Good morning!

Has your NCAA bracket been busted already? Here are several go-to links that will make the day a bit more bearable:

  • Roy Halladay took exception to comments in a recent column from Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports that includes worries about the pitcher’s “velocity and sharpness in Grapefruit League play.” Kyle Scott of Crossing Broad has the details.
  • In other Phillies-related news, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported on Friday that the club had released 30-year-old southpaw Dontrelle Willis.
  • Jason Collette of DRays Bay weighs in on the discussion over how AL Rookie of the Year Jeremy Hellickson “could post the lowest batting average on balls in play for a starting pitcher since both Tom Browning and Pascual Perez posted .221 BABIPs during the 1988 season.”
  • Hardball Talk’s Craig Calcaterra is blown away by the news that Andy Pettitte is making a comeback with the Yankees. SweetSpot’s David Schoenfield suggests that Pettitte will “likely be a minor upgrade over the team’s current fifth starter, [Phil] Hughes or [Freddie] Garcia.”
  • Jon Heyman of CBS Sports interviews Bryce Harper and finds that the 19-year-old phenom is pessimistic about his chances of heading to Washington with the parent club next month. (Sure enough, the Nationals yesterday assigned the outfielder to its Triple-A affiliate, Syracuse.)
  • This long story from L.A. Weekly’s Gene Maddaus entitled, “Josh Macciello Convinced L.A. He Was in Line to Buy the Dodgers. But He Was Really a Fraud,” is worth a read.
  • Bill Petti of Beyond the Boxscore and Fangraphs was a recent guest on MLB Network’s Clubhouse Confidential to discuss “clutch” hitting with host Brian Kenny.

Via SB Nation’s Al Yellon, Jamie Moyer, 49, suffered a minor setback in his attempt to join the Rockies’ rotation.

That’s it. Have a walk-off week!