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Associated Press:
Tigers SS Iglesias Back on Field in Win Over Fla Southern — LAKELAND, Fla. — Detroit shortstop Jose Iglesias played in his first game in more than a year, and the Tigers beat Florida Southern 12-2 Monday at spring training. — As planned, Iglesias played one inning.
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Bless You Boys
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Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Tigers' Jose Iglesias ‘really happy’ to return to field — LAKELAND, Fla. - Spring officially sprung in central Florida on Monday. — And with it, came Tigers shortstop Jose Iglesias, springing out of the home dugout and into a sprint on the field. — For the first time in a year, Iglesias played in a baseball game.
Kevin Kernan / New York Post:
Why Mets delaying Matt Harvey return is right move — Matt Harvey pitched to live hitters at Mets camp on Monday. — PORT ST. LUCIE — The Matt Harvey Plan is in place. — If all goes well the rest of spring training, the Mets want the Comeback Kid to pitch in Washington against the Nationals — but not the season opener.
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HardballTalk, New Jersey Online and ESPN
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Mberardino / Twins Now:
Twinsights: Twins making progress on an extension for Brian Dozier — FORT MYERS, Fla. — Having already locked up Opening Day starter Phil Hughes earlier this winter with a three-year, $42 million contract extension through 2019, the Twins are working on an extension for second baseman Brian Dozier
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MLB Trade Rumors, HardballTalk and Twinkie Town
Tom Singer / MLB.com:
Tabata's new swing is turning heads in Pirate City — Jose Tabata (left) jokes around with A.J. Burnett at Pirates camp. — BRADENTON, Fla. — Jose Tabata has been that Pirates house guest who wouldn't leave. Could he yet become a guest of honor? — During a week of full-squad workouts …
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Tom Singer / Associated Press:
Pirates set pitching plans for early set of games
Pirates set pitching plans for early set of games
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Bucs Dugout
Mike Vorkunov / New Jersey Online:
As shift becomes controversial in baseball, 1 prominent Mets pitcher protests too — PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — The defensive shift has become a nettlesome topic in baseball. The sport's conservative guard is annoyed by it. New Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred floated the idea of banning them.
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Amazin' Avenue and baseballmusings.com
Mark Bowman / MLB.com:
Acquired in Heyward deal, young righty impresses during live BP session — Braves pitcher Tyrell Jenkins talks about his new contact lenses and how he feels after throwing his first mound sessions of the spring — LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — When the Braves acquired Shelby Miller …
Curt Schilling / New Jersey Online:
Curt Schilling outs Yankees worker who allegedly posted vulgar tweets about daughter — Two New Jersey men, including one who worked as a part-time ticket seller for the Yankees, incurred the wrath of former major leaguer Curt Schilling this weekend after they allegedly posted sexually explicit tweets …
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38 Pitches, ESPN, NESN.com, Sporting News Feed RSS, BBTF's Baseball Primer … and HardballTalk
Ben Lindbergh / Grantland:
Adam Dunn, Juan Pierre, and Why We Need WAR — RON VESELY/MLB PHOTOS VIA GETTY IMAGES — Adam Dunn, who retired at the end of last season, and Juan Pierre, who officially retired on Friday after sitting out 2014, were selected in the same draft class in 1998.
Mark Sheldon / MLB.com:
Rehabbing right-hander throws for second time this spring — Homer Bailey put up reliable numbers after a slow start last season and should bounce back after suffering a season-ending forearm injury — GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Rain on Monday cut short much of the Reds' normal activity …
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Redleg Nation and redsminorleagues.com
Associated Press:
Jeff McKnight dies of leukemia at 52 — BEE BRANCH, Ark. — Jeff McKnight, a versatile player who spent six seasons with the New York Mets and Baltimore Orioles, has died. He was 52. — McKnight's family told the Mets that McKnight died Sunday after battling leukemia for 10 years.
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Faith and Fear in Flushing and baseballmusings.com
L.A. Daily News:
Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Brandon League credits giving up alcohol to boost in energy — ¬ (Keith Birmingham/Pasadena Star-News) ¬ — GLENDALE, Ariz. >> To hear Dodgers pitcher Brandon League tell it, shedding 20 pounds and giving up alcohol were just a means to the end.
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True Blue LA and Inside the Dodgers