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MLBPA executive director Tony Clark is expected to resign: Sources — Share full article — In a stunning development in the wake of a federal investigation, Tony Clark is expected to resign from his position as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association …
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Evan Woodbery / MLive.com:
Tigers prospect opens up about grief, growth and lessons from a tough season
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;
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Jaylon Thompson / Kansas City Star:
Why KC Royals owner John Sherman feels ‘urgency’ regarding stadium decision — AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. — Mayor Lucas champions a downtown stadium site to keep Royals in city limits. — Sherman cites urgency and is evaluating Kansas and multiple Missouri sites.
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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.
Jaylon Thompson / Kansas City Star:
An injury halted this KC Royals starter's career. Now he is eager to pitch again
An injury halted this KC Royals starter's career. Now he is eager to pitch again
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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Tim Healey / The Boston Globe:
Red Sox president Sam Kennedy addresses departures of Rafael Devers, Alex Bregman — FORT MYERS, Fla. — One year after the Red Sox signed Alex Bregman and upset Rafael Devers — triggering a series of events that concluded with both leaving the organization — team president and CEO Sam Kennedy …
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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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