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• Spring Training Game 2: Athletics at San Diego Padres

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Your game thread for February 22, 2025 Athletics at San Diego Padres, February 21, 2025, 12:10 p.m. PST Location: Peoria Stadium, Peoria, AZ Watch: Padres TV (link) Listen: 97.3 The Fan Wally’s World pic.twitter.com/fYI82QTysK— San Diego Padres (@Padres) February 22, 2025 Please remember our Game Day thread guidelines. Don’t troll in your comm...2025
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• Spring Training Game Thread #1: Milwaukee Brewers (0-0) vs. Cincinnati Reds (0-0)

Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich | Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports Spring training kicks off against NL Central rival The Milwaukee Brewers will take the field for their first game of spring training today, a division matchup against the Cincinnati Reds. The Brewers will have Carlos Rodriguez start as the club gets back into action. He appeared in three games at the major league level for...2025
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$Blake Perkins fractures shin on foul ball, expected to be out till May$
• Blake Perkins fractures shin on foul ball, expected to be out till May

Benny Sieu-Imagn Images The first blow hits the Brewers before their spring opener Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Blake Perkins is expected to be out until May with a fractured shin, Adam McCalvy reported Saturday morning. Perkins suffered the injury fouling a pitch off his shin in live BP, à la 2019 Christian Yelich. Injury news: Brewers outfielder Blake Perkins fouled a pitch off his rig...2025
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• Turns out, Braves fans feel pretty good about the 2025 Braves

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Next time we’re running a poll on everyone’s favorite Ninja Turtle A few days ago, I asked for a pencils-down answer about the Braves’ prospective success in 2025, and a bunch of people supplied me with an answer. Here’s what happened. First, the division question, where a majority agreed that the Braves would return to the top of the...2025
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• Two Weeks in Purple: Here we go!

Allan Henry-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies weekend discussion thread for February 22-23, 2025 The weekend is a great time to kick back and reflect. This Week in Purple is the place to catch up on the news from our team at Purple Row. You’ll find links to Rockpiles and other content below as well as a platform for community discussion in the comments. ★ ★ ★ The Colorado Rockies are 1-0 in 20...2025
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• Machado ignites Padres’ offense in win over Mariners

Manny Machado | Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images San Diego pitchers combine for two-hitter Much of the talk this offseason surrounding the San Diego Padres, outside of player acquisition, revolved around how last season ended. An unexplained and unimaginable 24-inning scoreless streak that saw them eliminated in the National League Division Series. That streak came to an end for San Diego in th...2025
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• Blake Perkins fractures shin on foul ball, expected to be out till May
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• Over/Under on 2025 Braves projections: Part Two

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Diving into 5 more projections before the Braves first spring training game. For part one, click here. Baseball is a beautiful, wonderful, stupid sport. It’s famously the most random major sport in the US, and it doesn’t take much searching to find numerous examples of its unpredictability. Chris Sale went 18-3 in 2024 as he domi...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Why did the Cubs DFA Alexander Canario?

Alexander Canario hits a home run against the Marlins in April | Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images This is not a trick question Welcome to your late week, late night, indie coffee shop where the drinks are running all night and whether you need something to warm your body up after a brutally cold Chicago week or something to cool down after getting fired up watching the Cubs beat the Dodgers in ...2025
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• Rockies spring training after dark: Notes from Salt River Fields (20 February 2025)

Colorado Rockies Let’s talk about pitchers and young outfielders. Today, the focus was on pitching and young outfielders. Bud Black Clearly, Scott Alexander, who was signed yesterday by the Colorado Rockies was a primary topic of conversation in Bud Black’s meeting with the press. (Mac Wilcox explains here why this was a good move.) As manager Bud Black told media this morning, Alexander ...2025
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• Top 5 Washington Nationals players to watch this Spring Training

Geoff Burke-Imagn Images There are a lot of interesting names to watch this spring, but here are the five I am keeping my eye on With the first Nationals Spring Training game coming on Saturday, it feels like it is time to discuss some of the players worth monitoring. This is a big year in the development of a lot of the Nationals prized youngsters. Whether it is going from a big leaguer t...2025
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• Ronald Acuña Jr. says he’s feeling “90-95 percent” ready

Photo by George Kubas/Diamond Images via Getty Images Neither one of them will be on the Opening Day roster but they’re both getting closer and closer to returning to action. Friday afternoon, we got further clarification on the injury status of two of the biggest stars for the Atlanta Braves. While a lot of this news may not be particularly surprising, it’s still encouraging to get a bett...2025
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• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 11, Gabriel Hughes

