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World champion Rangers among 18 teams that get going with pitchers and catchers on the field 02/14/2024 06:20pm • The new sign outside the Texas Rangers’ training facility in Surprise, Arizona, became a favorite photo opportunity on Wednesday. “World Series Champions. 2023.” “I’ve gotten even a deeper appreciation of what these guys did. It was just incredible year with a lot of ups and downs,” Texa Angels start workouts without Shohei Ohtani and with new manager Ron Washington 02/14/2024 05:59pm • TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Los Angels Angels started spring training without Shohei Ohtani for the first time since 2017 and with a new manager in Ron Washington. Ohtani, the unprecedented two-way star, left for a record $700 million, 10-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Washington took ove Craig Counsell thinks trying to beat the Cubs will help him adjust to his new job as their manager 02/14/2024 05:30pm • MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Long before Craig Counsell joined the Chicago Cubs, he knew all about the Chicago Cubs, and they knew a lot about him. Strengths, weaknesses, tendencies. Everything. It's a brand new day for Counsell, who managed the Milwaukee Brewers for nine seasons before he was hired by Chic St. Louis Cardinals executive John Mozeliak not concerned about rotation age 02/14/2024 03:58pm • JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — John Mozeliak looks at the Cardinals pitching staff and isn't worried about older arms. “Unlike like our upcoming election, I am not overly concerned with age in this current state,” the team's president of baseball operations said Wednesday as spring training workouts beg Hard-throwing Paul Skenes eager to show the Pirates what he's got during his first spring training 02/14/2024 03:44pm • BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Paul Skenes would love to be on the Pittsburgh Pirates’ opening-day roster. However, the top overall pick in last year's draft isn’t stressing out while taking part in his first major league spring training. The hard-throwing 21-year-old right-hander and the rest of the Josh Hader will close for Astros and Ryan Pressly will be in setup role, new manager Joe Espada says 02/14/2024 01:54pm • WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Newly signed Josh Hader will close for the Astros and incumbent Ryan Pressly will move into a setup role, new manager Joe Espada said as Houston started spring training workouts Wednesday. Hader, a five-time All-Star, agreed Jan. 22 to a $95 million, five-year contract Phil Maton and Tampa Bays Rays finalize $6.5 million, 1-year contract 02/14/2024 12:03pm • PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (AP) — Reliever Phil Maton and the Tampa Bay Rays finalized a $6.5 million, one-year contract on Wednesday, a deal that includes a 2025 club option and could be worth $14 million over two years. Maton gets a $6.25 million salary this season, and the Rays have a $7.75 million o MLB's free agent market begins to thaw, Soler agrees to $42 million deal with Giants, AP source says 02/13/2024 08:13pm • PHOENIX (AP) — The San Francisco Giants and slugger Jorge Soler agreed to a $42 million, three-year deal on Tuesday, according to a person with direct knowledge of the negotiations, taking one of the remaining marquee free agents off the market as most of the 30 teams reported for spring training Rockies reliever Daniel Bard will have surgery to repair a torn meniscus in left knee 02/13/2024 03:08pm • DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Rockies said reliever Daniel Bard will have surgery Wednesday to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee. There's no timetable for Bard's return. Rockies pitchers and catchers report Wednesday for physicals before the start of spring training in Scottsdale, Arizona., a d Mets' David Stearns says long-term deal with Pete Alonso unlikely before free agency 02/12/2024 11:26pm • PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — The New York Mets realize a long-term deal with Pete Alonso is unlikely before the star first baseman is eligible for free agency after the World Series. Alonso agreed last month to a $20.5 million, one-year contract that avoided arbitration. He switched agents last fal Loudoun nonprofit farm marks 5 years with 1 million pounds of donated food 02/12/2024 12:30pm • Sterling-based JK Moving Services founder Chuck Kuhn is the largest single landowner in Loudoun County, Virginia. Some of that land is used as data center development, most of which is land his family has purchased and put into conservatorship. But 150 acres is a farm run almost entirely by volun Chiefs rule out All-Pro LG Joe Thuney for Super Bowl vs 49ers with pectoral injury 02/09/2024 07:53pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs ruled out All-Pro left guard Joe Thuney for the Super Bowl against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday because of a pectoral injury. Wide receiver Rashee Rice and running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire, though, appear ready to go. Rice was a full participant in pr Furman football player Bryce Stanfield dies 2 days after collapsing during workout 02/09/2024 05:50pm • GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Furman defensive tackle Bryce Stanfield died Friday, two days after collapsing during a workout at the school’s football stadium. Furman President Elizabeth Davis said in a letter to the university community that the 21-year-old Stanfield died while “surrounded by his Shohei Ohtani tries to blend in with Dodgers, even if that might prove impossible 02/09/2024 03:09pm • GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani walked through his new spring training clubhouse wearing a simple white T-shirt with one word “BOSS” across the front in big, dark capital letters. The two-time Most Valuable Player might not be in charge of these Los Angeles Dodgers, but there's little dou Before Usher hits the Super Bowl halftime stage, Apple Music builds anticipation ahead of big show 02/09/2024 08:46am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — In a short film shown at the end of the Super Bowl halftime performer news conference, the show’s headliner Usher comes up missing. The singer’s sudden absence prompts instant panic from his friends including Ludacris, Lil Jon and Taraji P. Henson, sparking a search at various