KISSIMMEE Randy Johnson Jersey , Fla. (AP) — With Mike Foltynewicz slowed by a sore right elbow, Julio Teheran could make his sixth straight opening-day start for the Atlanta Braves.Teheran made his 2019 exhibition debut Monday, pitching three innings in a 4-3 loss to Houston.The 28-year-old right-hander allowed three runs — two earned — and three hits. His fastball reached 94 mph, and he struck out four, including three on sliders.“It was working today,” he said.Teheran gave up a two-run homer to Derek Fisher, his third batter, on a fastball with a 2-2 count, a pitch Teheran said he would not have thrown in that situation during the season.He walked none in his first outing since pitching two innings in a minor league game last week.Foltynewicz was an All-Star last year A. J. Pollock Jersey , going 13-10 with a 2.85 ERA. Teheran was 9-9 with a 3.94 ERA and appeared only in relief in the NL Division Series loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.Teheran said starting the opener at Philadelphia on March 28 is not a priority.“Every time I come to spring training I’m just trying to make the team. This year is the same mentality,” he said. “I know we’ve got a bunch of guys with talent. I’m just here to fight for my spot. I’m just trying to get ready for the season even if I don’t get to start opening day.”Foltynewicz pitched two innings in his first outing on Feb. 24, then was scratched from his next turn. He has resumed throwing along with right-hander Kevin Gausman, who has been slowed by a sore right shoulder.NL Rookie of the Year Ronald Acuna Jr. homered in the sixth off Brady Rodgers.“The important thing is I feel good at the plate, I feel comfortable,” Acuna said.Notes: SS Dansby Swanson, recovering from offseason left wrist surgery, is expected to make his spring training debut Tuesday against the Yankees in Tampa. … Manager Brian Snitker said 3B Josh Donaldson will participate in some situation baserunning-type drills on Tuesday. Donaldson missed most of last season with a calf injury. He has not yet appeared in an exhibition game. GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Once Carlos Rodon settled back into the Chicago White Sox rotation last season after returning from shoulder surgery http://www.diamondbacksfanproshop.com/authentic-zack-greinke-jersey , the left-hander had an impressive stretch of starts before fading badly down the stretch.All that really mattered for Rodon and the White Sox was that he made it through the rest of the season healthy, and got to spring training that way.“It felt like a normal year, but actually didn’t really feel like a normal year because a normal year for me was going through an injury,” Rodon said Friday. “I had a good offseason, got to be healthy, and show I’m healthy and have a healthy spring, so I’m excited.”Rodon missed the beginning of the last two seasons because of injury. He was coming back from arthroscopic surgery on his left shoulder when he made his 2018 debut in June. He made five so-so starts that month.Then came those impressive nine starts in July and August, when he was 5-0 with a 1.84 ERA, a huge boost for a rebuilding White Sox team that lost 100 games last season. He was the first White Sox pitcher since at least 1908 to make nine consecutive quality starts when allowing ?ve hits or less.But Rodon was 0-5 with a 9.22 ERA in six September starts Shelby Miller Jersey , and finished the season by allowing 14 earned runs over 3 1/3 innings in his last two appearances.Instead of blaming the bad finish on fatigue at the end of the season after the comeback from surgery, Rodon insisted Friday that he was just bad in those games and got his rear kicked — using much stronger terms than that.“He’s just being accountable, being responsible to everything,” manager Rick Renteira said. “We do look at coming back after being off, you know, pushing. So we’ll say it might have had a little fatigue factor to it at the end. But I’m glad he’s looking at (as) even if you’re fatigued, in his mind, he’s thinking, ‘I can find ways of still getting it done.'”The 26-year-old Rodon has 473 strikeouts through his first 86 career games Chris Owings Jersey , the most in White Sox history in such a stretch. That includes seven games with at least 10 strikeouts. He ranks fifth among AL left-handers since his big league debut in 2015 with 8.61 strikeouts per nine innings.Rodon missed the first three months of the 2017 season because of left biceps and shoulder inflammation. He had shoulder surgery that September, and the rehab from that pushed back the start of his 2018 season.“He’s actually really, really happy to be coming into camp feeling good and happy,” Renteria said. “You can see that he’s determined to try to have as consistent a season as he possibly can. … With health on his side, and the right mindset, he’s got a chance to do some good things for us this coming season.”