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images The right-hander was the Rockies’ first pick in 2022, but lost half of 2023 and all of 2024 to Tommy John surgery 11. Gabriel Hughes (534 points, 28 ballots) Hughes is another Colorado Rockies pitching prospect who was felled by an arm injury that required Tommy John surgery in July 2023 (along with Jordy Vargas and Jackson Cox). The 6’4” 23-y...2025
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• Rockies spring training after dark: Notes from Salt River Fields (13 February 2025)

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images The focus today was on the ABS system as well as an experienced ace and a prospect who might take his place. Here’s the latest news from Colorado Rockies spring training. Pitchers and catchers reported on Tuesday, and today, they held their first workout. The first full-squad workout will take place on Tuesday, Feb....2025
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• Rockies spring training after dark: Notes from Salt River Fields (13 February 2025)

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images The focus today was on the ABS system as well as an experienced ace and a prospect who might take his place. Here’s the latest news from Colorado Rockies spring training. Pitchers and catchers reported on Tuesday, and today, they held their first workout. The first full-squad workout will take place on Tuesday, Feb....2025
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• The Mythology of Reporting Early

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images Is it always a good thing to show up early? What does it mean to report to Spring Training early? Is it a sign of renewed determination? A portent of big production in the coming season? Junior Caminero has reported early to camp, like so many other players do every year, but what — if anything — does that tell us? Several times during my years working for...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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• No, the World Baseball Classic shouldn’t be cancelled because of Edwin Diaz’s injury
Photo by Eric Espada/Getty Images Injuries can — and do — happen just about anywhere in baseball. By now, you have certainly heard about the patellar tendon injury suffered by Mets closer Edwin Diaz while celebrating Puerto Rico’s World Baseball Classic win over the Dominican Republic. You might not, however, have seen this reaction to it: Wouldn't have happened in a celebration of a mea...2023
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• Big Man, Big Personality: The Oral History of David Ortiz's MLB Adventure
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"Dodgers pitcher Miller hit in head by line drive"

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"The Daily Belli watch: 4 days to the Cubs Spring Training opener"

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"Matt Olson gets off to hot start in spring with homer against Red Sox"

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"The Yankees fan who lost his autographed baseball cards"

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"Vanquished Peru may have exposed Brazil's weakness"

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"Rangers' Calhoun hit in mouth with fastball, exits"

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"Sweet relief: Manny Machado finally finds a home in San Diego "

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"Source: Russell Wilson to get at-bat vs. Braves"

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"Tim Tebow slated to appear in Mets spring training game this week"

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"Pirates Fan Saves Kid in the Stands from Getting Hit in the Face with Bat"

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"Alex Rodriguez Hits 1st Home Run of 2015 During Spring Training Game vs. Red Sox"

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"Mets star David Wright reaches out to sons of slain NYPD officer"

• Blake Perkins fractures shin on foul ball, expected to be out till May
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• Over/Under on 2025 Braves projections: Part Two
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• How would you grade the Royals’ off-season?

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Did the Royals do enough? With the Royals playing their first spring training game today, you could argue that the off-season is officially over. The Royals looked to capitalize off their 30-game improvement and post-season berth by keeping the band together and adding a few pieces to put them on top in the division. But did they do enough? What the Roya...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 21, 2025

PHOTO DAY PICTURES ARE HERE!!!!! I’ll leave the best ones for whoever is doing our Photo Day story, but I figured the “Vinnie with a Pasquatch necklace” is good for today. | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images SPRING TRAINING GAMES START TODAY! THIS IS NOT A DRILL! Royals have their first Spring Training game today! The squad faces off against the Rangers at 2:05 PM Royals time. No TV t...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Why did the Cubs DFA Alexander Canario?
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• Rockies spring training after dark: Notes from Salt River Fields (20 February 2025)
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• Top 5 Washington Nationals players to watch this Spring Training
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• Braves News: Chris Sale to start Saturday, shortstop trade options, and more

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday. We are days away from the first spring training game, as the Atlanta Braves open up play in the Grapefruit League on Saturday against the Minnesota Twins. Chris Sale is penciled in to start. To get you through until then, we’ve got shortstop trade options, 2025 regression candidates, and more. More Braves N...2025
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• Rob Manfred talks media rights, competitive balance and a possible Cubs All-Star Game

Al Yellon The Commissioner met with reporters on the annual Cactus League Media Day. PHOENIX, Arizona — It’s a rite of spring just as much as pitcher/catcher report day or the first Spring Training game. That’s the annual appearance of Commissioner Rob Manfred at a conference room at the Arizona Biltmore hotel to meet with the media. I’m glad to have been able to attend this presser so I c...2025
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• Cub Tracks can’t wait

