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Mets' Amed Rosario hoping plate adjustments will lead to power surge in 2019 — PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Amed Rosario roped a double in his first at-bat Wednesday against Miami. One inning later, he just missed a homer, settling for another double. — “I do think I'm going to have a lot …
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Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Steven Matz mimics Jacob deGrom and more Mets observations — Steven Matz got back to work earlier than usual this year. — The Mets left-handed pitcher took a page out of Jacob deGrom's book and practiced throwing the entire offseason. The ‘no time-off’ mentality showed early results in his Grapefruit League debut Wednesday.
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Ronald Blum / Daily Record:
MLB appears headed to early labor negotiations — NEW YORK — Baseball players and management appear headed to early labor negotiations that could lead to significant economic changes in the collective bargaining agreement and possibly a new deal past the current expiration of December 2021.
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Bryce Harper's free agency reaches final stages and Phillies might no longer be favorites — PHOENIX — The Los Angeles Dodgers don't really need him, but suddenly badly want him. The San Francisco Giants may not win with him, but he can be their greatest one-man marketing act since Barry Bonds.
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Alex Pavlovic / NBCSports.com:
Sources: Bryce Harper, Giants have discussed 10-year contract
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Coley Harvey / ESPN:
Remember the '90s? The 2019 Yankees seem to — TAMPA, Fla. — Gone are the days when the New York Yankees would in one calendar year single out a slew of baseball's best free agents and pledge bank-busting contracts to them. — As general manager Brian Cashman likes to say, the game has changed.
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Gleyber Torres is the Yankees' backup plan at shortstop — LAKELAND — Gleyber Torres came up through the minors as a shortstop, and now he is getting his chance to play there somewhat regularly. It's a bit like going home. — “The one thing about Gleyber is he's a natural shortstop.
Peter Schmuck / Baltimore Sun:
Don't be offended by Machado: Manny was just being Manny when he dissed Baltimore
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Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers Opening Day roster projection 1.0: No Daniel Norris? — LAKELAND, Fla. — The guard is up. — After more than two weeks in Tiger Town, the spring training optimism has crept in. The Detroit Tigers, in large part, look fine. Their prospects on the back fields look even better.
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Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Tigers' Michael Fulmer pain-free, not worried about decreased velocity
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Diamondbacks' Rubby De La Rosa hits 99 mph in return to mound — Diamondbacks 5, Padres 5 (nine innings) — On the mound: RHP Rubby De La Rosa, seeing game action for the first time in 18 months after undergoing a second Tommy John surgery in 2017, threw a scoreless inning with one walk.
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Danny Farquhar ready to leap another hurdle in Yankees camp — Miguel Andujar takes batting practice on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019 in Lakeland, Fla. — TAMPA, Fla. - Danny Farquhar's comeback will reach another milestone on Saturday. — The right-handed reliever is scheduled to pitch …
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Eddie Matz / ESPN:
How to become a big league bullpen cart driver in five easy steps — WASHINGTON — Last August, the Nationals became the third MLB team to bring back the beloved bullpen cart, joining the Arizona Diamondbacks and Detroit Tigers, who launched the throwback trend early in the 2018 season.
Bryce Miller / Kansas City Star:
Split decision: Padres closer Kirby Yates ‘saved career’ with new pitch — Imagine the mental anguish of hitting 30 as a big-league pitcher, wondering if your fragile roots in professional baseball soil would hold and coming to the realization you urgently need to reinvent yourself.
Mac Engel / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Big Mac Chat: Rangers minor league pitcher/social media czar Tim Dillard is must-watch — He has pitched a total of 73 games in the Major Leagues, his last appearance in the bigs came in 2013, and Tim Dillard is your hero because he remains on the mound. — He is 35, and is a most welcome …
Mark Bradley Cox / Boston Globe:
Craig Kimbrel to the Braves? It's complicated. — ATLANTA — There's a reason I've waited to address the Craig Kimbrel issue. It's because I've gone back and forth, and I hate being a fence-straddler. (As faithful readers know, I'd rather be wrong — and often am — than uncertain.)
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals aces Mikolas, Flaherty, Hicks to face Mets — JUPITER, Fla. • Seven of the nine innings of the Cardinals' exhibition game against the New York Mets on Thursday should be covered by three pitchers — starters Miles Mikolas and Jack Flaherty and late-inning man Jordan Hicks …
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Ben Zobrist makes spring debut and Jason Heyward returns to the Cubs lineup vs. the Athletics — Photos of the Cubs at spring training at Sloan Park in Mesa, Ariz., before the 2019 season. — Chicago Tribune — Ben Zobrist makes his spring training debut Thursday …
Christopher Smith / Union-News:
Brock Holt became Boston Red Sox's loud leader after ‘honest’ meeting with Alex Cora last spring; 'The previous two years I wasn't as vocal. I wasn't as outgoing' — FORT MYERS, Fla. — Red Sox super utility man Brock Holt asked manager Alex Cora to meet with him last spring and explain whether …
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Peter Schmuck / Baltimore Sun:
Chance Sisco hits two homers in Orioles' 7-6 Grapefruit League victory over Red Sox
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Over the Monster, Federal Baseball and MLB Baseball News …
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
‘Oh my god!’ What prompted Woodward to say that after watching Volquez pitch for Rangers? — The first pitch Edinson Volquez threw Wednesday, in his first meaningful game against a real major-league batter since August of 2017, registered 95 mph on the Surprise Stadium radar gun.
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