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‘Tis the season: A how-to guide to 2023 spring training baseball in South Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It’s the constant refrain of escapees from Elmira and East Rutherford: South Florida has no seasons. Not so. Saturday is opening day for Grapefruit League spring-training baseball for five Major League teams in three South Florida ballparks — for fans, it’s Christmas every day.

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Atlanta Braves 2023 Spring Training Schedule, Location and TV/Streaming Guide

The Atlanta Braves will kick off the 2023 baseball season with their first spring training game on Saturday with streaming options.

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Nathan Ruiz: CEO John Angelos wants the Orioles to be ‘the next Tampa.’ What happened to the next Houston?

SARASOTA, Fla. — The Orioles rebuilt like the Houston Astros. With that process finished, they plan to compete like the Tampa Bay Rays.

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Astros’ Lance McCullers Jr. to Miss Start of MLB Season With Muscle Strain

The World Series champs will start the year short-handed.

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David Murphy: Johan Rojas is among the three most intriguing players on the Phillies spring training roster

All good teams are built on a foundation of blue-chip talent. The great ones usually benefit from some pleasant surprises. We saw that with the Astros (Framber Valdez, Cristian Javier, etc.). We’ve seen it with the Dodgers (Justin Turner, Max Muncy, etc). We saw it with the last Phillies team…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

How does Aaron Judge top his MVP 2022 season?

TAMPA, Fla. — Aaron Judge was one of the last to leave the Yankees’ clubhouse that final night back in October. The slugger soaked in the quiet aftermath of losing the American League Championship Series, his historic season ended by the Astros for the third time in six years.

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Astros Donate $1M to Texas Southern Baseball, Softball Programs

The Houston-based university has never had its own baseball and softball fields.

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Paul Sullivan: Trey Mancini, a cancer survivor, is one of several new veterans who brings championship pedigree to Cubs

MESA, Ariz. — When the Cubs open the 2023 season March 30 at Wrigley Field, Ian Happ, Seiya Suzuki and Nico Hoerner might be the only position players back in the opening-day lineup.

Chicago Tribune

How to gamble on Major League Baseball

Bet on it: Wagering on underdog Baltimore was profitable in 2022; now it’s time to find value for 2023 futures bets.

Chicago Sun-Times

A rough patch: the Astros’ new sponsorship deal with Oxy is doubly ugly

Houston are the latest MLB team to secure a uniform advertising deal as their players become walking billboards for Occidental Petroleum

The Guardian - US

Gerrit Cole hopes addition of Carlos Rodon gives Yankees best shot to end Astros jinx

The Yankees will likely be answering plenty of questions about the Astros over the next eight months after being eliminated by Houston in the ALCS for the third time in six seasons.

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Yankees’ Cole Shares Honest Opinion of ALCS Loss to Astros

The five-time All-Star didn’t shy away from sharing his thoughts on New York’s ending to last season.

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Dave Roberts denies Dodgers cheating accusations, says MLB probe found ‘nothing’

PHOENIX — Dave Roberts hasn’t yet read “Winning Fixes Everything,” Evan Drellich’s wide-ranging book released this week that detailed the Houston Astros’ 2017 sign-stealing scandal.

Los Angeles Times

Matt Calkins: Why the Mariners might be better in 2023, and why they might not be

Normally, opening day in Major League Baseball serves as the pinnacle for optimism, even if such positivity is unwarranted. But when your team just snapped a 21-year playoff drought and compounded that euphoria with a historic comeback playoff victory, the buzz begins much sooner.

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The Most Impactful MLB Offseason Signings

We asked three of our writers which deal they thought was the best of this winter’s free agency.

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Gerrit Cole still has something to prove entering fourth season with Yankees

NEW YORK — It’s been two full years plus a COVID season since Gerrit Cole joined the Yankees, and his most memorable exploits were getting blasted at the 2021 wild-card game in Boston and the infamous press conference where he froze like a deer in the headlights when asked about…

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Remembering Sam Workman, caddie for Steven Alker, who died after battle with cancer

Workman's passing came just three weeks after caddying a second-place finish in Hawaii.

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Legendary Bettor Mattress Mack Opposes Sports Betting in Texas

The Houston furniture mogul has an interesting perspective on the push to legalize betting in the Lone Star state.

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Mattress Mack (of all people) opposes the Texas sports betting legalization bill supported by Jerry Jones

Texas has an unlikely opponent in the form of the state's most notorious bettor.

Boston Herald

Jason Mastrodonato: Red Sox failing to find momentum heading into Spring Training

Some scattered thoughts on the Red Sox as the truck pulls into JetBlue Park in Fort Myers…

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Larry Stone: Mariners are clear. This year, they want more than just to reach playoffs.

Teoscar Hernandez said that as the playoff pairings were being determined down the stretch of the MLB season last year, he heard talk among his team — the Blue Jays at the time — that they preferred to face the Mariners.

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Astros hire Braves scouting director Dana Brown as general manager. How big is the loss?

For outsiders like us – yes, even those who cover the sport – it can be difficult to correctly discern the talent and impact of a certain member of a front office. Tons of factors, and many that we don’t see, go into those jobs.

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Astros Hire Dana Brown As Next General Manager

The reigning champions announced a replacement after parting ways with former GM James Click.

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SI:AM | Scott Rolen Gets the Call

Who could join him in Cooperstown next year?

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Tom Verducci’s 2023 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot

New inductee Scott Rolen is one of four players who received Verducci’s vote.

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