Kyle Tiucker in his new white uniform | Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. The games are about to begin. WELCOME to today’s episode 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 wri...2025
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• Turns out, Braves fans feel pretty good about the 2025 Braves
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• Over/Under on 2025 Braves projections: Part Two
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• How would you grade the Royals’ off-season?
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 21, 2025
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• BCB After Dark: Why did the Cubs DFA Alexander Canario?
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• Rob Manfred talks media rights, competitive balance and a possible Cubs All-Star Game
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• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 11, Gabriel Hughes
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• The Mythology of Reporting Early
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• Washington Nationals baseball is back!

Jim Rassol-Imagn Images With pitchers and catchers reporting today, baseball magic is finally back in the air. Baseball season is officially here, as Nationals pitchers and catchers reported to West Palm Beach today. After the Super Bowl wrapped up Sunday night, it is now time for some baseball! As the snow comes down in DC, the Nationals are preparing for the 2025 campaign. While positio...2025
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• What Cam Devanney brings to the table for Kansas City Royals

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Could the career minor leaguer help out the big league team? With less than a month until the first spring training game, the clock is ticking for the Kansas City Royals to finalize their roster down in Surprise, Arizona. The current roster includes 63 players heading to big-league camp, with many of them well-known to fans. Bobby Witt Jr., Cole Rag...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 21, 2025
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• BCB After Dark: Why did the Cubs DFA Alexander Canario?
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• Top 5 Washington Nationals players to watch this Spring Training
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• Rob Manfred talks media rights, competitive balance and a possible Cubs All-Star Game
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• Rockies spring training after dark: Notes from Salt River Fields (13 February 2025)
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• Rockies spring training after dark: Notes from Salt River Fields (13 February 2025)
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• The Mythology of Reporting Early
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• What Cam Devanney brings to the table for Kansas City Royals
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• Friends in low places

Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images Headin’ to the Oasis Have you ever started reading about something and it led you into a rabbit hole of information? This happened to me recently and I dropped into a hole much deeper than I imagined possible. My daughter and I were at a hockey game a week ago, watching our local juniors team, the Waterloo Blackhawks. Baseball has always been my first spo...2024
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• Strider strikes out six, offense struggles as Braves fall to Rays

Albies went yard vs the Rays | Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports Spencer Strider looked sharp, and Ozzie Albies went yard. Other than that, we can be thankful this was just a spring training game. With only four more spring training games left before the regular season begins, Spencer Strider took the mound for the Atlanta Braves against the Tampa Bay Rays featuring a sparkling 0.00 ERA and b...2024
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• Pirates Fan Saves Kid in the Stands from Getting Hit in the Face with Bat
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• Alex Rodriguez Hits 1st Home Run of 2015 During Spring Training Game vs. Red Sox
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• Fans Liken Storm That Ends Astros-Braves Game Early to the Apocalypse
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• Scully downplays fuss over farewell season
Fans dreading the day when they can no longer hear Vin Scully should know the feeling is mutual. "I'll miss the fans and the sounds of the fans," Scully said Friday, before broadcasting the first Spring Training game of his 67th and final season at the Dodgers microphone....2016
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• Scully downplays fuss over farewell season
Fans dreading the day when they can no longer hear Vin Scully should know the feeling is mutual. "I'll miss the fans and the sounds of the fans," Scully said Friday, before broadcasting the first Spring Training game of his 67th and final season at the Dodgers microphone....2016
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• Jim Harbaugh to Coach 1st Base for Detroit Tigers in Spring Training Game
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• Randy Johnson's Photography Logo Pays Tribute to the Bird He Hit with Pitch
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• Mets star David Wright reaches out to sons of slain NYPD officer
When David Wright heard about the sons of slain NYPD officer Rafael Ramos, he felt obligated to do something. The New York Mets captain is the son of a cop himself, so on Christmas Eve, he called Jaden and Justin Ramos, who lost their father when he and another officer were murdered in Brooklyn on Saturday. Wright had a 15-minute conversation with the boys and offered them a chance to hang out w...2014
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• LOOK: Jays' Tim Mayza fulfills fantasy punishment by serving as bat boy for spring training game

