White Sox request waivers on Lawrie

GLENDALE, ARIZ. >> Brett Lawrie has been put on waivers by the Chicago White Sox, who plan to release the infielder.

Unless Lawrie is claimed, which is unlikely, he would receive $573,770 in termination pay rather than the $3.5 million salary in the non-guaranteed contract he agreed to in December.

Chicago announced move Friday.

The 27-year-old was acquired in a December 2015 trade with Oakland.

He hit .248 with 12 homers and 36 RBIs in 94 games in his only season with the White Sox.

Nats’ Strasburg works from stretch

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Stephen Strasburg avoided a windup for all 23 of his pitches in a 2-1, 10-inning loss by a Washington Nationals’ split squad to the St. Louis Cardinals, his first appearance of spring training.

“I’m not trying to reinvent myself, but just trying to simplify things as much as I can and be able to repeat my mechanics,” Strasburg said. “I feel like as I’ve gotten older, for whatever reason, the windup’s just been an issue as far as getting that right feeling of staying on the mound, not drifting too much toward first- or third-base side on my leg kick, and sticking the landing a little bit better.”

Strasburg came up with the idea after watching Texas’ Yu Darvish and Cleveland’s Carlos Carrasco. He approached pitching coach Mike Maddux with the idea at the start of spring training.

NL Rookie of the Year runner-up Trea Turner had two hits, including an RBI single. Cardinals starter Michael Wacha allowed three hits in three scoreless innings.

Giants expecting Cueto

MESA, ARIZ. >> Johnny Cueto was finally scheduled to arrive at San Francisco Giants camp on Friday, and the Dominican right-hander will likely not pitch in the World Baseball Classic — at least in the first round.

“He’ll be in tonight,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said Friday after his team’s Cactus League game against the Oakland A’s. Cueto then will have a physical and meet with team management before he takes the field for any baseball activities, a team spokesman said.

Cueto’s father has been ill, so the pitcher wanted to bring him to the U.S. from the Dominican Republic. That delayed his arrival by a couple weeks so that a visa could be obtained for his father.

Cueto has been working out at the Giants’ facility in the Dominican, so the late arrival is not expected to affect anything relating to the pitcher’s normal preparation for the season.

But with the WBC beginning Thursday for the Dominican team, it wouldn’t leave much time for the Giants to assess everything before Cueto had to pitch a competitive tournament game.

Mets renew Syndergaard for $605,500

PORT ST. LUCIE, FLA. >> Unable to reach an agreement, the New York Mets renewed the contract of pitcher Noah Syndergaard for a major league salary of $605,500.

With 1 year, 149 days of major league service, Syndergaard almost certainly will be eligible for salary arbitration next winter.

The hard-throwing 24-yearold right-hander was 14-9 with a 2.60 ERA last season, striking out 218 in 183.2 innings.