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LOS ANGELES — Manny Machado's locker in the San Diego Padres' spring training clubhouse is prime real estate: at the main entrance, next to the three-foot tall speaker pumping the music into the room. Friday morning, hours before their Cactus League opener, it was tuned to laidback oldies.

NEW YORK — Between the two of them, Hal Steinbrenner and Steve Cohen spent over a billion dollars in home improvements this winter. But after all that the prospects for a Subway World Series remain murky for both.

Seems a little aggressive for spring training.

PITTSBURGH — The New York Mets' opening-day payroll this season is projected to be $345.1 million, according to Cot's Baseball Contracts. That is $74 million more than the New York Yankees will spend as the next-highest-paying team. The Mets also are expected to pay nearly $100 million in luxury tax,…

The Cubs won 10-8 in a game that lasted 3 hours, 6 minutes.

Stroman got the start in the Cubs’ spring-training opener Saturday against the Giants.

NORTH PORT, Fla. — On the final pitch of the Braves’ Grapefruit League opener versus the Red Sox, the Braves fell victim to the new pitch timer.

“It’s a challenge, for sure, and I’m always welcome and open to challenge,” Andrus said.

CHICAGO — Former Chicago Cubs owner Phillip K. Wrigley once said baseball “is too much of a sport to be a business and too much of a business to be a sport.”

CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs are dealing with their first injury issue.

Atlanta second baseman Cal Conley became an unwitting cautionary tale.