The Toronto pitcher also wore a special jersey number for the occasion...2024
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• Giants' Scoreless Sweep of Dodgers Catapults World Champs Back Up NL West Ladder
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• Spring Training Game Thread #1: Milwaukee Brewers (0-0) vs. Cincinnati Reds (0-0)
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• Blake Perkins fractures shin on foul ball, expected to be out till May
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• Turns out, Braves fans feel pretty good about the 2025 Braves
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• Two Weeks in Purple: Here we go!
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• Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (2/21/25): Cubs 7, Dodgers 3 – Amaya Homers in W
The Cubs played their first home spring training game against the Dodgers at Sloan Park on Friday afternoon. Chicago got big contributions from several regulars and managed to win fairly comfortably. The Cubs broke a 1-1 tie with three runs in the bottom of the 3rd inning as Miguel Amaya cracked a two-run homer that … The post Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (2/21/25): Cubs 7, Dodgers 3 – Amaya...2025
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• Colorado Rockies spring training game no. 1 thread: Bradley Blalock vs. Corbin Burnes

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Baseball is back, baby! Baseball is back, baby! Pitchers and catchers reported last Thursday; everyone else reported on Tuesday; and today marks the first official game of the 2025 season. The Rockies will look to improve on their 61-101 record from a year ago, and they will face an Arizona Diamondbacks team who is looking to rebound from a missed p...2025
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• Over/Under on 2025 Braves projections: Part Two
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• How would you grade the Royals’ off-season?
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 21, 2025
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• BCB After Dark: Why did the Cubs DFA Alexander Canario?
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• Over/Under on 2025 Braves projections: Part Two
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• Tuesday Rockpile: How to watch spring training

Photo by Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, February 18, 2025 Today marks the Colorado Rockies’ first all-squad workout, which means that spring training is well and truly on. Bud Black has confirmed that everyone is in camp and healthy, save Sean Sullivan who is recovering from a hip procedure. But the good news is on F...2025
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• Outside The Confines: We have a problem

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports A major gambling scandal breaks out with Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter. A recap of the Seoul Series. A revolt in the MLBPA. And other news from MLB. I’m going to assume that you’ve already heard about the gambling scandal surrounding Shohei Ohtani and his interpreter Ippei Mizuhara. I’m going to try to give you some links that will allow you to do some furth...2024
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• Braves vs Blue Jays Spring Training game thread

Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports Reynaldo Lopez will make his second spring start and Hurston Waldrep is expected to make his spring debut following Lopez. Reynaldo Lopez gets the start today, as the reporting seems to indicate that the fifth starter job is his to lose to start the season as long as he looks solid. Reynaldo allowed 1 run over 2.0 innings with 0 Ks in his first spring ...2024
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• A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era: 1992

Sammy Sosa bats for the Cubs in 1993 | Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images One VERY important deal was made in this calendar year. Larry Himes spent his first offseason as Cubs GM signing a bunch of free agents, only one of whom (Mike Morgan) had any real impact on the Cubs in ‘92. And then he made one very important trade. March 30: Acquired Sammy Sosa and Ken Patterson from the White So...2023
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• Brennen Davis, Matt Mervis among 7 Cubs going to the Arizona Fall League
Brennen Davis bats during a 2022 Spring Training game | Diamond Images/Getty Images Some top Cubs prospects will play baseball in October and November. There’s been lots of speculation as to which Cubs prospects would go to this year’s Arizona Fall League, and today, we know their names: Cubs prospects who are expected to play in the Arizona Fall League include outfielder Brennen Davis, ...2022
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• The Dodgers’ Will Smith is paying the price for 2022 Oscars slap

The Dodgers catcher, who happens to share a name with a certain Academy Award winner now at the center of a 2022 Oscars scandal, was greeted Thursday with jeers from the crowd during LA's spring training game....2022
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• Yankees P Aroldis Chapman autographed an Astros' trash-can sign
The Houston Astros have already experienced plenty of trolling from players and fans during spring training. As the fallout continues from their cheating scandal, New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman had a little fun at their expense by signing a trash-can sign. Chapman, who hasn’t been afraid of trolling the Astros, seemed to enjoy the “Houston Trashtros” sign and was more than happy to autogr...2020
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• Mic’d up Yankees reliever Zack Britton mocks Red Sox over scandal
The Houston Astros have been mocked and ridiculed throughout spring training by fans and even other MLB players. Despite also being investigated for cheating, the Boston Red Sox have for the most part avoided the taunts, jeers and brutal trolling. That all ended, however, when New York Yankees reliever Zach Britton capitalized on ESPN televising the team’s spring training game against the BoSox on...2020
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• Astros hear boos, confiscate fan's sign in first spring training game since cheating scandal
Houston's regulars didn't even play in the team's spring opener...2020