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• The “Running Rockies” may be here to stay

They’ve talked about it for years now. The Colorado Rockies would enter spring training with the prerogative of stealing more bases in the regular season, especially after the implementation of bigger bases in 2023. Players would run free during Cactus League action, particularly the speedsters, in the hopes that it would carry over into the […]...2026
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• Wouldn’t it be nice if Spring Training meant something and the White Sox were mediocre?

Well, the White Sox almost had a winning record in the Cactus League, what with a 15-16-1 finish. Too bad it doesn’t matter. But they ended up losing their last five games, six if you include the Spring Breakout game. Good thing it doesn’t matter. Of course, their big hullabaloo this season is about “momentum,” […]...2026
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• Dave Roberts Names Standout Prospects from Spring Training

Los Angeles Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts listed James Tibbs III, Zach Ehrhard and Chris Campos as standout players this spring. The Dodgers finished atop the Cactus League in 2026, partly due to the trio of prospects’ efforts. Tibbs had the…...2026
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• White Sox blow 7-0 lead and lose to A’s, 10-9

The big, magic word for the White Sox this year is supposed to be “momentum.” Momentum works both ways, folks. To demonstrate without using video of a Russian dissident making the poor decision to stand by a an upper-story window, let us select this afternoon’s Cactus League finale. The Sacramento or wherever they’re playing this […]...2026
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• Brewers get thrashed in final spring training game, lose to Cubs 12-0

Box Score The Milwaukee Brewers wrapped up their Cactus League slate in Mesa, Arizona on Sunday afternoon, as they took a rough 12-0 loss at the hands of the Chicago Cubs. Is this a worrying loss? Perhaps even less than other spring training games, which are already of very little concern. In this one, the […]...2026
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• Cincinnati Reds lose 8-2 in their Cactus League finale
Noelvi Marte homered for the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday, but the team dropped the game 8-2 to the Cleveland Guardians. The post Cincinnati Reds lose 8-2 in their Cactus League finale appeared first on Redleg Nation....2026
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• Preseason Prep - March 21, 2026
Troubles in Toronto Trey Yesavage, with a shoulder impingement, is expected to be out until at least Apr 14. The overarm, overhead delivery for the RHP has either caused wear after his postseason surge, or the Blue Jays just wanna shelve him to limit IP. While he didn't qualify for IP in his end of year promotion in 2025, but his high chase and whiff rate up around 35% was spectacular and his Grou...2026
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• White Sox’ Mike Vasil To Undergo Tommy John Surgery
White Sox righty Mike Vasil will undergo Tommy John surgery and miss the entire 2026 season, the team announced Tuesday. Vasil exited his most recent Cactus League outing due to elbow soreness and had been sent for imaging. It’s as unwelcome a birthday present as one could imagine for Vasil, who’ll turn 26 on Thursday. […]...2026
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• The WBC is About to End for Some Players- Preseason Prep- March 9, 2026
The WBC has been taking most of the attention of the baseball world recently. The round robin stage has had some great performances and exciting games. Pool play ends Wednesday, though, and a dozen teams will be done. Quite a few players who have been away from Spring Training will return to their MLB teams. Jazz Chisholm Jr- 2B- NYY- Chisholm has been playing for the Great Britain team in the WB...2026
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• Around the Spring Training Sites- Preseason Prep- March 2, 2026
Corbin Carroll- OF- ARI- Carroll is one of the hamate bone brigade who may be ready for Opening Day. He has begun swinging a bat with both hands. Carroll's progression of baseball activity gives him a timetable to be ready to start the regular season with the Diamondbacks. His ADP of 2.03 is almost identical to his FDP of 2.02 and he looks like he will get in a full season. Carroll is projected to...2026
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• Sometimes There's No Place Like Home- Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep- February 16, 2026
With some trades, free agent signings, and injury recovery some players have returned to old teams. Among them are: Merrill Kelly- P- ARI- Kelly's absence from the Diamondbacks wasn't long. Traded by Arizona to the Rangers at the deadline in 2025, he signed as a free agent back with the D-backs and has been named their Opening Day starter. Kelly is projected to see a rise in his ERA to 3.85 and s...2026
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• Monday Rockpile: Zac Veen’s failure to “earn” a roster spot calls Rockies’ youth movement into question

