The weather is warming this week, which whets the appetite for spring training.Temperatures might touch 40 today. Be sure to lather on the sunscreen.There might be some deep burns in today’s mailbag.

Shinnosuke Ogasawara isn’t the first Japanese player Mike Rizzo has scouted, or even attempted to sign. The Nationals have been trying to make inroads in Asia for years but, according to Rizzo, had ...