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12:50 PM ET, March 15, 2017

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Danny Knobler / MLB.com:
Dutch on brink of semis after routing Cuba  —  TOKYO — Stacked with Major League stars, the Netherlands were a team to watch heading into the World Baseball Classic.  Now the Dutch are on the verge of a return trip to the semifinals, and their lineup is clicking.
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Mike DiGiovanna / Los Angeles Times:
Angels' Mike Trout is open to playing for U.S. in WBC in the future  —  Angels center fielder Mike Trout has been impressed with the World Baseball Classic games.  (Ross D. Franklin / Associated Press)  —  Mike Trout hasn't contracted a full-blown case of World Baseball Classic fever …
Matt Young / Houston Chronicle:
Astros' Alex Bregman slams Rangers' Rougned Odor for WBC bat flip  —  The Astros-Rangers rivalry is starting a little early this season.  —  First, Astros fans were upset that Venezuela manager Omar Vizquel had most-hated Texas Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor in the starting lineup instead …
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Bat-flip by Rangers' Odor in WBC miffs Astros' Bregman
Matt Gelb / Philly.com:
Phillies' Tommy Joseph plunked on hand; it's not broken  —  CLEARWATER, Fla. - Tommy Joseph has the seams imprinted on his left hand Tuesday to prove how much being hit by a baseball hurt, but an X-ray at least revealed no broken bones for the Phillies first baseman.  —  The team diagnosed Joseph with a bruised left hand.
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Meghan Montemurro / delawareonline:
Former No. 1 pick Mark Appel at career crossroads
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Matt Gelb / Philly.com:
Phillies prospect Nick Williams homers, robs a home run in same inning
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Chris Sale, 'happiest I've ever been in my life,' embraces Red Sox opportunity  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. - Dave Dombrowski, president of the Boston Red Sox, has a confession to make.  —  Pure and simple, he never cared for the guy.  —  Sure, Dombrowski didn't know him personally, never talked to him …
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Star Tribune:
Boston's David Price likely to start season on disabled list  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. — Boston Red Sox left-hander David Price is likely to start the season on the disabled list because of his sore pitching elbow.  —  Starting the second season of a $217 million, seven-year contract, Price has not yet appeared in an exhibition game.
Discussion: Over the Monster
Dan Martin / New York Post:
Gleyber Torres isn't making a demotion easy on Yankees  —  Gleyber Torres earlier in spring training.  —  Getty Images  —  More On:  —  PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — When Gleyber Torres tore up the Arizona Fall League last season at age 19, it was hard to predict what he would come up with as an encore.
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Erik Boland / Newsday:
Yankees' young prospects having a ‘great’ spring training
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Jennifer Rainwater / Fox Sports:
New York Mets' Noah Syndergaard's Mysterious Illness Revealed  —  New York Mets' Noah Syndergaard has been pitching this spring.  —  What you may not know is that the New York Mets' ace has been doing so while fighting a mysterious illness that multiple doctors couldn't diagnose.
Mike Florio / ProFootballTalk:
Cleveland may make a run at Kirk Cousins  —  Regardless of whether Kirk Cousins did or didn't demand or request or whatever a trade from Washington, Cousins may be getting one.  —  Per a league source, there's a growing belief in some circles that the Browns will try to acquire Cousins via trade.
Tampa Bay Times:
20 thoughts on the Rays after 30 days of spring  —  PORT CHARLOTTE — Twenty thoughts after watching 30 days of Rays spring training:  —  • Brad Miller has looked not just okay but pretty darn good thus far at second base, which was a huge question.  —  • Biggest disappointment?
Marc Carig / Newsday:
Mets' Jacob deGrom turns up the heat with effortless form … WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — When Jacob deGrom calls up video of what he considers to be one of his masterpieces, what he always notices first is how he made it all look so effortless.  —  He dominated the Cardinals that afternoon two years ago …
 
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