Your Early Hot Stove Fix [J. Mark English]

• New York Mets reliever, Guillermo Mota, has been suspended 50 days for drug use.
• Daisuke Matsuzaka, the Japanese phenom pitcher, has made it official: He'll play in the United States. Let the sweepstakes begin!
• David Lennon has more on Matsuzaka and the auction that will sure to follow this decision.
• Former Negro League star, Silas Simmons, dies at age 111.
• Tom Glavine may be close to signing a two year deal with the Mets.
• And there is an end of an era in Houston. Jerry Crasnick explains.