Verlander may not be ready for opening day
Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander says he is “a little bit behind schedule” due to offseason shoulder inflammation that could prevent him from being ready to pitch on opening day.
• The Chicago White Sox agreed to a minor league contract with veteran infielder Mike Moustakas that includes an invitation to major league camp. Moustakas, 35 hit .247 with 12 homers and 48 RBIs in 112 games with Colorado and the Angels last year.
• Free agent left-hander Scott Alexander reached agreement on a one-year contract with the Oakland Athletics, filling a void in a bullpen needing lefties. Alexander went 7-3 with a 4.66 ERA and one save for San Francisco last season, making eight starts among 55 appearances.
1. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 181.947 mph;
2. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford, 181.686;
3. (5) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 181.635;
4. (2) Austin Cindric, Ford, 181.207; 5.
(9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 181.178;
6. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet,
181.174; 7. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 181.068; 8. (8) Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 180.995; 9. (1) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 180.883; 10. (21) Harrison Burton,
Ford, 180.328; 11. (38) Todd Gilliland, Ford, 180.339; 12. (15) Riley Herbst,
Ford, 180.195; 13. (41) Ryan Preece,
Ford, 180.173; 14. (14) Chase Briscoe, Ford, 180.122; 15. (17) Chris Buescher, Ford, 180.079; 16. (10) Noah Gragson, Ford, 180.076; 17. (48) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 180.014; 18. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 179.989; 19. (99) Daniel Suárez, Chevrolet, 179.791; 20. (62) Anthony Alfredo, Chevrolet, 179.648; 21. (16) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 179.637;
22. (43) Erik Jones, Toyota, 179.637; 23. (4) Josh Berry, Ford, 179.634; 24. (31) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet, 179.522; 25.
(6) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 179.390; 26. (19) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 179.365;
27. (60) David Ragan, Ford, 179.283; 28. (23) Bubba Wallace, Toyota, 179.254; 29. (54) Ty Gibbs, Toyota, 179.211; 30. (51) Justin Haley, Ford, 179.190; 31. (47) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Chevrolet, 179.172; 32. (20) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 179.101; 33. (7) Corey LaJoie, Chevrolet, 179.065; 34. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 178.951; 35. (84) Jimmie Johnson, Toyota, 178.845; 36. (45) Tyler Reddick, Toyota, 178.806; 37. (71) Zane Smith, Chevrolet, 178.271; 38. (77) Carson Hocevar, Chevrolet, 177.904; 39. (42) John H. Nemechek, Toyota, 177.837;
40. (78) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet, 177.343;
41. (44) JJ Yeley, Chevrolet, 175.572; 42. (36) Kaz Grala, Ford, .000.
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Scoring Average
Allen, PHO Nesmith, IND Leonard, LAC Williams, OKC Beasley, MIL Kennard, MEM Powell, LAC Durant, PHO Merrill, CLE Conley, MIN Holiday, BOS McDermott, SA Walker, BKN Towns, MIN Sasser, DET
G FG
Doncic, DAL 46 G-Alexandr, OKC 53 Antkonmpo, MIL 53 Durant, PHO 47 Mitchell, CLE 43 Booker, PHO 44 Curry, GS 48 Brunson, NY 51 Tatum, BOS 51 Young, ATL 49 Fox, SAC 47 Jokic, DEN 52 Edwards, MIN 51 Maxey, PHI 48 James, LAL 49 Davis, LAL 51 Lillard, MIL 50 Leonard, LAC 48 Randle, NY 46 Markanen, UTA 44 Banchero, ORL 54 DeRozan, CHI 52 531 580 611 483 426 430 438 500 474 410 449 535 461 426 456 480 368 432 395 353 436 406 122 106 112 72 153
71 106 107 87 113 102 76 71 120 57
FT Pts Avg
337 1579 424 1649 381 1627 255 1328 224 1219 272 1230 227 1344 267 1401 286 1391 336 1321 217 1254 241 1367 278 1331 230 1229 200 1216 279 1257 351 1232 180 1156 236 1102 190 1039 278 1229 317 1178
3-point Field Goal Percentage
FG FGA
250 232 247 159 341 159 238 241 197 256 232 173 162 275 133 34.3 31.1 30.7 28.3 28.3 28.0 28.0 27.5 27.3 27.0 26.7 26.3 26.1 25.6 24.8 24.6 24.6 24.1 24.0 23.6 22.8 22.7
Pct
.488 .457 .453 .453 .449 .447 .445 .444 .442 .441 .440 .439 .438 .436 .429
At Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club Buenos Aires
Surface:
NBA
NBA:
LAKERS:
NFL
Red clay
MEN'S SINGLES
Round of 16
Tomas Martin Etcheverry (6), Argentina, def. Daniel Elahi Galan, Colombia, 6-3, 6-0.
Dusan Lajovic, Serbia, def. Alejandro Tabilo, Chile, 6-4, 1-6, 6-1.
Facundo Diaz Acosta, Argentina, def. Francisco Cerundolo (4), Argentina, 7-6 (3), 6-0.
Nicolas Jarry (3), Chile, def. Stan Wawrinka, Switzerland, 6-7 (3), 6-2, 7-6 (5).
At Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, Doha, Qatar Purse:
Surface:
$3,211,715
Hardcourt outdoor
WOMEN'S SINGLES
Round of 16
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, def. Marketa Vondrousova (6), Czech Republic, 7-5, 6-3.
Danielle Collins, United States, def. Katerina Siniakova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-3. Naomi Osaka, Japan, def. Lesia Tsurenko, Ukraine, walkover.
Leylah Annie Fernandez, Canada, def. Zheng Qinwen (5), China, 7-5, 6-3. Karolina Pliskova, Czech Republic, def. Linda Noskova, Czech Republic, 3-6,
7-5, 6-1.
Elena Rybakina (3), Kazakhstan, def. Emma Navarro (16), United States, 6-1, 6-7 (6), 6-4.
Iga Swiatek (1), Poland, def. Ekaterina Alexandrova (14), Russia, 6-1, 6-4. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, def. Jelena Ostapenko (8), Latvia, 6-0, 6-3.
BASKETBALL
Fined Atlanta G Trae Young $35,000 for directing an inappropriate and unprofessional gesture toward a game official on Feb. 12 in a game against Chicago.
Assigned G Jalen Hood-Schifino and F Maxwell Lewis to the South Bay Lakers of the G League.
FOOTBALL
CHARGERS:
Named Marc Trestman senior offensive assistant, Sanjay Lal wide receivers coach, Rick Minter senior defensive assistant, Steve Clinkscale defensive back coach, Chris O'Leary safeties coach, Dylan Roney defensive assistant, Mike Elston defensive line coach, Navorro Bowman linebacker coach, Shane Day quarterback coach, Andy Bischoff run game coordinator/ tight end coach and Mike Devlin offensive line coach