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Buster Olney / ESPN:
Buster Olney's Top 10 at every MLB position: Starting pitchers  —  Spring training camps are underway, which means it is time to look at the state of baseball.  As part of our 2025 MLB season preview, ESPN's Buster Olney is bringing back his positional ranking series, in which he surveyed …
Discussion: Bucs Dugout
Jon Heyman / New York Post:
Giancarlo Stanton uncertainty leaving Yankees in a DH bind  —  Ranking 11 iconic movie coaches that can challenge Gene Hackman's Normal Dale from ‘Hoosiers’  —  Joe Schoen is about to put it all on the line  —  Already a subscriber?  Log in.  —  HOROSCOPES  —  Pisces
Matt Gelb / New York Times:
Kyle Schwarber wants to be ‘the most versatile DH,’ to help Phillies — and his value  —  CLEARWATER, Fla. — Two hours before Thursday's meaningless Grapefruit League game, one of the most productive designated hitters in baseball sat at his locker and fiddled with a first baseman's mitt.
Gordon Wittenmyer / Cincinnati.com:
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 …
Discussion: MLB Rumors and Red Reporter
Evan Drellich / New York Times:
Braves chairman says ‘dry powder’ available for payroll; calls MLB-ESPN break-up a ‘non-event’  —  Terry McGuirk, the chairman of the Atlanta Braves, does not appear concerned that Major League Baseball no longer has an estimated $550 million annual payment coming from ESPN from 2026-28.
Eric Samulski / NBCSports.com:
Gavin Williams' mechanical tweaks could lead to a breakout season in 2025  —  If you've read any of my content this offseason, then you know I'm a big believer in Guardians right-hander Gavin Williams emerging as one of the best value picks in fantasy baseball drafts in 2025.
Sam Blum / New York Times:
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.
Discussion: Yahoo Sports and New York Post
Associated Press:
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.
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
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.
Joel Reuter / Bleacher Report:
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.
Tim Healey / Newsday:
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.
 
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