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Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Mariners Notebook: Angels bring out devil in Guillen — Animosity remains for Mariners right fielder — PEORIA, Ariz. — Two teams and more than two years removed from his ugly departure from the Los Angeles Angels, you'd think Jose Guillen would be over it. — You'd be wrong.
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Associated Press:
Yanks' Wang to begin season on DL, out until late April — CBS SportsLine.com wire reports — TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees right-hander Chien-Ming Wang, a 19-game winner last season, will start the season on the disabled list with a right hamstring pull.
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The Bronx Block
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Wang injures right hamstring — Right-hander's discomfort may be just a leg cramp — TAMPA, Fla. — The Yankees' rotation endured another scare on Friday, as right-hander Chien-Ming Wang experienced discomfort in his right hamstring during conditioning drills at Legends Field.
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Baseball's Savior
Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:
It's a command performance — Piniella encouraged by Prior's 59-pitch effort against Padres — PEORIA, Ariz. — Go figure. Just when it looked about time for the Cubs to write off Mark Prior, the confounding former ace pitched just well enough for four innings on Thursday to suggest …
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Cub Town
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Prior confident he'll be with Cubs for opener — Believes he's in mix for starting rotation after solid 4 innings — PEORIA, Ariz. — Mark Prior pitched his first Cactus League game in 12 days Thursday and declared himself ready to go for the season. — "We have about a week left to go," he said.
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Danks' outing strikes chord with Guillen — TUCSON, Ariz. — If manager Ozzie Guillen has his way, left-hander John Danks will be on the White Sox's 25-man roster as their fifth starter or a reliever. — "Right now, I'm voting for him to be there, but that decision is a group decision," …
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Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Notes: Gross gets good news — GM Melvin says outfielder will be on Opening Day roster — SURPRISE, Ariz. — Brewers general manager Doug Melvin told Milwaukee radio station WSSP-AM 1250 on Thursday that outfielder Gabe Gross would be on the Opening Day roster. Melvin reiterated that statement Friday.
Jesse Spector / NY Daily News:
Zambrano expresses Met regret — Read beat writer Adam Rubin's Surfing the Mets Blog — DUNEDIN, Fla. - Victor Zambrano isn't upset at the Mets for not bringing him back this season. He just wishes he could have lived up to the expectations of a pitcher acquired for Scott Kazmir …
Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Casto Will Be Tough To Cut — The easy move for the Washington Nationals would be to keep outfielders Ryan Church and Chris Snelling and send Kory Casto, their two-time minor league player of the year, to Class AAA Columbus to start the season. — But Casto is putting on such a performance …
Curt Schilling / 38 Pitches:
3/23 Vs the Orioles — I'll go back and get to some of the questions posted sometime in the next few days. As spring winds down there's always a lot of personal stuff to take care of as you prepare to move back home. Even worse for the kids in the minor leagues that aren't sure where they are headed …
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Oriole Post
Associated Press:
Braves trade Pena Jr. to Royals — CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — The Atlanta Braves had no room for Tony Pena Jr. on their opening-day roster, and the Kansas City Royals were willing to give the young shortstop a shot at making their starting lineup. — The Braves traded Pena to the Royals for minor league pitcher Erik Cordier on Friday.
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Baseball Musings
Jim McLennan / Hardball Times:
Five Questions: Arizona Diamondbacks — The Diamondbacks will have the best record in the National League this year. And it's not me who thinks that—this is according to the Hardball Times division projections, which put Arizona at 86 wins. — Actually, I agree with the figure …
Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Marlins infield guru Hill retires — First-base coach had been bothered by fluid in his knee — JUPITER, Fla. — With a little more than a week until Opening Day, the Marlins are searching for a first-base/infield coach. — In a surprise move, widely respected Perry Hill has decided to retire.
Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Cedeno's blast backs Zambrano — Cubs ace fans five in six innings; Wood has scoreless frame — CUBS 6, GIANTS 2 — Giants at the plate: Kevin Frandsen tripled and scored on a wild pitch by Carlos Zambrano in the second. Bengie Molina hit an RBI double with two outs in the eighth off Bob Howry.