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3:00 PM ET, February 17, 2019

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Bobby Nightengale / Cincinnati.com:
Cincinnati Reds star Joey Votto says he's ‘proud’ of Bryce Harper and Manny Machado for standing ground with contracts  —  GOODYEAR, Ariz. - With Bryce Harper and Manny Machado available on the free agent market as players report to spring training complexes this weekend …
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Mark Fischer / New York Daily News:
Bryce Harper is close to signing, someone says for 1,000th time  —  Rumors that suggest Bryce Harper is close to signing are like promises from your lover claiming they've finally changed.  —  Harper hasn't, and chances are they haven't, either.  Yet we hear both out each time because, well, we can't help ourselves.
Buster Olney / ESPN:
If Bryce or Manny go to Philly, they'd better get dirty  —  A word of advice for Manny Machado and Bryce Harper if one of them winds up taking the Philadelphia Phillies' money: Be prepared to get very, very dirty.  —  EDITOR'S PICKS  —  For they will have signed on to live in a city devoted to the rawest of competitors.
Gabriel Burns / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:   Freddie Freeman talks Braves roster, expectations, MLB's stalled marketplace
Scott Boeck / Des Moines Register:
Cardinals' Adam Wainwright: MLB players will strike barring change
Discussion: Sports Illustrated
Coley Harvey / ESPN:
Aaron Judge fully healthy entering Yankees' spring training  —  TAMPA, Fla. — With his once-broken wrist fully healed, New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge is reporting to spring training camp this week in peak physical condition, according to manager Aaron Boone.
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Pete Caldera / Daily Record:   After Luis Severino's deal, are Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez next for long-term contracts?
George A. King III / New York Post:
Severino agreed to new Yankees deal before things could get ugly
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:   Luis Severino is glad he never heard ‘bad’ Yankees trash talk
George A. King III / New York Post:
New father Dellin Betances will report to Yankees early next week
Teddy Greenstein / Chicago Tribune:
White Sox-Dodgers deal for outfielder Joc Pederson still possible, sources say  —  Photos of the White Sox at spring training at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Ariz., before the 2019 season.  —  Chicago Tribune  —  Remember those reports from mid-January about the White Sox and Dodgers discussing …
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
White Sox hope Ivan Nova can steady a young pitching rotation  —  Photos of the White Sox at spring training at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Ariz., before the 2019 season.  —  Chicago Tribune  —  The loss of Michael Kopech to Tommy John surgery left a hole in the White Sox rotation that's impossible to fill.
Chris Boghossian / Chicago Tribune:   If Manny Machado signs with the White Sox, he instantly would become Chicago's best player, according to these rankings
Associated Press:
Madison Bumgarner says he was joking over opener refusal  —  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Madison Bumgarner was joking when he told manager Bruce Bochy he absolutely refuses to pitch behind an opener.  —  It won't happen anyway.  —  San Francisco's ace lefty is hardly a likely candidate …
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Andy McCullough / Los Angeles Times:
Farhan Zaidi is reshaping Giants' future to resemble recent past
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:   'It's an honor': Veteran lefty Cole Hamels is taking his new leadership role seriously
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals will go ‘live’ on Monday  —  JUPITER, Fla.  • The Cardinals conducted only a fielding-hitting workout day for their pitchers Sunday — no one threw off a mound — a day ahead of when camp will heat up with the first official workout for the whole squad.
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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:   Cardinals notebook: DeWitt is open to rule change conversations
Associated Press:   Cardinals expect Marcell Ozuna to be ready Opening Day
Ryan Divish / The Charlotte Observer:
At age 45, Ichiro prepares for a trip home to Japan with Mariners  —  At a distance, he looked like just like anyone else in a Mariners' uniform in the Saturday afternoon sunshine.  —  In fact, he moved better than the average player, running a little bit harder and faster than most.
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Associated Press:
Ichiro Suzuki back in Mariners camp at 45 with chance to play at home  —  PEORIA, Ariz. — Ichiro Suzuki fluidly went through a variety of stretches on the floor in the Seattle Mariners clubhouse even before going onto the field.  Once outside, he smoothly went through fielding, hitting and baserunning drills.
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Aaron Boone once ‘smack-talked’ CC Sabathia long before they were Yankees  —  Aaron Boone remembers the first time he saw CC Sabathia.  —  A star with the Reds back on July 13, 2001, Boone was impressed with Cleveland's young fireballer.  —  “The first time I faced him …
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Bradford Doolittle / ESPN:   Does CC Sabathia have a Hall of Fame future?
Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Casey Mize thriving at Detroit Tigers camp with ‘big league mentality’  —  LAKELAND, Fla. — Casey Mize wants to clarify something.  —  He has heard the narrative building around Tiger Town, the Detroit Tigers' spring training home, about how he's the first one at the complex every morning.
Rob Longley / Toronto Sun:
Stroman lashes out at contract situation, trade speculation and overall state of the Blue Jays  —  DUNEDIN, Fla. — Marcus Stroman likes to bring the heat when he's on the mound, a place where he's comfortable and feels he can be one of the best pitchers in major league baseball.
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs spring training updates: More muscular Javier Baez homers after team has mental skills meeting  —  Photos of the Cubs at spring training at Sloan Park in Mesa, Ariz., before the 2019 season.  —  Chicago Tribune  —  Here are updates from Cubs spring training Sunday.
ESPN:
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. shows up early, rakes in BP  —  After showing up a day early to spring training, the Toronto Blue Jays' top prospect couldn't help but make a splash.  Expectations for the son of Hall of Fame outfielder Vladimir Guerrero were already set high before Vladdy Jr. hit …
Discussion: MLB Baseball News …
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Rob Longley / Toronto Sun:
Vlad Guerrero Jr. makes a strong first impression at Blue Jays camp
Discussion: Bluebird Banter
Justin Leger / NBCSports.com:
Working with Pedro Martinez, Tyler Thornburg ready to prove himself to Red Sox  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Red Sox are banking on their internal bullpen options to step up and get the job done in 2019.  That means without Craig Kimbrel and Joe Kelly shoring up the back end of the 'pen …
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David Schoenfield / ESPN:
Dustin Pedroia determined as ever to contribute for Red Sox
Discussion: NBCSports.com
 
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Brian T. Smith / Houston Chronicle:
Michael Brantley deepens an already loaded Astros lineup
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Jorge Castillo / Los Angeles Times:
Corey Seager and Dodgers cautiously optimistic he'll be ready for opening day
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Evan Woodbery / MLive.com:
Nicholas Castellanos is still a Tiger. How does he feel about that?
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors
Ed ‘RockDaMullet’ Santos dies / Associated Press:
Short-handed Long Beach can't hold off UC Davis down the stretch
Dave Clark / Cincinnati.com:
Jameson Taillon named Pittsburgh Pirates' Opening Day starter vs. Cincinnati Reds at GABP
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Yankees' Brian Cashman stands up to Jacoby Ellsbury critics
Tom Haudricourt / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Notes: Healthy again, Brewers right-hander Zach Davies puts frustrating 2018 behind him
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors
Gabriel Burns / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Ronald Acuna reiterates desire to stay at leadoff
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