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8:35 AM ET, February 17, 2026

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Evan Woodbery / MLive.com:
Tigers prospect opens up about grief, growth and lessons from a tough season
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AJ Cassavell / MLB.com:
Preller stays on, signs multiyear extension with Padres  —  PEORIA, Ariz. — The Padres have signed A.J. Preller to a long-awaited contract extension, the team announced Monday, just as Spring Training gets underway.  —  Preller, the Padres' president of baseball operations and general manager …
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Tom Krasovic / San Diego Union-Tribune:
A.J. Preller's extension puts Padres (and their potential new owner) in a good spot  —  If a billionaire is indeed on the verge of buying the Padres, he or she had an A.J. Preller decision to make.  —  The options were:  —  Replace Preller with someone else to run baseball operations;
Discussion: Yahoo Sports
ESPN:
Judge frustrated by slow winter; says Yanks now in good spot  —  TAMPA, Fla. — Aaron Judge fretted like many Yankees fans as big-name free agents kept signing elsewhere.  —  “It was brutal,” the New York captain said Monday after the team's first full-squad workout.  “Early on it was pretty tough to watch.
Kevin Acee / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Padres add ex-Dodger Walker Buehler to starting rotation competition  —  The Padres' latest addition to the starting rotation competition is an old nemesis who has fallen on hard times.  —  The team has agreed to terms on a minor-league deal with former Dodgers right-hander Walker Buehler.
Ian O'Connor / The Athletic:
Inside Giants coach John Harbaugh's frantic first 30 days in office  —  Share full article  —  John Harbaugh was back in his Baltimore-area home Saturday, catching up with his wife on Valentine's Day while remembering the call from New York Giants co-owner John Mara last month that changed his life.
Jaylon Thompson / Kansas City Star:
Kris Bubic has Royals' attention.  Will it be enough to secure long-term deal?  —  AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom.  — Bubic threw to live hitters for first time in nearly seven months after shoulder injury.  — Royals will ramp him up in spring; he'll get Cactus League game action soon.
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Jaylon Thompson / Kansas City Star:
An injury halted this KC Royals starter's career. Now he is eager to pitch again
Discussion: Yahoo Sports
Chris Cotillo / masslive.com:
As Red Sox, Masataka Yoshida navigate awkward roster situation, is he ‘part of the solution’ or trade bait?  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. — On Thursday, Red Sox manager Alex Cora described M asataka Yoshida as “part of the solution” when it came to Boston's crowded outfield and designated hitter mix.
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals crave a right-handed-hitting outfielder.  Their answer may be an infielder.  —  JUPITER, Fla. — If he remembers correctly, the last time Thomas Saggese played a game in the outfield he was 10, on an All-Star team for his youth league, and the reason for relocating him to right field seemed sound enough at the time.
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors and Yahoo Sports
Todd Zolecki / MLB.com:
Harper addresses Dombrowski's comments about his performance: ‘Kind of wild to me’  —  CLEARWATER, Fla. — It sure sounds like Bryce Harper took things personally.  —  He insisted on Sunday morning at BayCare Ballpark that he creates his own motivation every offseason.  He always works to be great, he said.
Ken Rosenthal / The Athletic:
What's next for D-Backs and Orioles, plus the Boras scoreboard and more notes  —  Share full article  —  Every offseason, it seems, at least one free agent who rejects a qualifying offer gets burned.  —  This offseason that free agent was right-hander Zac Gallen, who on Friday agreed to a one-year …
 
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