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Tracy Ringolsby / Baseball America:
Love Of Country Drives Adrian Beltre To Play In WBC — DENVER—Adrian Beltre is finally going to get a chance in this year's World Baseball Classic to be a member of the defending champion team from his native Dominican Republic. — The 37-year-old Rangers third baseman joined the Dominican team …
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Lone Star Ball
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Dominican Republic and its fans electrify World Baseball Classic — SANTO DOMINGO NORTH - That's what this was, the capital of the Dominican Republic relocated to Miami, the closest major city in the United States. — The crowd of 37,446 - the largest for baseball in the five-year history …
Jorge L. Ortiz / USA Today:
USA avoids upset with walkoff win over Colombia in World Baseball Classic
Discussion:
MLB Daily Dish and Camden Chat
Wayne Graczyk / Baseball America:
Cuba Beats Australia To Adavance - 2017 World Baseball Classic
Discussion:
Talking Chop, Beyond the Box Score, Purple Row, Brew Crew Ball and Yahoo Sports
Manny Randhawa / MLB.com:
Italy slugs early, stuns Mexico late with 5-run 9th
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Lookout Landing, Yahoo Sports, Talking Chop, NESN.com, FanGraphs Baseball, Amazin' Avenue and True Blue LA
Jon Heyman / FanRag Sports:
Nationals place Derek Norris on waivers — Derek Norris, who lost his starting catching job with the Washington Nationals due to the late signing of Matt Wieters, has been placed on waivers by Washington. — There is no likelihood anyone would claim him and take his $4.2-million salary at this stage …
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Federal Baseball, District on Deck, MLB Trade Rumors and MLB Daily Dish
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Connor Byrne / MLB Trade Rumors:
Salvador Perez Suffers Left Knee Injury — SUNDAY: In a best-case scenario, Perez will be able to return in a week, general manager Dayton Moore told Joel Sherman of the New York Post (Twitter link). The Royals will have more information after Perez undergoes a second MRI on Monday, though manager Ned Yost is optimistic.
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Kansas City Star, ESPN, NESN.com and Yahoo Sports
Stephen J. Nesbitt / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Pirates' Jung Ho Kang placed on restricted list as he awaits visa — BRADENTON, Fla. — The probability third baseman Jung Ho Kang will play for the Pirates on opening day continues to plummet. On Friday, a week after receiving a suspended sentence for his third DUI in South Korea, Kang was placed on the major league restricted list.
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Sporting News, Pirates Breakdown, Bucs Dugout, baseballmusings.com and Yahoo Sports
David Pinto / baseballmusings.com:
Team Offense, Toronto Blue Jays — The 2017 series on team offense continues with the Toronto Blue Jays. The Blue Jays finished fifth in the American League and ninth in the majors in 2016 with 4.69 runs scored per game. — I am using RotoChamp as a source of default lineups.
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DRaysBay and Yahoo Sports
Mary Kay Cabot / Plain Dealer:
Browns shopping Brock Osweiler and a 5th for a 3rd and will cut him if they can't trade him — CLEVELAND, Ohio — For all of those who wonder what Hue Jackson, noted quarterback whisperer, will get out of his new $16 million quarterback Brock Osweiler, the answer is nothing.
Discussion:
ProFootballTalk, FanRag Sports and Pro Football Rumors
Zach Buchanan / Cincinnati.com:
Anthony DeSclafani's elbow soreness returns, likely to start on DL — GOODYEAR, Ariz. — After his bullpen session Friday, Cincinnati Reds right-hander Anthony DeSclafani felt a recurrence of the elbow soreness that forced him to miss a week earlier in spring and is again shut down from throwing.
Discussion:
MLB Trade Rumors, Red Reporter, FanRag Sports and Redleg Nation
ESPN:
Woman claiming relationship with Tim Tebow arrested on trespassing charge — A Colorado woman who had been “looking for and asking questions about” Tim Tebow was arrested and charged with trespassing after ignoring a warning to stay away from the New York Mets' spring training facility in Port St. Lucie …
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NESN.com
Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
Tyler Thornburg endures rough adjustment to Sox' shoulder program — FORT MYERS — Chris Sale is as good as advertised, as he displayed in dominating fashion yesterday. — But what happened to Tyler Thornburg, the new right-hander from Milwaukee who was slated to be the second-most dominating …
Discussion:
MLB Trade Rumors and Al's Ramblings
Matt Breen / Philly.com:
Phillies' Vince Velasquez: 'Me and umpires just don't get along' — DUNEDIN, Fla. - Vince Velasquez, unhappy with another close pitch that was called a ball, covered his mouth and coughed. Always a fierce competitor, the Phillies righthander thought he had twice struck out Kevin Pillar …
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Phillies Nation
John Harper / New York Daily News:
Mets, led by starting pitchers, no longer need to prove they are contenders — Sandwiched around a trip across the state to Tampa, I spent two weeks at Mets camp and couldn't help noticing one major difference from their last two spring trainings: they no longer feel compelled to tell the world they're for real.
