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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Munoz makes Cardinals; Voit, Bader go to Memphis — • Now that the Cardinals have solidified their position-player alignment for opening day by optioning outfielder Harrison Bader and first baseman Luke Voit to Memphis and telling utilityman Yairo Munoz and catcher Francisco Pena they were on the club …
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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Vision is a concern for Pham; meanwhile, Gregerson is ailing — • It is said there is no perfect day in baseball, though the Cardinals have been enjoying a stretch of mostly good ones lately. — They beat the New York Mets 5-1 Friday behind what used to be staples in the game.
Associated Press:
Giants' Madison Bumgarner breaks pitching hand on line drive in final spring start — San Francisco Giants left-hander Madison Bumgarner is hurt for the second straight year, breaking a bone in his pitching hand when hit by a line drive off the bat of Kansas City's Whit Merrifield during a spring training game on Friday.
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MLB Baseball News … and McCovey Chronicles
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Andy McCullough / Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw completes scoreless spring in 10-0 rout of Royals
Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw completes scoreless spring in 10-0 rout of Royals
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Sporting News
Associated Press:
Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw caps unscored upon spring training
Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw caps unscored upon spring training
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MLB Baseball News …
Kerry Crowley / Mercury News:
Madison Bumgarner suffers fracture, out indefinitely
Madison Bumgarner suffers fracture, out indefinitely
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SBNation.com and Forbes
Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
20 years of Rays: Greatest moments in franchise history — 1. ALCS CLINCHER, Oct. 19, 2008 — David Price threw the pitch, Boston's Jed Lowrie hit the ground ball, Akinori Iwamura made the pickup and raced to step on second base, and the Rays — the Tampa Bay Rays — were going to the World Series.
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs don't plan to push new closer Brandon Morrow
ESPN:
Red Sox sign Christian Vazquez to three-year extension — The Boston Red Sox have signed catcher Christian Vazquez to a three-year extension through the 2021 season, it was announced Saturday. — EDITOR'S PICKS — Boston Red Sox pitcher Steven Wright will not appeal a 15-game suspension for an offseason domestic violence arrest.
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ABC News
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Associated Press:
Red Sox pitcher Steven Wright suspended 15 games under MLB's domestic violence policy
Evan Drellich / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Wright suspended 15 games for violation of domestic-violence policy
Wright suspended 15 games for violation of domestic-violence policy
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Eagle-Tribune, FanRag Sports, Over the Monster, MLB Trade Rumors and Deadspin
Mike Mazzeo / New York Daily News:
Yankees new third baseman Brandon Drury says he'll be ready for Opening Day — TAMPA — The Yankees should have their starting third baseman on Opening Day. — “I'll be ready Thursday for sure,” Brandon Drury said. — Drury was struck on the left elbow with a pitch Friday and left …
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Pete Caldera / Daily Record:
Yankees roster for opening day appears settled with Holder seemingly earning final spot — TAMPA, Fla. - After cutting right-hander Domingo German from camp on Saturday morning, the Yankees' opening day roster appears to be settled. — Right-hander Jonathan Holder seems to have locked …
Mike Mazzeo / New York Daily News:
X-rays on Brandon Drury's left elbow negative after Yankee hit by pitch
X-rays on Brandon Drury's left elbow negative after Yankee hit by pitch
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Minor League Ball
New York Post:
Zack Wheeler gets demoted, and a Mets dream looks dead — A Wheel' shame. — The Fab 5 will not finally make consecutive turns throughout the rotation — at least not to open the season — as the Mets demoted Zack Wheeler to Triple-A Las Vegas on Saturday. Seth Lugo will take his spot as the No. 5 starter.
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Amazin' Avenue
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Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Surprise Five: Rangers might have found their opening for ‘Big Sexy’ — Not that anyone wants to leave Arizona, but the Texas Rangers will do just that Saturday afternoon following what should be their quickest Cactus League game. — It will be getaway day from spring training …
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Sporting News and Lone Star Ball
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George Sipple / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers release utility man Alexi Amarista; 27 players remain — Detroit Tigers owner Chris Ilitch spoke to reporters on Saturday, March 3, 2018, in Lakeland, Fla. Video by George Sipple/DFP — LAKELAND, Fla. — It appears that Niko Goodrum and JaCoby Jones are going to make the Detroit Tigers' Opening Day roster.
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Bless You Boys
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Jason Vargas pushed back after emergency room visit, Seth Lugo likely to get turn in rotation — PORT ST. LUCIE - Jason Vargas ended up in the emergency room Friday as a result of his surgery on Tuesday. The painkillers he was prescribed after having his hamate bone removed upset his stomach and sent him to a local hospital.
Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
20 years of Rays: Best signings, trades and deals — 1. Traded 2003 No. 1 overall pick OF Delmon Young to the Twins in November 2007 for SS Jason Bartlett and RHP Matt Garza, who became big players on the '08 World Series breakthrough team. — 2. Then, after the 2010 season …
John Cherwa / Los Angeles Times:
Brandon McCarthy, Scott Kazmir miss the Dodgers, but they're happy to be in Atlanta … The Atlanta Braves haven't made the playoffs since 2013, when they lost to the Dodgers in the first round. The Dodgers have a playoff run of five straight years that started in 2013.
Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
Christian Yelich's outfielder talents could lift Brewers while Dodgers miss out … The summer afternoons were the best ones. — Play ball — in a tournament, perhaps, or in a youth all-star game. Then pile into a car with your friends to go see the big leaguers play.
Associated Press:
BASEBALL 2018: Beastly teams, Ohtani and make way for MVs — Just the thought of Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge in the same lineup sent fans into a frenzy. Come opening day, all of baseball will see which teams really have the muscle. — A season of haves and have-nots begins March 29 …
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ESPN
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Camp report: Brandon Woodruff has one rough inning in a Brewers' 4-3 loss to the Cubs — On the field: Rookie right-hander Brandon Woodruff made his final statement for a spot in the rotation with a five-inning stint against the Cubs, a game the Brewers dropped, 4-3, at Sloan Park in Mesa.
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Brew Crew Ball
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