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, March 24th, 2025 “If one of the young guys are ready, we’re not afraid to go with them.” These were the words of Colorado Rockies general manager Bill Schmidt as spring training began back in February... Words that ring exceptionally hollow after this past weekend. These events were kicked off by the shocking trade...2025
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• Giants 8, Cubs 6: The hits just kept on coming

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images The Cubs had a lot of hits Sunday... and also got hit. The Cubs sent several players onto the field for the second straight game Sunday afternoon, ramping up as the team gets ready to head to Japan. The starters put together a pretty good offense before departing, scoring in each of the first five innings. Unfortunately, non-roster in...2025
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• Luis Rengifo Questionable For Angels’ Opening Day Roster
Infielder Luis Rengifo has played in just one Cactus League game, and he has now been sidelined for over a week due to a nagging hamstring injury. Rengifo described the problem as just a cramp, yet after being twice scratched from the Angels’ lineup within the last week, manager Ron Washington told reporters (including MLB.com’s…...2025
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• Brewers’ Thomas Pannone Shut Down Due To Torn Flexor Tendon
Left-hander Thomas Pannone suffered a torn flexor tendon during the Brewers’ Cactus League game against the Guardians last Sunday. MLB.com’s Adam McCalvy writes that Pannone won’t throw for at least a month while recovering, though surgery isn’t being considered at this time. While it appears as though Pannone may have avoided the worst with his…...2025
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• White Sox 4, Guardians 2: It was a win, but not without an Andrew Benintendi sacrifice

A win?! | @SoxScoreboard We’re no longer losers! Let’s start this with some bad news: Andrew Benintendi is out for the next 4-6 weeks with a broken right hand. He went down in the first inning, after a hit-by-pitch. Andrew Benintendi will miss 4-6 weeks with a non-displaced fracture of his right hand.— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) February 27, 2025 Now for some good news — the Whit...2025
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• Rockies 14, White Sox 3: Early spring blues

Dominic Fletcher notches his first bomb of the year. | Emilee Chinn/Getty Images Colorado stomps Chicago pitching for yet another L It’s preseason, but the White Sox are picking right up where they left off. With a 14-3 loss to the Colorado Rockies, Chicago is still on the hunt for their first Cactus League victory. Davis Martin, Fraser Ellard, and Garrett Schoenle were the few bright s...2025
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• A visitor’s guide to 2025 Arizona spring training

Fans at Sloan Park during Spring Training 2024 | Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images Everything you need to know if you’re headed to the Valley of the Sun for baseball (and other entertainment!) this spring. SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — 2025 will be my 36th spring training and as a veteran of going to spring games as well as other places in the Phoenix area, I thought I’d post some helpful hints f...2025
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• Woman umpire Jen Pawol will work some MLB Spring Training games

Jen Pawol during an Arizona Fall League game in October 2023 | Photo by Zac BonDurant/MLB Photos We might be getting close to seeing a woman umpire in the major leagues. Today, Major League Baseball announced the names of several umpires who will be working Spring Training games in Arizona and Florida along with the full-time MLB umpiring staff. Among those names was Jen Pawol, who has bee...2024
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• A visitor’s guide to 2024 Arizona spring training

Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images Everything you need to know if you’re headed to the Valley of the Sun for baseball (and other entertainment!) this spring. SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — 2024 will be my 35th spring training and as a veteran of going to spring games as well as other places in the Phoenix area, I thought I’d post some helpful hints for those of you venturing to the Valley of the S...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ Open Season
Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images All the #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. It’s here! Opening Day at Wrigley! Play Ball! Welcome to today’s edition of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ tears, and then cold-brewed overnight f...2023
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• Major League Baseball’s 2023 early season schedule is a mess — and there will be repercussions
Outside the Wrigley Field bleachers on April 14, 2019, when the Cubs and Angels were snowed out | David Sameshima The Cubs are just one of several cold-weather city teams who have a bad early schedule, and this was totally avoidable. The photo above shows you the type of weather we often have in Chicago in April. Yes, snow, and it happens more frequently than anyone would want. That one’s ...2023
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• It's No Joke: The New-Look Cubs Are Ready to Win and Win Big in 2015
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"The Dodgers are set to begin Cactus League play on Feb."

