is that Lagares won't be hurt at the plate or on the basepaths by the injury, but isn't his defense the primary reason why he plays everyday? If he can't throw, he's going to sit more than we might think. The best thing going for Lagares (besides his defense and speed, of course) is that the Mets don't have many attractive alternatives for center field - his backups are Kirk Nieuwenheis and Matt den Dekker.

Burying The Lede

Oh yeah, Chris Salehas an avulsion fracture in his right foot after landing awkwardly while dismounting from his truck, in the process of unloading items from said truck. The current timetable has him out three weeks, at which point he'll resume baseball activities. It might be a really tight window for him to be ready for Opening Day. I'm a little concerned also that this is his landing foot, off of which he'd presumably generate a lot of power. This is my second major player in LABR to hurt his foot, following the news on Kenley Jansen earlier. I'm sensing a theme. I dealt with the Jansen news by trading him to MLB.com's Fred Zinkie (it's not a shock that Fred was part of the first trade of the year - what raised eyebrows was the timing) for Koji Uehara. Uehara could be a health risk in his own right, but at least he's healthy now - if I were drafting today, I'd take Uehara over Jansen. With that logic, it made sense for me to pull the trigger now.

Another Trade

I teased this trade on Twitter during the week, but before our keeper deadline in a Scoresheet League (BL Kings), Chris Liss and I dealt Wil Myers and Carlos Martinez for Rusney Castillo and Josh Bell (Pirates version, not the former Baltimore 3B version). This is a 24-team mixed league in Scoresheet, and it's a keeper league - we can keep up to 10 players (but don't have to keep any), plus anyone with Rookie status can be kept at the back of the 35-round draft. So if you keep three rookies, your picks from Rounds 33-35 are used.

Chris and I are in Stage 2 of a rebuilding process, having made the tough cuts a year ago. We're only keeping five major leaguers (Jeff Samardzija, Carlos Carrasco, Salvador Perez, Eric Hosmer and Anthony Rendon), while not keeping a few starting pitchers that we liked - Danny Duffy, Jake Peavy, Wily Peralta and Drew Pomeranz among them. The working theory is that by keeping fewer players, we'll have more talent to pick from early on - and that worked for us last year, with us netting both Perez and Rendon. Meanwhile, Castillo still has rookie status, plus we also have Kris Bryant, Joey Gallo, Francisco Lindor, Albert Almora and Robert Stephenson among our rookie protects to go along with Castillo and Bell. I'm excited about the trade, especially because I'm not that sanguine about Myers' outlook in San Diego, though I have some regret about dealing Martinez. But it's easier to find the next Martinez than to find a potentially great center fielder, and I think Castillo could be that.

Scoresheet players - what do you think about the trade and the strategy?