Top News:
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs' Jake Arrieta content with innings limit — Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta discusses his innings limit for early this season, as well as benefitting from his 2015 workload. — Chicago Tribune — Jake Arrieta admitted last year that his goal was to pitch the eighth and ninth innings …
Discussion:
Bleacher Report and Chicago Tribune
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Rick Morrissey / Chicago:
Less could be more for Jake Arrieta and the Cubs in 2016 — MESA, Ariz. - Here in the land of outsized hopes and sun-stroked dreams, anything is possible. Well, almost anything. The 2015 Jake Arrieta is not possible again. The Big Bang happened only once. — That's not being negative.
Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Maddon wants club to ‘embrace the target’ this season — MESA, Ariz. — The theme for 2016, Cubs manager Joe Maddon said, is “embrace the target,” and he'll deliver that message on Saturday prior to the first workout by pitchers and catchers. Of course, anyone not in Cubs camp by now got a directive from Jon Lester.
Discussion:
Bleed Cubbie Blue and World Series Dreaming
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Barry Bonds arrives with Marlins, ready to once again chase the unknown — JUPITER, Fla. — Barry Bonds pulled his white Cadillac SUV into the Miami Marlins parking lot at 9:45 Thursday morning, and drove around. — And around. — And around. — He finally gave up …
Discussion:
Bleacher Report and CSN Bay Area
Charlie Wilmoth / MLB Trade Rumors:
Padres Sign Casey Janssen To Minor League Deal — 10:09am: The Padres have officially announced that they've signed Janssen to a minor league deal with a Spring Training invite. — 9:36am: It appears possible the Padres have agreed to terms with veteran righty Casey Janssen, perhaps on a minor league deal.
Discussion:
Gaslamp Ball, NBCSports.com, Todays Knuckleball, Yahoo Sports and MLB Daily Dish
Chelsea Janes / Washington Post:
The Nationals took a chance on Bronson Arroyo, and he took a chance on them — PROGRAMMING NOTE: After months of hibernation, Morning Brushback returns. — VIERA — The Cincinnati Reds wanted Bronson Arroyo back. They were willing to take a chance on their soon-to-be 39-year-old former starter …
Discussion:
Federal Baseball
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
In Jim Benedict, the Marlins have added a pitcher whisperer to their front office — The Marlins picked up relief pitcher Bryan Morris in a midseason trade with the Pirates in 2014. He'd had success in Pittsburgh during Jim Benedict's tenure. — Steve Mitchell — JUPITER, Fla. — Edwin Jackson, bounce-back candidate?
Discussion:
Greensburg Tribune-Review and MLB Trade Rumors
Susan Slusser / San Francisco Chronicle:
Tony Phillips, former A's infielder, dies of apparent heart attack — Infielder Tony Phillips, a member of the A's 1989 title team, died of an apparent heart attack at the age of 56, according to former Oakland starter Dave Stewart. — “T.P. was like my little brother,” said Stewart …
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James Jahnke / Detroit Free Press:
Former Tigers 2B Tony Phillips dead at 56
Discussion:
Bless You Boys, FanGraphs Baseball and Bleacher Report
ESPN:
Jung Ho Kang (leg) unsure if he'll be ready for Opening Day — Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Jung Ho Kang, who had surgery after suffering a serious leg injury in September, is still unsure whether he'll be ready for Opening Day. — Five months after having surgery to repair a broken bone …
Discussion:
Bleacher Report
New York Post:
Islanders, Barclays eye escape clause to get team out of Brooklyn — The Islanders' relationship with Barclays Center has been on such thin ice during the club's first season in Brooklyn that both sides are secretly exploring ways to cut ties or modify the existing terms of their lease, The Post has learned.
Discussion:
NBCSports.com, Lighthouse Hockey and The Hockey News
Caitlin Rearden / KHQ-TV:
Cheney woman celebrates 110th birthday — “There's days she just gets tickled and tells everyone how old she is,” says Jerri Carver, Flossie Dickey's granddaughter. — Flossie Dickey is 110 years old. To really tell Flossie's story we have to take you back in time to the early 1900's …
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WGN-TV
KSL-TV:
Snake head found in Farmington woman's can of green beans — FARMINGTON — Is that a snake? — A Farmington woman and an LDS Church Young Women's group say they discovered the decapitated head of a snake in a can of Western Family green beans as they prepared dinner for elderly neighbors Wednesday night.
Discussion:
CBS 4, WREG-TV and CBS San Francisco
ESPN:
Rob Manfred expects some domestic violence decisions within days — BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. — Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred expects to have a decision within a few days on two of the first three cases covered by the sport's new domestic violence policy. — Major League Baseball …
Discussion:
On the Rox and Associated Press
