Spring training: How Red Sox built MLB's best prospect trio  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. — Inside the batting cages at the Boston Red Sox's spring training complex, where the future of hitting is playing out in real time, the best trio of position prospects in a generation blossomed.

Cincinnati Reds Spencer Steer shoulder issue persists, throwing plan delayed for new exam  —  GOODYEAR, Arizona - The versatile and durable Spencer Steer is having both of those strengths tested significantly in spring training.  —  The Cincinnati Reds infielder-outfielder had the start …

Accused of giving away his team's pitches, Derek Bender reckons with the world's mistrust  —  SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Every once in a while, Derek Bender will send a text to one of his former teammates.  Or he'll call, and leave a voicemail.  —  But, after what happened on Sept. 6, he has not received one text back.

Shohei Ohtani to make spring training debut against Angels  —  GLENDALE, Ariz. — Dodgers manager Dave Roberts says three-time MVP Shohei Ohtani will make his first spring training appearance of the year Friday night against his old team, the Angels.  —  Ohtani, 30, will be the designated hitter.

MLB State of the Position 2025: Every Team's 5-Year Plan at Second Base  —  Veterans Jose Altuve, Ketel Marte and Marcus Semien remain the cream of the crop at second base, though there are some young up-and-comers capable of joining that top-tier group in the coming years.

Mets' Tyler Zuber ‘found my love for baseball again’ during stint with Long Island Ducks  —  PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Tyler Zuber, new Mets reliever, is an easy-going, sweeper-throwing country boy from an Arkansas town tiny enough that the entire population would fill just one out of every eight seats at Citi Field.

Brewers' Nestor Cortes embraces new home, but sting of Yankees' World Series loss remains  —  PHOENIX — The last Milwaukee Brewer to pitch in the World Series was a left-handed starter, Mike Caldwell, working in relief at the end of the finale in St. Louis.  He gave up a couple of run-scoring hits to put Game 7 out of reach.

Cleveland Guardians owner Lawrence Dolan dies at 94  —  CLEVELAND — Lawrence J. Dolan, owner of Cleveland's major league baseball team since 2000, has died at age 94.  —  The Cleveland Guardians put out a statement Monday saying Dolan died Sunday night of natural causes.

Mets still view Jose Iglesias as ‘not a fit’ after Nick Madrigal's injury, source says  —  JUPITER, Fla. — The aftermath of Nick Madrigal's severe shoulder injury likely will not include the Mets revisiting the Jose Iglesias option.  —  They still view Iglesias as “not a fit” for their roster …

Giancarlo Stanton returns to NY from Yankees camp for ‘personal’ issue  —  Access the Yankees beat like never before  —  Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees from spring training