Tuesday afternoon PRO Rumors:

• Switch-pitcher Pat Venditte, will make his Major League Spring Training debut today for the New York Yankees versus the Atlanta Braves. (Anthony DiComo, MLB.com)
• The St. Louis Post-Dispatch says that Jaime Garcia will be the Cardinal’s fifth starter over Kyle McClellan.
• T.R. Sullivan of MLB.com says that Texas Rangers have no interest in the recently released Kevin Millar. The Rangers had been looking for a right-handed hitting first baseman.
• Will Carroll of Baseball Prospectus says that Junichi Tazawa of the Red Sox could be facing possible Tommy John surgery.
• Brian McTaggart of MLB.com says the Houston Astros have named Matt Lindstrom their closer.
• The New York Post says that Carlos Beltran will not be back before May 8.
• Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury says that Buster Posey was not in today’s lineup and it looks more likely that he’ll start in Triple-A Fresno.