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"Jac Caglianone’s first Cactus League hit is a missile of a solo homer to the CF berm."

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"He appeared in seven games in the Cactus League where he allowed 12 hits and nine runs in just seven innings of work."

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"Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs have been on a winning tear in the Cactus League."

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"Rodriguez obliterated Cactus League…"

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"Leaders of all eight Cactus League cities sent a letter to Major League Baseball saying it would be "wise" to delay the start of spring training due to the high rate of COVID-19 infections in Maricopa County."

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"Canning felt something abnormal during yesterday’s Cactus League outing, per Maddon, who acknowledged some organizational concern…"

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"With Cactus League play about a month away, beat reporter Ken Gurnick answers questions from Dodgers fans."

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"All 30 MLB teams will wear Stoneman Douglas High School caps during their workout and pregame -- with an option to wear the school hats in-game -- before their Grapefruit League and Cactus League openers."

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"A pair of three-run outbursts by the Dodgers, including Joc Pederson's fifth-inning homer, helped them overcome Jarrett Parker's four RBIs for San Francisco in Los Angeles' 7-6 Cactus League triumph Wednesday."

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"Cy Young winners Jake Arrieta and Corey Kluber did not disappoint in their Cactus League matchup Wednesday, a 5-3 Indians victory over the Cubs."

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"A's switch-pitcher Pat Venditte introduced himself to the Cactus League on Tuesday, recording two outs against the Giants -- one with each arm -- as fans, and even teammates, ooed and aahed."

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• Chicago Cubs Lineup (3/18/26): Shaw in RF, Amaya Catching, Cabrera on Hill
The Cubs have gotten two excellent starting pitching performances in their last two games, with 18 combined strikeouts for Cade Horton and Shōta Imanaga. Up next is Edward Cabrera, who has been their best pitcher so far in Cactus League play. His 1.08 ERA and eight strikeouts over three starts offer a tantalizing vision of … The post Chicago Cubs Lineup (3/18/26): Shaw in RF, Amaya Catching,...2026
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• Rangers Notes: McCutchen, Pederson, Higashioka
Andrew McCutchen has hit the ground running in his attempt to make the Rangers’ Opening Day roster, as the veteran has a blistering .583/.706/.833 slash line over 17 Cactus League plate appearances. Nothing is yet guaranteed for Cutch since he is in camp on a minor league contract, yet the 39-year-old is using the rather […]...2026
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• The WBC is About to End for Some Players- Preseason Prep- March 9, 2026
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• Murakami shakes off traffic delay ahead of Cactus League debut with the White Sox
Munetaka Murakami was a late arrival for his first spring training game with the Chicago White Sox. Murakami had two hits and two RBIs in his Cactus League debut on Friday. The Japanese slugger is learning his way around the major leagues after reaching a $34 million, two-year contract with the rebuilding White Sox in December....2026
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• White Sox Re-Sign Brandon Drury To Minor League Deal
The White Sox announced Tuesday that they’ve agreed to a new minor league contract with infielder Brandon Drury. He’ll head to extended spring training for now. Drury was with the ChiSox this spring and enjoyed a monster performance in the Cactus League, hitting .410/.439/.821 with three homers and seven doubles in 41 plate appearances. He…...2025
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• Luis Robert Jr trade rumors persist despite slow season start

Luis Robert Jr. needs to remember he has to play well enough now, in order to be traded soon. | Matt Dirksen/Getty Images Hypothetical deals continue to be thrown around, even though the centerpiece isn’t hitting well enough to be traded Well, it was fun while it lasted. Spring Training Luis Robert Jr. is officially gone, and mid-season, struggling Robert is back on the team. The differen...2025
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• Royals acquire Mark Canha from Brewers

