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• Orioles’ Hyde confident that Hays will start hitting soon

BOSTON—In the midst of an 0-for-19 slump, Austin Hays isn’t in the Orioles lineup for Tuesday’s game against the Boston Red Sox. Hays is 2-for-26 (.077) overall with two RBIs after hitting just .133 in 12 Grapefruit League games. The Red Sox are starting right-hander Brayan Bello, and it’s giving manager Brandon Hyde the opportunity […]...2024
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• Washington Nationals Reacts Poll Results: Who’s next?

A look at Trey Lipscomb’s rise and your best guess as to which prospect will get the call next... Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Washington Nationals fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Towards the end of Spring Training, the Washington Nationals optioned...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Joey Gallo homers to spark Nats in 5-3 win over Pirates...

Joey Gallo homered. Trevor Williams got the first W by a Nats’ starter this season + more... NO O FOR FOR GALLO ANYMORE: Joey Gallo started off 0 for 12 at the plate this season, but the slugger broke out in a big way Wednesday night in the nation’s capital, hitting his first home run of the year for his first hit, a 447-foot blast to right-center field which sparked a four-run rally in the home-h...2024
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• Jonathan Heasley gets a surprise call to the Orioles

BALTIMORE—Jonathan Heasley didn’t spend much time in Norfolk. The 27-year-old right-hander was a late cut this spring. His option to the Tides wasn’t announced until he pitched in the last Grapefruit League game. A week later, he was recalled from Norfolk to replace left-handed relief pitcher Cionel Pérez, who’s on the 15-day injured list with […]...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, April 1

Set Number: X31256 TK2 A no-foolin’ M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from ‘reputable sources’. Unrest on the horizon and some of baseball’s sad passings. Also, a homer that wasn’t, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of t...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats blow late lead, drop 2 of 3 in Cincy; Home opener today in D.C.

Notes and quotes from the Nationals’ series finale with the Reds in GABP... BLOWN SAVE: Nationals’ rookie Trey Lipscomb homered for the first time in the majors to break up a 3-3 tie in the top of the seventh inning in Washington’s series finale with Cincinnati’s Reds on Sunday afternoon in Great American Ballpark. Then Lane Thomas hit a sac fly to make it a two-run lead in the top of the eighth,...2024
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• Braves Mailbag: Playoff struggles, 2024 sleeper and more

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images This week’s mailbag includes questions about the Braves rotation, Max Fried’s next contract, and sleeper candidates. Thanks to everyone that sent in questions for this week’s Atlanta Braves mailbag. We will be doing more of these throughout the regular season. Let’s get to it! The Braves’ offensive approach clearly works during the re...2024
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• Orioles’ Means to start rehab assignment soon

BALTIMORE–Orioles starter John Means, who didn’t pitch in any Grapefruit League games, is set to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Norfolk. Means, who started four times last September after his April 2022 Tommy John surgery was not put on last October’s Division Series roster because his left elbow was sore. When spring training began […]...2024
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• Not on the Opening Day roster? No problem!

Set Number: x164202 TK1 Just because someone isn’t on the Opening Day roster doesn’t mean they can’t have a big, and often immediate, impact on the season As I sit down to write this, we are a week away from Opening Day, and the Braves are playing out the string on the remainder of Spring Training. Usually, the month that precedes Opening Day is used to address roster questions, and determ...2024
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• 2024 MLB Season Preview: Atlanta Braves

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The Braves enter the 2024 season as the favorite in the National League, but, for better or worse, will ultimately be defined by their postseason success or lack thereof. (Yes, we’re really doing this.) The Atlanta Braves are coming off of a banner 2023 season that saw them set numerous offensive records on their way to an MLB-best 104 wins. Unfortunatel...2024
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• Preseason Prep - March 20, 2024
Daulton Varsho, OF (TOR) Varsho hit his first home run of the spring on Tuesday, which would seem disappointing if not for his 3/8 strikeout-to-walk ratio and six spring stolen bases. Varsho's numbers declined in his first season in Toronto, but he did exhibit better plate discipline and above-average speed. That only led to 16 stolen bases, but based on the results in the Grapefruit League, it's ...2024
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• The Final Countdown- Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep- March 18, 2024
If you are of a certain age, the title of this report likely prompted fanfare from the 1986 Europe song appearing in your mind. If it doesn't come to you, that's what the Internet is for. We are now a couple of days away from games that count being played in Seoul. For teams that aren't the Dodgers and Padres, we are about 10 days away from Opening Day. Late drafts are happening every day and it...2024
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• Reviewing and looking ahead for the final days of Orioles spring training

SARASOTA, Florida—In eight days, on March 25th, the Orioles will play their final Grapefruit League game, and much will happen around the team between now and then. It’s been a healthy camp. While injuries to starters Kyle Bradish and John Means, infielder Gunnar Henderson and minor league catcher/first baseman Samuel Basallo were announced on February […]...2024
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• Danny Jansen Diagnosed With Small Fracture In Right Wrist
Blue Jays catcher Danny Jansen has been diagnosed with a fracture of the pisiform bone in his right wrist, manager John Schneider revealed to reporters today (X links via Keegan Matheson of MLB.com). He was hit by a pitch during the Jays’ Grapefruit League game earlier this week. The team currently expects him to miss…...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Jake Irvin takes advice to heart; Carter Kieboom outrighted to Triple-A...

