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Munetaka Murakami had a flourishing spring training debut with the White Sox on Friday, but traffic nearly blocked it. About 30 minutes before the first pitch of the White Sox’s 8-1 Cactus League victory over the Cubs, the team announced that Murakami was a healthy scratch because the Japanese slugger was stuck in traffic. Moments […]
Observations from Yankees spring training Thursday in Tampa: Goodbye, goodbye Austin Wells and Giancarlo Stanton both crushed home runs off Osvaldo Bido during live batting practice, with Stanton’s blast hitting the middle of the scoreboard in left-center field. Giancarlo Stanton, who took batting practice earlier this week, hit home off Osvaldo Bido during BP on […]
HARBOR ST. LUCIE – The Mets used umpires during live batting practice Thursday at Clover Park, giving them their first exposure to MLB’s new automated ball-strike system. Francisco Álvarez had already had success with it, canceling out a ball from Jonah Tong. Tong later lost his own challenge later in his outing. Expect many more […]
TAMPA — Let the games begin. After four days of full practices at Steinbrenner Field, the Yankees begin their Grapefruit League schedule against the Orioles on Friday in Sarasota, Florida. Elmer Rodriguez, one of the club’s top pitchers, will get the start while the Yankees bring infielders Jazz Chisholm Jr., José Caballero and Amed Rosario, […]
TAMPA — Aaron Boone has already prepared for this moment. Two outs in the bottom of the ninth, bases loaded, the Yankees trailing by two and Aaron Judge takes a low called strike three to end the game, with their two challenges already used up in the new automated ball-strike system (ABS). “It’s going to […]
PHOENIX — In the weeks before reporting to Camelback Ranch, Dodgers outfielder Teoscar Hernández spent most of his days drenched in sweat at a training facility in Tampa, performing a series of plyometric exercises designed to reconfigure his body. Vladimir Guerrero Jr., his former teammate and 2025 World Series rival of the Toronto Blue Jays, […]
Kris Bryant’s persistent back problems impact much more than just his baseball availability. The Rockies third baseman, on the 60-day injured list with a degenerative back condition, described the daily pain so severe that it can be “hard to get me the toothpaste.” “Every time my feet touch the ground, I feel like I’m probably […]
TAMPA – A year ago, Giancarlo Stanton arrived at spring training with two sore elbows that would postpone his season until mid-June. That double elbow tendonitis, he reiterated Tuesday, “isn’t going anywhere.” But things appear to be in a much more manageable place for the Yankees’ 36-year-old slugger at the moment, clearing the way for […]
Observations from Mets spring training on Monday: Great Scott Christian Scott was sharp during live batting practice and struckout Juan Soto (on four pitches) and Bo Bichette. The right-hander is returning from Tommy John rehabilitation surgery that cost him last season. Mets pitcher Christian Scott (45) gives live batting practice during spring training. Corey Sipkin […]
