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Jeffrey Flanagan MLB – For more and to sign up click here SURPRISE, Ariz. — The Royals’ coaching and medical staffs have one goal for shortstop Adalberto Mondesi in 2020 — get him through a season healthy. New manager Mike Matheny has seen the skill set, and he calls Mondesi......

Eric Chesterton MLB – For more and to sign up click here Ichiro may be best known for leading the league in hits seven times and collecting more than 3,000 in his 19-year MLB career, but he never made it easy to forget that he was a player with a......

Bryan Hoch MLB – For more and to sign up click here TAMPA, Fla. — With his team down to its final strike in Game 6 of last year’s American League Championship Series, DJ LeMahieu thought he had saved the season when he finished a 10-pitch battle with a game-tying......

Bryan Hoch MLB – For more and to sign up click here TAMPA, Fla. — The impressive power that has repeatedly dented the George M. Steinbrenner Field scoreboard during each of the last two springs is on display again for Giancarlo Stanton, who said on Wednesday that he expects to......

Jack Cooper MLB – For more and to sign up click here TUCSON, ARIZ. — The eighth stop of the Stand Beside Her tour saw Team USA take a trip to Tucson, Ariz., for a day of softball instruction through MLB’s Play Ball initiative before playing a game Tuesday night......

Todd Zolecki MLB – For more and to sign up click here CLEARWATER, Fla. — The way the Phillies see it, 2019 could have been much different. At least offensively. They held first place in the National League East the first two-plus months of the season. They had the fourth-best......

Thomas Harrigan MLB – For more and to sign up click here This February is not only Black History Month, but also the 100th anniversary of the Negro Leagues, which were born on Feb. 13, 1920. To help celebrate this centennial, MLB.com will be looking back at some Negro Leagues......

Thomas Harding MLB – For more and to sign up click here SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Rockies general manager Jeff Bridich on Tuesday said he is united with unhappy third baseman Nolan Arenado on the subject that counts. “The reason that we come together every Spring Training is to start focusing......

Anthony Castrovince MLB – For more and to sign up click here SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — As reaction to the Astros’ illegal sign stealing in 2017 and 2018 continues to pour in from Spring Training camps, Commissioner Rob Manfred met with the media at Cactus League media day Tuesday and fielded......

Maria Guardado MLB – For more and to sign up click here SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Major League Baseball is reportedly set to raise pay for Minor League players beginning in 2021, but Giants will better compensate their own farmhands this year. President of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi confirmed Wednesday that......

Anne Rogers MLB – For more and to sign up click here JUPITER, Fla. — With the news that Miles Mikolas will start the season on the injured list, the Cardinals’ rotation vacancy went from one to two. And the candidate pool expanded to include a variety of options. JUPITER,......

Jordan Bastian MLB – For more and to sign up click here MESA, Ariz. — Kris Bryant exited his meeting with president of baseball operations Theo Epstein on Sunday with a mind put more at ease. The star third baseman got some things off his chest, and Epstein offered more......

Ken Gurnick MLB – For more and to sign up click here GLENDALE, Ariz. — Despite missing most of last season with a back injury, Alex Wood threw live batting practice on Tuesday. He wasn’t eased into the fray. “I faced Mookie [Betts], [Cody] Bellinger and [Corey] Seager — welcome......

Matt Monagan MLB – For more and to sign up click here It may sound crazy, but Spring Training is here. Joey Votto is very much enjoying Photo Day, weird injuries are abound and games — yes, baseball games — will be happening this weekend in Florida and Arizona. But......

Adam McCalvy MLB – For more and to sign up click here PHOENIX — The Brewers operated at a loss last year after stretching the budget to sign Yasmani Grandal and Mike Moustakas to one-year contracts, said principal owner Mark Attanasio on Tuesday. It was his first public acknowledgment that......

Steve Gilbert MLB – For more and to sign up click here SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Ketel Marte sat in front of his locker in the D-backs’ Spring Training clubhouse Tuesday morning preparing his physical tools for the upcoming workout: adjusting his shin guard, putting tape on another piece of equipment.......

AJ Cassavell MLB – For more and to sign up click here PEORIA, Ariz. — A.J. Preller was in his office last February when he learned, via Twitter, that Manny Machado had chosen to sign with San Diego. The Padres’ general manager broke into a grin and briefly started dancing.......

Matt Kelly MLB – For more and to sign up click here “[Pitcher X] is experimenting with [pitch type X]” is a Spring Training story as familiar as “he’s in the best shape of his life” or “this veteran wants one more shot.” But not every pitcher’s secret weapon is......

Bryan Hoch MLB – For more and to sign up click here TAMPA, Fla. — Miguel Andújar has been receiving a crash course at two new positions this spring, scooping balls at first base and shagging flies in the outfield, and he believes that he could see time there in......