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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' Mike Trout is open to playing for U.S. in WBC in the future
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NBCSports.com, Halos Heaven and FanRag Sports
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Bat-flip by Rangers' Odor in WBC miffs Astros' Bregman — SURPRISE, ARIZ — . Texas Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor drove in the go-ahead run Monday night for Venezuela in a win-or-go-home World Baseball Classic tiebreaker against Italy. — The box score shows only an RBI single …
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Matt Young / Houston Chronicle:
Astros' Alex Bregman slams Rangers' Rougned Odor for WBC bat flip
Astros' Alex Bregman slams Rangers' Rougned Odor for WBC bat flip
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FanRag Sports, Fort Worth Star-Telegram and The Crawfish Boxes
James Wagner / New York Times:
Mexico Protests Ruling Knocking It Out of World Baseball Classic
Mexico Protests Ruling Knocking It Out of World Baseball Classic
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Bless You Boys, Brew Crew Ball, NESN.com and True Blue LA
Baseball Prospectus:
Tales of Cubs Fans, Extroverts, and 1987 Topps — Young Anthony Belker Gets Ready for Cubs Baseball — Anthony Bryant Belker was born on November 8th, 2022, five days after the Cubs won their third World Series in six years. His parents, and thus he too, were at Game Five at Wrigley …
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Kris Bryant on his 2017 contract with Cubs: ‘I feel respected’
Kris Bryant on his 2017 contract with Cubs: ‘I feel respected’
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Chicago Tribune, Bleed Cubbie Blue, Cubs Insider and Bleacher Nation
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
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
Phillies prospect Nick Williams homers, robs a home run in same inning
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The Good Phight and Phillies Nation
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
Yankees' young prospects having a ‘great’ spring training
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Pinstripe Alley
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.
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Amazin' Avenue
Tampa Bay Times:
Rays, Kevin Kiermaier nearing $50 million extension — PORT CHARLOTTE — The Rays and Kevin Kiermaier are working on a long-term deal that could keep the Gold Glove centerfielder under team control for at least six more years and be worth more than $50 million, the Tampa Bay Times has learned.
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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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Pete Grathoff / Kansas City Star:
Salvador Perez's knee OK but elbow is hurt; says he'll be ready for Royals opener — SURPRISE, ARIZ. — There was a twist in the Salvador Perez injury story. — Four days after freak play during a World Baseball Classic game in Jalisco, Mexico, left Perez gingerly limping from the field …
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Royals Review
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?
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DRaysBay
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Rays To Release Dana Eveland — The Rays are set to release veteran left-hander Dana Eveland, tweets SB Nation's Chris Cotillo. The 33-year-old had been back with Tampa Bay on a minor league pact after spending the 2016 campaign in the Rays organization. Now, he'll look to latch on elsewhere …
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DRaysBay
Jared Diamond / Wall Street Journal:
The Gurus Behind Baseball's Search for the Perfect Swing — Independent hitting instructors have helped players such as Justin Turner and Josh Donaldson become feared hitters — Doug Latta teaches hitting at a nondescript industrial park in Northridge, Calif., in a facility that consists of just two batting cages.
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FanRag Sports
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 …