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Nick CafardoGLOBE / BostonGlobe.com:
Max Scherzer talks a good game — Max Scherzer, the $210 million man, will miss a lot of things about being a Detroit Tiger, but he will miss no one more than Red Sox righthander Rick Porcello, his baseball soul mate. — Scherzer, who signed with the Nationals in February …
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Rick Weber / ESPN:
Magee enjoying tryout with Red Sox … FORT MYERS, Fla. — When Brandon Magee was growing up as a two-sport star in Corona, California, people told him he could be the next Bo Jackson. — Now the 24-year-old Magee, after being released by the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers …
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Adam Rubin / ESPN:
Mets still open to trading Dillon Gee — PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Despite losing Zack Wheeler to a ligament tear that required Tommy John surgery, the New York Mets still may trade right-hander Dillon Gee within the month, an organization source told ESPNNewYork.com.
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Kris Bryant To Begin Season In Minors — The Cubs announced today that wunderkind Kris Bryant has been assigned to Minor League camp, indicating that he will not make the team's Opening Day roster out of Spring Training. Second baseman Javier Baez was also optioned to Triple-A today.
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Pitching change: Rockies have a plan to improve on the mound — FOX Sports — Will things really be different for Jorge De La Rosa and the rest of the Rockies' pitchers this season? — SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - No one would dare suggest that the Rockies have figured out how to pitch.
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Mets Acquire Alex Torres — The Mets announced that they have acquired left-handed reliever Alex Torres from the Padres in exchange for Minor League right-hander Cory Mazzoni and a player to be named later. — Torres, 27, will give the Mets a much-needed left-handed option in the bullpen.
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Mark Sheldon / MLB.com:
Fine-tuning Garza strikes out six over 5 2/3 innings — Scooter Gennett knocked his first home run of the spring to lead off the game against the Reds. (AP) — GOODYEAR, Ariz. — The Brewers hit two home runs while Brandon Phillips drove in four runs for the Reds.
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Denver Post:
COLORADO ROCKIES / MLB — GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY IN ROCKIES ROTATION STILL UP FOR GRABS — The Denver Post — SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Time is ticking away on the Rockies and the vacancy in their starting rotation. With only five games remaining at spring training, the Rockies' most talented arms …
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Ken Davidoff / New York Post:
Defiant CC Sabathia doesn't give a ‘f-k’ about poor spring outings — CC Sabathia struggled against the Pirates' minor-league affiliate on Saturday. — TAMPA — Nine and two-thirds inning of game work for CC Sabathia this spring, the last five of those coming Saturday at the Yankees' minor league complex …
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Brendan Kuty / New Jersey Online:
Yankees' CC Sabathia drops F-bomb after getting bombed
Yankees' CC Sabathia drops F-bomb after getting bombed
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Bob Raissman / NY Daily News:
A-Rod's absence from ‘Sandlot’ video says a lot — Anyone else wondering why Alex Rodriguez did not perform in the Yankees' recent video re-enactment of the Babe Ruth scene from the 1993 movie “The Sandlot?” — Well as Jack Woltz, the big-shot studio boss in “The Godfather,” might say: “You don't understand.
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Associated Press:
McAllister, House in Indians' rotation — GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Zach McAllister and T.J. House have won the two open jobs in the Cleveland Indians' starting rotation. — Manager Terry Francona told the pitchers on Sunday before House started an exhibition against the Chicago White Sox.
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Greg Johns / MLB.com:
The 20-year-old pitcher had been injured in boating accident in February — Mariners pitching prospect Victor Sanchez died on Saturday in his home in Venezuela. (MiLB.com) — PEORIA, Ariz. — Victor Sanchez, one of the Mariners' top pitching prospects, died in Venezuela from head injuries sustained …
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Associated Press:
Shoulder likely to put Cards' Garcia off roster — JUPITER, Fla. — Jaime Garcia was scratched from Sunday's start by the St. Louis Cardinals because his surgically repaired shoulder doesn't feel right, making it unlikely he will start the season on the active roster.
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