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Ranking all 30 MLB teams in 2023, from least to most watchable

Which teams to watch when Shohei Ohtani isn't batting or on the mound

USA Today Sports Media Group

Baseball brings its dramatic new look: Faster games, more action, kill off the 'dead time'

FORT MYERS, Fla. — A clock ticking backwards isn't only the newest and most significant change to the way baseball is played in the major leagues — it's also a metaphor for what the national pastime is trying to accomplish.

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La Velle E. Neal III: After winter of catching waves, Ryan looking forward to summer of catching fish

FORT MYERS, Fla. — According to information obtained from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, the state officially has 11,842 lakes. Yes, that means the Land of 10,000 Lakes slogan is inaccurate, but we Minnesotans don't like to be pretentious, remember?

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La Velle E. Neal III: Buxton will start season as DH after smashing spring training debut

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Byron Buxton announced his arrival to spring training on Tuesday with a loud crack of the bat, rifling a double to the right-center field wall in his first plate appearance in a major league spring training game this season.

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White Sox’ Dylan Cease looks the part of Opening Day starter

“Dylan is growing. It takes time to figure out who you are.”

Chicago Sun-Times

How Cubs SVP Craig Breslow’s journeyman playing career is still paying dividends

Late in his career, Breslow played with Tyler Duffey, Julian Merryweather and Ryan Borucki, all pitchers the Cubs added this offseason.

Chicago Sun-Times

Patrick Reusse: World Baseball Classic swings mightily — and it’s a big miss

The Twins' Dustin Morse was again serving as the press officer for the team titled "Netherlands'' in the World Baseball Classic. This is a euphemism for the Lesser Antilles islands in the Caribbean that are still associated with the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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The Art of Baseball Scorekeeping Is Getting a Few New Quirks

The scribes of the language of baseball will need to add a few more characters as MLB undergoes rule changes.

Sports Illustrated

Patrick Reusse: Following Trevor Plouffe’s journey into sports podcasting

MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins opened Target Field in 2010 with 94 wins, ticket sales of 3,223,640 and a sixth AL Central title in nine years.

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Jim Souhan: Hawkins on Twins bullpen, Mahomes, making a difference

FORT MYERS, Fla. — LaTroy Hawkins loves the Twins bullpen.

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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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Michael A. Taylor bringing another Gold Glove to Twins outfield

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Initials are important to Michael A. Taylor. Take that middle letter, for instance — it stands for Anthony, his father's first name, and he's asked that it be included as part of his own baseball name since he turned pro 13 years ago.

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Jim Souhan: While preparing (reluctantly) to DH, Buxton asserts: ‘I’m a center fielder’

FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Twins' designated hitter in 2023 will bat from both sides of the plate.

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Jim Souhan: Twins’ Gordon stronger, smiling and set for best season yet

FORT MYERS, FLA. — Nick Gordon's development into a valuable super-utility player became one of the highlights of the Twins' 2022 season. To reward him, they traded for two players to reduce his role.

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Twins' Correa: `Money is just a number in your bank account'

Carlos Correa reported to the Minnesota Twins after agreeing to stay for a $200 million, six-year contract

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Jim Souhan: Twins pitcher Varland ready to wrestle for roster spot

FORT MYERS, Fla. — The skills of big league pitchers translate well into golf, or basketball. If they played football, they probably became quarterbacks. They excel at long, loose, jangly, coordinated motions, mimicking the deceptively smooth windup that produces a fastball.

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La Velle E. Neal III: Ghost runners are now real in baseball, and the game is worse for it

MINNEAPOLIS — Red Sox manager Alex Cora has quite the way of explaining baseball. When the league decided in 2020 that extra-inning games would include placing a base runner on second base to start each half-inning, Cora pushed for chaos.

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Reliever Duran already bringing the heat as spring training fires up

FORT MYERS, FLA. — Jhoan Duran smiled at the question, the smirk of a pitcher who knows nothing counts until Opening Day.

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After freak finger injuries, Dobnak seeks to salvage career with Twins

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Randy Dobnak has a clear memory of the most recent Twins game in which he was engaged. It was last April against the Rays in St. Petersburg.

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La Velle E. Neal III: After decades of avoidance, Twins embracing relationship with Boras

MINNEAPOLIS — Now that they have taken their relationship with super agent Scott Boras to another level, one thing is certain:

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Twins bullpen has quiet winter, will rely on last season’s upgrades

It was a minor transaction that probably went unnoticed by all but the most hyper-aware Twins fans. Less than three weeks after trading a teenage pitcher for little-known righthander A.J. Alexy, the Twins on Monday lost him to the White Sox on waivers.

Chicago Sun-Times

White Sox claim righty A.J. Alexy off waivers from Twins

Alexy appeared in four games with the Rangers last season.

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Jim Souhan: How Falvey, Twins kept the door open for Carlos Correa

The Twins have rarely competed for top talent on the free-agent market. The signing of Carlos Correa to a franchise-record contract could alter perceptions of the franchise, and if that happens, it will be due mostly to the Correa deal, a long-running, sharp-winding negotiation that required chief baseball officer Derek…

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Twins’ trade with Kansas City lands Gold Glove center fielder Taylor

The Twins will head into the 2023 season with two Gold Glove center fielders.

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So, about that big bat the Rays were looking for ...

The Rays caught your attention a few months ago, openly acknowledging what seemed obvious to outsiders, that they were looking for a hitter to bolster their offense.

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