Notes and quotes from West Palm Beach, FL, where Jake Irvin shoved and Carter Kieboom was outrighted to AAA... Jake Irvin made his first two appearances in Grapefruit League action this spring out of the bullpen, piggybacking on the days he and MacKenzie Gore were scheduled to pitch. Irvin’s first start (after he’d given up 8 R, 7 ER in 3 2⁄3 innings pitched in his first two outings), was a four-i...2024
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"Michael Harris II continued his hot start in the Grapefruit League, as his second home run of spring training helped contribute to seven runs on the day for the Atlanta Braves in their first spring training tilt against the Philadelphia Phillies this season."

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"Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Atlanta’s offense rakes in Tuesday’s game against the Phils The Atlanta Braves jumped out to an early lead and never looked back in a 15-5, Grapefruit League win over the Philadelphia Phillies."

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"The Mets have officially scratched ace Jacob deGrom from today’s scheduled Grapefruit League appearance, tweets Mike Puma of the New York Post."

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"Report: MLB in process of revising Grapefruit League schedule"

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"MLB Network’s Jon Heyman tweets that officials with Grapefruit League clubs in Florida are expecting games to be suspended, and ESPN’s Jeff Passan reports that executives throughout…"

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"MLB also announced game times for all Cactus and Grapefruit League action in February and March."

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"The Marlins will wear Stoneman Douglas High School caps during their workout and pregame before their Grapefruit League opener Friday."

2017
"Right-hander Jordan Zimmermann took a step toward putting an injury-plagued 2016 season behind him with two solid innings in his first Grapefruit League start this spring before an eight-run eighth inning sent the Tigers to a 10-7 win over the Braves on Monday at Joker Marchant Stadium."

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"Alex Rodriguez homered on the second pitch he saw, but Maikel Franco cleared the wall and Darin Ruf drove in three runs, helping the Phillies rally for a 13-4 Grapefruit League victory over the Yankees on Thursday at George M."

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"The Twins opened Grapefruit League play by outlasting the Red Sox in a 9-8 slugfest Thursday night at newly renovated Hammond Stadium."

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"I give him his playing time in the second half of Grapefruit League games, so he can't play the first few innings and then leave early."

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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Patrick Corbin enters final year of 6-year deal in D.C.

Notes and quotes on Patrick Corbin’s final Grapefruit League start on Sunday... CORBIN WRAPS UP SPRING: Davey Martinez’s message for Patrick Corbin coming out of the left-hander’s fourth start of the spring was one he has been repeating throughout the past few seasons as the now-34-year-old starter has struggled to find his form from 2018, which earned him a 6-year/$140M contract with the National...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats’ top prospects gain invaluable experience…

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ top prospects in West Palm Beach… Whether or not they made the Opening Day roster (and we know now they have not), top prospects Dylan Crews (No. 1 on MLB Pipeline’s rankings) and James Wood (No. 2) had an opportunity, and made a strong impression this spring, long before they combined for an impressive ninth inning rally in the Nationals’ 9-8 win over the Minnes...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: James Wood and Dylan Crews lift Nats; Bullpen or rotation? + more...

Notes and quotes on the Nationals from Spring Training... BULLPEN OR ROTATION?: Start No. 3 for Trevor Williams this spring began with another leadoff home run, an issue which plagued him in 2023 and has continued early in the process this year. “It’s become an unfortunate trend,” Williams acknowledged last July, as quoted by MASN’s Mark Zuckerman. “I should just give up one in the bullpen before...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: MacKenzie Gore strike out 10 in “weird” outing; Josiah Gray Opening Day starter

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ weekend in West Palm Beach, FL... Going up against New York’s Mets last week in West Palm Beach, FL, MacKenzie Gore gave up two hits, three walks, and one earned run in 5 2⁄3 innings pitched. Gore, 25, retired nine straight to start the outing (on just 32 pitches), before a single and three walks forced in the first run. A 4-3 double play got the lefty out of th...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Patrick Corbin enters final year of 6-year deal in D.C.
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• Fried, Braves schlep through another Spring defeat

