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Jerry CrasnickESPN Senior / ESPN:
Russell Wilson to show up at Yankees camp Monday — Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson will be joining the New York Yankees at their spring training camp in Tampa, Florida, on Monday, he said Thursday on his Instagram account. — He will be there for six days, leaving March 3 …
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MLB Baseball News …, River Avenue Blues, NESN.com, Sporting News and Seahawks Wire
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Scott LauberESPN / ESPN:
J.D. Martinez continuing physical at Red Sox spring training camp — FORT MYERS, Fla. — Considering it took four months for the Boston Red Sox and J.D. Martinez to get together, what's another day before they make things official? — Martinez arrived at the Red Sox's spring training facility Wednesday …
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Giancarlo Stanton won't hide from expectations - or fanfare - as a New York Yankee — TAMPA - Giancarlo Stanton hurriedly walks to his corner locker in the New York Yankees clubhouse. He stops. Starts. Looks for his bat. Asks if you remember seeing him carrying a bat to his locker.
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Sporting News and New York Post
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
5 young pitchers to watch early in Mets camp — PORT ST. LUCIE - Everybody is waiting for Noah Syndergaard, Jacob deGrom and Jason Vargas to make their Grapefruit League debut this spring, but they are about a week away from getting their first game action.
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Amazin' Avenue
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Bob McManaman / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Diamondbacks spring training - 2018 … The baseball world has had plenty to say about the Tampa Rays' notorious self-dismantling project, but one of their most recent former standouts wasn't about to pile on and trash the franchise for its systematic downsizing.
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Lone Star Ball
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Associated Press:
Steven Souza Jr. filling big shoes in J.D. Martinez's No. 28 — SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Surprised to be traded, Steven Souza Jr. heads to Arizona for what promises to be a key role on a Diamondbacks team that expects to be good. — The 28-year-old outfielder knew the Tampa Bay Rays were making …
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Few roster spots in play as Cubs begin Cactus League schedule — Chicago Tribune — Cubs fans shouldn't fret if their team struggles throughout the exhibition season, which starts Friday against the Brewers. — From a historical perspective, the 1984 Cubs were 7-20 in spring training …
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Jesse RogersESPN / ESPN:
Remember 2016? These Cubs could be just as good — MESA, Ariz. — Steve Cishek took the mound for his first live batting practice session with his new team earlier this week. As the reliever stood on the mound against the Chicago Cubs' A-list of hitters — a former MVP (Kris Bryant) …
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Bleed Cubbie Blue
John Fay / Cincinnati.com:
Analytically speaking, Cincinnati Reds Tucker Barnhart was golden — GOODYEAR, Ariz. — The theory here is Tucker Barnhart won the Gold Glove for two reasons: — 1. He richly deserved it — 2. Advanced analytics have become part of the criteria. — The two go hand-in-hand.
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Eduardo A. Encina / Baltimore Sun:
After flurry of activity, are Orioles done constructing their 2018 roster? — After making four acquisitions in a seven-day span, the Orioles have addressed their needs for starting pitching and a left-handed-hitting outfielder. — The club left some lockers in the main clubhouse open …
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Pinstripe Alley
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Detroit Free Press:
Next Slide — LAKELAND, Fla. — It was weird, Alex Wilson admitted. — For the first time in five years — save an emergency start with the Detroit Tigers in 2015 — the veteran right-hander came to the stadium on Thursday afternoon as a starting pitcher. — Admittedly, Wilson wasn't quite sure how to prepare.
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Bless You Boys
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Associated Press:
With Cozart joining Angels infield, the defense never rests — TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Los Angeles Angels are all about defense. — And by signing Zack Cozart, an All-Star shortstop with Cincinnati last year, to a three-year $38 million deal in the offseason they might now have baseball's best defensive infield.
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USA Today:
Ranking Florida spring training parks: The stadium no one wanted ranks No. 1 — In 2009, Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota, Fla., appeared to be a park without a future. Over the years since the ballpark was built in 1989, the Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles and Cincinnati Reds had all moved …
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Associated Press:
Rays deal Dickerson to Pirates for Hudson and minor leaguer — PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays have traded All-Star designated hitter Corey Dickerson to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for relief pitcher Daniel Hudson, minor league infielder Tristan Gray and cash.
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Pirates Acquire Corey Dickerson From Rays
Pirates Acquire Corey Dickerson From Rays
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Bucs Dugout, Pirates Breakdown and DRaysBay
Associated Press:
Mariners catcher Mike Zunino grows into major role with team — PEORIA, Ariz. — Catcher Mike Zunino is looking to build off his best season as a Seattle Mariner. — Zunino enters his sixth season after setting several career highs at the plate. No catcher currently in Mariners spring training …
David Haugh / Chicago Tribune:
Column: Tyler Chatwood hardly a fifth wheel for the Cubs — Chicago Tribune — Everybody knows the big four of the Cubs' starting rotation: Yu, Q, Kyle and Jon. — Meet Tyler Chatwood, the fifth Beatle, the No. 5 starter and not-to-be-forgotten member on a staff that includes three …
ESPN:
Rooting for laundry isn't a joke — it's why baseball works — It's New Clothes Week. Andrew McCutchen and Evan Longoria and Giancarlo Stanton, all traded this winter, showed up to spring training for their new clothes. J.D. Martinez and Eric Hosmer and Yu Darvish, just days …
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Royals Review
Tom Haudricourt / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Geoff Jenkins elected to Brewers Walk of Fame; other honors for Fielder, Dalton, Melvin — PHOENIX - Geoff Jenkins, one of the top sluggers in Milwaukee Brewers history, will be inducted into the team's Walk of Fame this year. — The Brewers also announced Thursday that another top slugger …
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MLB Baseball News … and Brew Crew Ball
Associated Press:
Pirates' Jameson Taillon: ‘Look at life differently’ after cancer fight — BRADENTON, Fla. — After a bout with testicular cancer last season, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Jameson Taillon says he's a “different person” entering the 2018 season. — “I don't think there is any doubt about that …
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Mets slugger Yoenis Cespedes made decision to sacrifice golf with focus on staying healthy: source — PORT ST. LUCIE — Yoenis Cespedes is sacrificing his love of golf for the hope that he can remain healthy this season. A front office source confirmed reports that Cespedes gave up the game …
Mike Mazzeo / New York Daily News:
Aaron Boone to use Yankees' spring games for player evaluation, managerial experience — TAMPA — No one does an imitation of Joe Torre walking from the dugout to the pitcher's mound quite like Aaron Boone. — Video of Boone hilariously doing the Torre walk when he was with ESPN's Baseball Tonight …