Friday's player news

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• Rockies SP Jeff Francis was placed on the 15-day DL with arm soreness. Won't be able to return until April 16.
• Top prospects C Buster Posey of the Giants and SP Aroldis Chapman of the Reds were optioned to Triple-A
• Marlins 2B Dan Uggla left Friday's game after being hit on hand with pitch. No word on severity, but it did cause him to leave the game. Of course, it was a preseason game.
• The Marlins will decide sometime Saturday whether to place OF Cody Ross on the DL. Source of the info was the Palm Beach Post, if you want to believe that rag.
• Garrett Mock beat Scott Olsen for the No. 5 spot on the Nationals rotation. Of course, we're talking about the Nationals so we're not even sure why we're putting this info in here.