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2:10 PM ET, March 29, 2022

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Omar Kelly / Sun-Sentinel:
Dolphins' free-agent frenzy sets tone for overhauled offense  —  PALM BEACH — Put your opinions and obsessions about the quarterback to the side for one moment.  —  For one spring, let's not overanalyze everything new coach Mike McDaniel said, or didn't say about Tua Tagovailoa …
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David Furones / Sun-Sentinel:
Dolphins GM Chris Grier: This offseason was ‘right time to really be aggressive’  —  PALM BEACH — Miami Dolphins general manager Chris Grier was at Ohio State's pro day when he received word that the team's trade to acquire star wide receiver Tyreek Hill from the Kansas City Chiefs was going through.
Discussion: Mercury News and Denver Post
Omar Kelly / Sun-Sentinel:   Dolphins updated depth chart has drastically improved after free agency
Colleen Kane / Chicago Tribune:
Ryan Poles says nixing the Larry Ogunjobi deal ‘tore me to pieces’ — and the timing may have cost the Chicago Bears alternatives  —  PALM BEACH, FLA. — At the beginning of his first free agency as Chicago Bears general manager, Ryan Poles sat in the back of a car and had a conversation that he said “tore me to pieces.”
Discussion: Denver Post
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Brad Biggs / Chicago Tribune:
Ryan Poles has more work ahead to upgrade the Chicago Bears offensive line after missing out on Ryan Bates
Discussion: Chicago Sun-Times
Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
Sources: Albert Pujols signing one-year, $2.5 million deal with St. Louis Cardinals  —  Albert Pujols is going back to where it all started — to the organization with which he carved out a Hall of Fame career, and to the city that still adores him.  —  On Sunday night, Pujols …
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Katie Woo / The Athletic:
The Cardinals are interested in bringing back Albert Pujols. Here's how it could work, and how it could backfire
Stefan Bondy / New York Daily News:
Knicks stay hot, but still have a Julius Randle problem  —  The Knicks won again Monday night, continuing their too-little, too-late surge to end the season, but there was nothing about Julius Randle's demeanor to suggest joy.  —  His night ended in anger, or frustration, or some other negative emotion …
Discussion: Mercury News and New York Post
Apple:
Apple and Major League Baseball announce first 12 weeks of “Friday Night Baseball” doubleheader schedule beginning April 8  —  Scheduled games are free and available to anyone with internet access via Apple TV+  —  Apple and Major League Baseball (MLB) today announced the first half of the 2022 “Friday Night Baseball” schedule.
ESPN:
Sources: Ketel Marte, Arizona Diamondbacks agree to extension  —  The Arizona Diamondbacks have agreed to an extension with Ketel Marte that includes around $51 million in new money, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan, confirming multiple reports.  —  The agreement, which totals five years …
Kristian Winfield / New York Daily News:
Kyrie Irving's late-game home heroics fall short in loss to Hornets  —  Better late than never.  —  It's been the theme of this entire Nets season: At some point, they'd get healthy.  At some point, they'd build chemistry.  At some point, Kyrie Irving would get vaccinated …
Discussion: Mercury News
Jayson Stark / MLB - The Athletic:
Why baseball is moving second base, and what this experiment could mean for the game  —  “I'm not sure if you've heard,” a minor-league instructor said to me the other day, “but they're moving second base.”  —  Wait.  What?  They're moving second base?  Where would it be moving, exactly?
Peter King / ProFootballTalk:
FMIA: New Overtime Rule Proposal Has Its Moment; Tyreek Hill Trade Shows How The NFL Is Changing  —  We could be looking at one of the all-time sleepy NFL meetings if the one thing that matters this week—the proposal to make overtime fair—doesn't pass when it comes to a vote in Palm Beach, Fla.
Matt Kawahara / San Francisco Chronicle:
A's shut down oft-injured Brent Honeywell Jr. with new elbow issue  —  MESA, Ariz. - A's right-hander Brent Honeywell Jr. will be shut down from throwing indefinitely with an elbow issue, trainer Nick Paparesta said Monday.  —  Paparesta said Honeywell has a stress reaction in the olecranon bone of his elbow.
Discussion: NBCSports.com
Dan Szymborski / FanGraphs Baseball:
2022 Positional Power Rankings: Catcher  —  Earlier today, Meg Rowley introduced this year's positional power rankings.  As a quick refresher, all 30 teams are ranked based on the projected WAR from our Depth Charts.  Our staff then endeavors to provide you with some illuminating commentary to put those rankings in context.
 
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Jesse Yomtov / USA Today:
MLB 2022 win totals: Predicting every team's record for the new season
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David Schoenfield / ESPN:
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ESPN:
As Philadelphia Phillies prepare for 13 straight games to open season, Joe Girardi knows main goal is to ‘keep everybody healthy’
Pat Leonard / New York Daily News:
Giants will trade CB James Bradberry, per sources; Texans, Chiefs, Colts teams to watch
Discussion: Denver Post
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Diamondbacks shortstop Nick Ahmed headed for MRI as shoulder woes resurface
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors and AZ Snake Pit
Associated Press:
Dusty Baker tinkering with José Altuve's spot in Houston Astros' lineup
Discussion: baseballmusings.com
Freddie Freeman / MLB.com:
Freddie shares farewell letter with Braves fans
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Lynn Worthy / Kansas City Star:
Kansas City Royals' Carlos Hernández not deterred by home runs in first spring start
 

 
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