Photo by Jeremy Chen/Getty Images Kansas City adds a right-handed bench bat. The Kansas City Royals are acquiring first baseman/outfielder Mark Canha from the Milwaukee Brewers, per Jon Heyman and Joel Sherman. Kansas City will send back a player to be named later or cash considerations. Canha, 36, had signed with Milwaukee on a minor league deal this offseason. He played in 125 games in 2...2025
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• Spring Training Game Thread #23/24: Milwaukee Brewers (10-12) @ Seattle Mariners (7-17)/vs. Los Angeles Angels (12-14)

The Brewers are in split-squad action this afternoon against two of the teams alongside the Brewers near the bottom of the Cactus League standings. In one of the games, Milwaukee will send a group to play the Seattle Mariners, who are in last place with a spring record of 7-17, while the other half of […]...2026
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• The WBC is About to End for Some Players- Preseason Prep- March 9, 2026
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• Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (3/6/26): Padres 3, Cubs 0 – Brown Wild in Shutout Loss
The Cubs traveled to Peoria to face the Padres in their first Cactus League game under the lights this spring. The road team struggled with the bats for most of the night and they suffered a shutout loss as a result. Ben Brown got the start for Chicago and had major control issues, beginning with … The post Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (3/6/26): Padres 3, Cubs 0 – Brown Wild in Shutout...2026
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• Colorado Rockies spring training game no. 7 thread: Valente Bellozo vs Blade Tidwell

They say the results of spring training games have no meaning, but it sure is nice to be above .500 even during Cactus League baseball. The 4-2 Colorado Rockies are fresh off a 14-7 win over the Chicago Cubs yesterday and will now take on the San Francisco Giants for the first time this spring. […]...2026
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• Brewers kick off spring training with 9-6 loss to Guardians

After a long, eventful winter, the Milwaukee Brewers were back in action on Saturday afternoon in Phoenix, as they hosted the Cleveland Guardians. While the results don’t matter much (besides for the coveted Cactus League Cup), the Brewers did go down 9-6 in this one. Garrett Stallings worked around a pair of singles to begin […]...2026
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Kris Bryant’s bat speed isn’t enough to dispel my doubts for 2025

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, March 19, 2025 As the start of the 2025 season draws closer, the Colorado Rockies have spent a great deal of time focusing on the youth present in camp. For good reason, the Rockies have kept the spotlight on the prospects hoping to make an impact with the club in the coming years yet some of the biggest questions rem...2025
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• Cubs vs. Hanshin Tigers at Tokyo preview, Friday 3/14, 10 p.m. CT

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs square off against an NPB squad. Friday night (US time)/Saturday noon (Japan time) notes... HANSHIN TIGERS VS. MLB TEAMS: This will be the Hanshin Tigers’ eighth game against individual Major League teams, each against a different club, but their first against a National League opponent. They are 3-3-1 in the previous seven games. ...2025
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• Wouldn’t it be nice if Spring Training meant something and the White Sox were mediocre?
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• White Sox blow 7-0 lead and lose to A’s, 10-9
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• Colorado Rockies spring training game no. 17 thread: Joey Cantillo vs. Eiberson Castellano

After beating the Dodgers last night 6-4 at Camelback Ranch, the Rockies will look to take the momentum back home to Salt River Fields this afternoon. RHP Eiberson Castellano (0-0, 2.25 ERA) makes his first Cactus League start this afternoon after making two other relief appearances. In total, Castellano has thrown four innings and allowed […]...2026
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• Wednesday Rockpile: Kris Bryant’s bat speed isn’t enough to dispel my doubts for 2025
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• Wednesday Rockpile: What if Kris Bryant hit lead off instead?

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, March 5, 2025 In the wake of Charlie Blackmon’s retirement, the Colorado Rockies enter the 2025 season on a quest to establish a new leadoff hitter. During his tenure, Blackmon was one of the best leadoff hitters in baseball and now leaves the next player with some big shoes to fill. Manager Bud Black e...2025
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• MLB and ESPN are splitting up

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images What does this mean for the future of baseball on TV? Earlier this month, I posted here about the possibility of ESPN opting out of the last three years of its deal with MLB. The TV network had until March 1 to make this decision. Now, that’s happened. Evan Drellich has details in this article in The Athletic. Bottom line, literally: MLB will have to fi...2025
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• A visitor’s guide to 2025 Arizona spring training
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• The Cubs will have the fewest games with the ball and strike challenge system this spring