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Fried was fine and got BABIPed, the offense did normal things before the backups took over, you get the idea We all know about the dog days of summer at this point, but do they have a spring equivalent? Like maybe the crab days of spring, because the constellation Cancer is most visible in the Northern Hemisphere in March? We’ll worksh...2024
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• Jarred Kelenic ends spring training with a home run in 9-6 Braves loss to Twins

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images It was a rocky spring for Kelenic but the newest addition to the lineup appears to be trending in the right direction as the season is set to start in two days. Jarred Kelenic and Orlando Arcia both brought their big bats to the ballpark for the spring training finale for the Atlanta Braves. Both Kelenic and Arcia ended their Grapefru...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Futures Game GameThread + more…

Notes and quotes as the Nationals take on the Nats’ top prospects this afternoon… NATIONALS FUTURES GAME: “We’re incredibly thankful for the continued support of our fans in D.C., and we can’t wait for them to get a look at some of the players who will make up our next championship-caliber roster,” President of Baseball Operations & GM Mike Rizzo said in a press release on today’s Nationals Future...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Hope Row; Jarlin Susana hitting 103; Mike Rizzo talks prospects + more...

Notes and quotes from GM Mike Rizzo’s MLB Network Radio interview this past weekend... HOPE ROW: Davey Martinez talked last week on the MLB Network about the line of lockers in the club’s Spring Training clubhouse top prospects like James Wood, Robert Hassell III, Brady House, Trey Lipscomb, Darren Baker, and Dylan Crews were occupying next to one another which is being referred to as “Hope Row” b...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: MacKenzie Gore strike out 10 in “weird” outing; Josiah Gray Opening Day starter
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats’ prospects in Spring Breakout game today

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ prospects in today’s Spring Breakout game... “I think the Baby Nats are no surprise anymore,” manager Davey Martinez told MLB Network hosts Mark DeRosa and Robert Flores on Wednesday afternoon in West Palm Beach, Florida, referring, of course to the top prospects in big league Spring Training with the Nationals this year like James Wood, Robert Hassell III, Brady...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Zach Davies’ latest opportunity; Good news on Nationals’ prospect...

Notes and quotes from the weekend that was in West Palm Beach, FL. DAVIES IN NATS’ MIX: Zach Davies, who turned 31 in early February, made 18 starts for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2023, posting a 7.00 ERA, a 4.58 FIP, 39 walks (4.26 BB/9), 72 strikeouts (7.87 K/9), and an ugly .295/.370/.461 line against in 82 1⁄3 innings pitched. Davies signed on in D.C. on February 17th, with Nationals’ manage...2024
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• Major League Baseball Expected To Suspend Spring Training
As sports entities throughout the world take action to minimize the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, Major League Baseball appears poised to cease play of Spring Training games. MLB Network’s Jon Heyman tweets that officials with Grapefruit League clubs in Florida are expecting games to be suspended, and ESPN’s Jeff Passan reports that executives throughout…...2020
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• Papi, Panda power Sox with first spring HRs
David Ortiz and Pablo Sandoval stroked their first homers of the spring one out apart in the third inning Thursday, powering the Red Sox to a 5-1 Grapefruit League win over the Pirates....2015
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• Young Tigers' bats back Verlander's strong debut
After his teammates scored four runs in the first inning against Shelby Miller, Justin Verlander cruised through his Grapefruit League season debut. The 2011 American League Cy Young Award winner surrendered one hit and notched a pair of strikeouts over two scoreless innings, as the Tigers cruised to a 12-6 win on Saturday at Champion Stadium....2015
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• Girardi: Tanaka will make his first start on Thursday
Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka will make his first Grapefruit League start on Thursday against the Braves, manager Joe Girardi revealed in an interview on YES Network during Sunday's contest against the Nationals....2015
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• Sox post seven-run sixth after Porcello's solid outing
Twins starter Ervin Santana capped off his impressive Grapefruit League season with five scoreless innings of one-hit ball against Boston's likely Opening Day lineup Thursday night, but the Red Sox erupted for seven runs in the sixth in an 8-5 victory before 7,259 fans at Hammond Stadium....2015
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• In Grapefruit opener, Tigers show offensive might
Yoenis Cespedes' first hit as a Tiger, a fourth-inning grand slam, was one of three Detroit home runs amidst a flurry of walks and four hit batters during a wild Grapefruit League opener for Orioles pitching in a 15-2 Detroit win on Tuesday at Joker Marchant Stadium....2015
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• Nova surrenders just one run in first start
Alex Rodriguez homered on the second pitch he saw, but Maikel Franco cleared the wall and Darin Ruf drove in three runs, helping the Phillies rally for a 13-4 Grapefruit League victory over the Yankees on Thursday at George M. Steinbrenner Field....2016
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Edward Cabrera, SP (MIA) Cabrera, who has looked very sharp this spring, is possibly facing an extended absence. The young right-hander was scratched from Sunday's start with shoulder tightness, and on Monday manager Skip Schumaker said Cabrera is going to get an MRI. Cabrera's spring performance (5 IP, 0 R, 5 K) had seemingly locked up a spot in the Marlins rotation, but results from the MRI coul...2024
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• Getting Closer to When It Counts- Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep- March 10, 2024
We're now less than three weeks away from Opening Day (less than two weeks away from the Seoul opener for the Dodgers and Padres.) Rosters are taking shape. Injuries are projecting into impact on the season. Time is getting shorter for remaining free agents to sign and get enough work to be ready for the start of the season. As drafts are taking place it's critical to keep up to date with the Draf...2024
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• Preseason Prep - March 6, 2024
Edwin Diaz, RP (NYM) Diaz is right on track towards a successful return from the torn patellar tendon in his knee that forced him to miss the entire 2023 season. The electric closer was hitting the mid-to-high 90's with his fastball in a minor-league intrasquad scrimmage on Tuesday. The expectation is Diaz will appear in his first Grapefruit League game of the season next week. All signs point to ...2024
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• Preseason Prep - February 29, 2024
Jhoan Duran, RP (MIN) Duran was knocked around in his Grapefruit League debut, allowing four runs on three hits and a walk in two-thirds of an inning. The fireballer topped out at 100.5 mph, which is about a mile per hour less than his average from 2023. These details should be ignored at this point in the preseason as he will likely work his arm into increased velocity. Duran is entering his firs...2024
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• Orioles’ Hyde confident that Hays will start hitting soon
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Joey Gallo homers to spark Nats in 5-3 win over Pirates...
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• Orioles’ Means to start rehab assignment soon
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• Jarred Kelenic ends spring training with a home run in 9-6 Braves loss to Twins
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• Braves at Twins spring training game thread

