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5:25 PM ET, February 29, 2024

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Associated Press:
Giants' Tristan Beck has aneurysm in upper part of pitching arm  —  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — San Francisco Giants right-hander Tristan Beck has been diagnosed with an aneurysm in the upper part of his pitching arm and is evaluating his treatment options after the condition was checked after he began experiencing numbness in his hand.
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Susan Slusser / San Francisco Chronicle:
With Tristan Beck Giants' latest injured starter, Blake Snell deal might be ‘50-50’  —  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Tristan Beck, the San Francisco Giants' projected No. 4 or 5 starter, went back to the Bay Area this week to get his sore right hand examined.  This news comes in addition to the development …
Canadian Press:
Blue Jays' thoughts with Erik Swanson after reliever's son hit by car, hospitalized  —  Pitcher away from team indefinitely but manager says youngster ‘on road to recovery’  —  Toronto Blue Jays reliever Erik Swanson has left the team to be with his family after his son, Toby …
Discussion: New York Post
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ESPN:
Son of Blue Jays' Erik Swanson recovering after hit by car  —  Toronto Blue Jays reliever Erik Swanson has left spring training to tend to his 4-year-old son, Toby, who was hit by a car and airlifted to a hospital on Sunday in Clearwater, Florida.  —  Blue Jays manager John Schneider …
Rob Longley / Toronto Sun:
Four-year-old son of Blue Jays reliever Erik Swanson airlifted to hospital after being struck by car
ESPN:
St. Louis Cardinals sign infielder Brandon Crawford  —  Open Extended Reactions  —  The St. Louis Cardinals have signed longtime San Francisco Giants infielder Brandon Crawford to a one-year contract, it was announced Tuesday.  —  EDITOR'S PICKS  —  Crawford, 37, is expected to compete …
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University of Miami Athletics:
Hurricanes Come Up Short to Eagles in Extras  —  CORAL GABLES, Fla. — The University of Miami baseball team dropped a 12-10 heartbreaker in extra innings to the FGCU Eagles Wednesday evening at Mark Light Field.  —  “A loss is a loss,” head coach J.D. Arteaga said.  “They are all tough.
Discussion: Sun-Sentinel
Associated Press:
Texas Rangers coach Hector Ortiz, 54, dies of cancer  —  MLB, Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Kansas City Royals  —  PHOENIX — Hector Ortiz, who spent the past 18 years as a manager and coach in the Texas Rangers organization, died Wednesday after a long battle with cancer.  He was 54.
Matt Breen / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Phillies are replacing Dollar Dog Nights after 27 seasons with a buy-one, get-one promotion  —  The dollar-dog days are over.The Phillies are retiring Dollar Dog Night after 27 years and replacing the popular promotion with two games in April when fans will be able to buy two hot dogs for the price of one.
Ryan Divish / The Seattle Times:
What will the Mariners' roster look like on opening day?  Here's an early projection  —  PEORIA, Ariz. — If the folks at Netflix would have somehow convinced or cajoled the Mariners ownership group to be the team chosen for the streaming network's new all-access season-following docuseries on an MLB team …
Cincinnati.com:
Cincinnati Reds rotation unsettled no matter what might look obvious, David Bell says  —  Gordon Wittenmyer Charlie GoldsmithCincinnati Enquirer  —  GOODYEAR, Arizona — The way free agent addition Frankie Montas has looked in camp, and the way Andrew Abbott looks like the guy who broke …
Discussion: Red Reporter
Chris Kirschner / The Athletic:
Juan Soto Q&A: The Yankees star on his trade to New York, contract outlook and more  —  TAMPA, Fla. — Gerrit Cole said Juan Soto has the best feel for the strike zone of any player he's ever come across.  Aaron Judge called Soto “the greatest hitter out there.”
Martín Gallegos / MLB.com:
Muller banking on revamped delivery for success in '24  —  This story was excerpted from Martín Gallegos' A's Beat newsletter.  To read the full newsletter, click here.  And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.  —  Kyle Muller and his 6-foot-7, 250-pound frame are easy to distinguish whenever he takes the mound.
 
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