Plate umpire Nelson Fraley wears an earpiece that gets signals from a radar that call the ball and strikes during a Tampa Tarpons vs. Bradenton Marauders game in 2022 | THOMAS BENDER/HERALD-TRIBUNE / USA TODAY NETWORK MLB has revealed some details on how this challenge system test will work. Last fall, MLB tested the ball-and-strike challenge system in the Arizona Fall League and announced...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Prospect Vote: Round 15

Birmingham Barons Tyler Schweitzer tops our Round 14 ballot. So, who is the 15th-best prospect in the White Sox system? For the third time this election cycle, a surprise, first-ballot prospect has won the Vote, this time Tyler Schweitzer stepping into the fray with a win, taking 41 of 203 votes (20%): This is the third time Schweitzer has been in our Prospect Vote; in 2023 he...2024
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• The postseason shirts of 2014 and 2015

Bobby Witt is “October Ready” in 2024! | Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images These might all be in my closet (Ed note: I’ve been wanting to do this story for a while and just got around to it in August. It was suppose to be used as a future Friday Rumblings topic. However, as the Royals drew closer to the playoffs and I hadn’t run it yet, I asked around if it would make a good stand alon...2024
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• Venditte shows off switch-pitching skills in spring opener
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• Where there's a Will: Ferrell's foul ball steals the show
Will Ferrell, making a 10-team tour through the Cactus League for charity on Thursday, arrived at the White Sox-Giants game via a helicopter that landed in center field and DH'd for Chicago in the ninth, fouling off a 92-mph fastball and generating a roar from the crowd, before striking out and being "traded" to San Francisco mid-inning....2015
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• Kluber, Arrieta sparkle in Tribe win
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• Actor Ferrell to play 9 positions in spring games
Comedian/actor Will Ferrell plans to play all nine positions during Cactus League games Thursday, according to a report by USA Today....2015
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• Bumgarner allows two runs in two innings vs. Padres
Wil Myers and Will Middlebrooks, two of San Diego's key offseason acquisitions, distinguished themselves offensively Saturday as the Padres held on for a 7-6 Cactus League victory over the Giants. San Francisco ace Madison Bumgarner surrendered two runs, on Cory Spangenberg's second-inning single, and four hits in two innings...2015
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• Panik, Duffy lead Giants' big day on offense
Emerging from a spring hitting hiatus, Joe Panik went 3-for-3 and scored three runs Sunday to help the Giants defeat a Los Angeles Dodgers split squad, 11-9, in a Cactus League game....2015
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• Cubs get pop from Russell, fine 'D' from Ross
Addison Russell belted a two-run homer with two outs in the fourth inning Friday to lift the Cubs to a 3-0 victory over the Angels at Sloan Park in front of 15,446, which set a single-game Cactus League record....2016
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• Cain turns in solid spring debut in draw with Dodgers
The first matchup of the Cactus League season between the Dodgers and Giants settled into a 5-5 tie and set the stage for what figures to be a wild battle between the National League West rivals this season....2015

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• Perfectly normal reactions to Spring Training’s opening weekend

Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images The Royals will never lose again! The Royals have played three Spring Training games as I write this - and at least four by the time you read it. Some people would say that Spring Training is a terrible environment for evaluating players based on results. Others will say that even if it was an excellent environment, three games at th...2025
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• The “Running Rockies” may be here to stay
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• Brewers get thrashed in final spring training game, lose to Cubs 12-0
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• Spring Training Game Thread #26: Milwaukee Brewers (11-14) vs Arizona Diamondbacks (12-13)

The Milwaukee Brewers continue to push through the final few days of Cactus League play as they take on the Diamondbacks. This game was originally scheduled for the afternoon, but given the sweltering 100+ degree heat in Arizona right now, both teams agreed to move first pitch to 8:10 PM CT when the temperature should […]...2026
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• Chicago Cubs Lineup (3/18/26): Shaw in RF, Amaya Catching, Cabrera on Hill
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• High heat: Temps see Cactus League tweak times
Bringing the heat in spring training is supposed to be about hard-throwing pitchers, not triple-digit temperatures like those that will impact Major League Baseball spring training games in Arizona for several days this week....2026
• Spring Training Game Thread #20: Milwaukee Brewers (8-11) vs. Colorado Rockies (10-9)