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images The next game the Braves will play will be a regular season contest. Hooray! Well folks, all good things must eventually come to an end and we’ve reached that point for spring training. With that being said, the end of the Grapefruit League is always cause for celebration since that means that Opening Day is right there within arm’s reach. The Atlanta B...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Grapefruit League opener today; Davey Martinez preparing for season + more...

Notes and quotes to get you ready for the start of the Grapefruit League season... NATIONALS PREPARE FOR GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE OPENER: With one day to go before the start of Grapefruit League action, Davey Martinez and his club put in work on Friday, preparing for the first game of the spring, which takes place today in West Palm Beach, FL (6:05 PM ET; Radio: nats.com; with a replay on the MLB Network...2024
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Pitching plans for Nats’ weekend matchups; Jackson Rutledge in 2024 + more...

Notes and quotes as the Nationals prepare for the Grapefruit League opener tomorrow... PITCHING PLANS: Having announced his plan to send Patrick Corbin out to start the Grapefruit League opener on Saturday, Washington Nationals’ skipper Davey Martinez provided more details about the plans for the pitching over the first weekend of games this spring. Corbin will start against the Houston Astros ...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Rob Manfred has an expiration date

Photo by Mike Carlson/MLB Photos via Getty Images Rejoice, baseball fans, we now have an idea of when the Manfred era will end. If we’re being honest, the role of MLB Commissioner is not an enviable one. The job, by its very nature, is inclined to create ire among fans, as the person in charge is trying to appease fans, players, but mostly owners, and the goals of those three groups rarely...2024
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• This Day in Braves History: Dennis Martinez announces his retirement

Braves Franchise History 1942 - The Boston Braves acquire Ernie Lombardi from the Cincinnati Reds for cash. Lombardi will win the batting title in the upcoming season with a .330 average. 1995 - Cecil Upshaw passes away at the age of 52 due to a heart attack. Upshaw saved 27 games in 1969 for the Atlanta Braves who won the NL West crown. 1999 - Dennis Martinez announces his retirement bringing a...2024
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• Braves prospects weekly spring training recap
Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Jared Shuster continues to shine as Opening Day draws near Opening day for the 2023 minor league season is so close one can almost taste it. Or that might just be this morning’s breakfast, but I digress. With just a few weeks away from the first MiLB recap to hit our site for the season, Atlanta’s top prospects have continued to show o...2023
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• Astros continue to take the heat from fans during spring training
The only thing that’s going to stop the Houston Astros from being trolled at a record level this season is the possibility that teams will have to play in empty stadiums. We continue to see the defending AL champs receive flack during spring training in Florida after the sign-stealing scandal. This did not stop during Tuesday’s Grapefruit League action against another World Series contender, the A...2020
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