Jacob Misiorowski is on the mound today as the Milwaukee Brewers take on a split-squad Colorado Rockies lineup this afternoon. Zach Agnos will start for the Rockies. It’ll be just Misiorowski’s second outing in the Cactus League, following his March 8 outing against the Mariners in which he allowed one run on two hits and […]...2026
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• Brewers get throttled by A’s in 13-4 spring training loss

It’s a good thing these games don’t count yet. The Milwaukee Brewers struggled through a 13-4 loss to the Athletics in Cactus League play with some poor defense causing a lot of the problems. Kyle Harrison got the start and pitched in five innings. He’s the first Brewers starter to get five “ups” this spring, […]...2026
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• 3 pitches, 3 homers for Athletics in Cactus League matchup with Padres
Henry Bolte, Breyson Guedez and Nick Kurtz homered on consecutive pitches from San Diego’s Michael King in the Athletics’ Cactus League game with the Padres on Friday. Bolte hit a 401-foot, three-run shot to right on an 0-1 pitch from King in the fourth inning. Guedez followed by delivering a 450-foot blast to right on the first pitch he saw from King....2026
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• Are 105-degree days coming to the Cactus League? Spring training could turn to summer in Arizona
A day of fun in the sun for a Major League Baseball spring training game in the Cactus League looks like it's about to get toasty — even by Arizona standards. Record-setting heat is forecast over the next 10 days in central Arizona with temperatures that could rise into the 90s by the end of this week and top 105 degrees Fahrenheit (40.6 degrees Celsius) late next week. National Weather Service ...2026

• White Sox Spring Training news and notes: Ramping up for the Cactus League opener

Spring Training in Glendale is officially in full swing, and if you haven’t already muted the “Chris Getz is building a team of 2023 roster castoffs” jokes on X, now might be the time. The biggest buzz at Camelback Ranch isn’t just the desert heat; it’s the arrival of Munetaka Murakami. While most of the […]...2026
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• Luis Robert Jr trade rumors persist despite slow season start
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• Monday Rockpile: Zac Veen’s failure to “earn” a roster spot calls Rockies’ youth movement into question
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• White Sox Reacts Survey: Last-place and losses check

Kyle Rivas/Getty Images OK, it’s time, we want to know how well you think the South Siders will bounce back in 2025 Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Chicago White Sox fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Cactus League play is just about underway,...2025
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• A visitor’s guide to 2025 Arizona spring training
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• 2024 Charlotte Knights Season Preview

Universal No. 1 White Sox prospect Colson Montgomery will start 2024 with a promotion to Triple-A Charlotte, and a clear path to the majors. | Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images A look at top-prospect shortstop Colson Montgomery and other major league hopefuls who start 2024 at the doorstep of The Show For a White Sox team that lost 101 games last season, at first glance it may seem li...2024
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• South Side Sox Player of the Week (July 28-August 3): Jesse Scholtens

Mitch Ransdell/South Side Sox The late-blooming rookie helps the White Sox limp (crawl?) through the dog days of summer with a pair of solid starts Jesse Scholtens’ South Side debut last April didn’t generate much of a buzz, but his recent pitching starts certainly have. After the trade deadline left the White Sox rotation as hollow as Rick Hahn’s head, Scholtens got his chance to shine ...2023
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• Cub Tracks’ repent, harlequin
Photo by Mike Carlson/MLB Photos via Getty Images All the #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. The future is second hand, observed minutely. Thanks to Unca Harlan, Lowell George, and Danny Rockett. Cubs win again! Welcome to today’s edition of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, a...2023
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• MLB’s pitch clock has shortened Cubs spring games by about half an hour
Trey Mancini and the pitch clock | Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images The clock’s doing its job and I couldn’t be happier. If you’ve been watching Cubs games and they seem faster, you’re not imagining it. The first 10 Cubs games this spring have averaged two hours, 33 minutes, and that’s nearly 30 minutes faster than the average of the first 10 Cubs spring games over the previous five seas...2023
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