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Ron Cook: Steve Cohen's spending is ruining baseball? That's rich.

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,…

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Cubs get first taste of pitch clock in spring training opener vs. Giants

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

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Sanker gonna be sankin’: The origin story of Marcus Stroman’s defining pitch

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

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Braves fall victim to pitch clock as charged strike ends spring game vs. Red Sox

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.

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Elvis Andrus gets to work as White Sox’ every-day second baseman

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

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Paul Sullivan: Here’s hoping Jerry Reinsdorf can celebrate his 87th birthday despite dueling White Sox and Bulls distractions

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 Tribune

Cubs right fielder Seiya Suzuki scratched from Cactus League opener because of left oblique tightness

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

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Red Sox-Braves Game Ends on Pitch Clock Violation Strikeout

Atlanta second baseman Cal Conley became an unwitting cautionary tale.

Sports Illustrated

Philadelphia Phillies 2023 Spring Training Schedule, Location and TV/Streaming Guide

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

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Braves-Red Sox game ended on a tie after a pitch clock violation struck out an Atlanta shortstop

The pitch clock has struck again.

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White Sox’ Andrew Vaughn has three pairs of big shoes to fill, ‘but I just have to be me’

Vaughn is entering his third major-league season and his first with the first-base job.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cubs’ Seiya Suzuki scratched from Cactus League opener with oblique tightness

Prospect Brennen Davis replaced Suzuki in right field against the Giants on Saturday.

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Manny Machado made a little MLB spring training history with a pitch clock violation and he had the best reaction to it

Going to have to speed things up a bit, Manny.

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Baseball quiz: It’s my quiz, and I can ask if I want to

Baseball has been filled with celebrity owners. See if you recall their teams.

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Off the wall: Cubs minor-league coordinator James Ogden builds customized tools for pitchers

Mobile plyo walls were Ogden’s project entering spring training this year.

Los Angeles Times

Bill Shaikin: How Angels' Brett Phillips turned a wacky World Series play into a small business

TEMPE, Ariz. — The first image one remembers from the 2020 World Series: Julio Urías throwing a called third strike, crouching behind the mound and pumping his fists, then rising to hug catcher Austin Barnes as teammates swarm in celebration. For the first time since 1988, the Dodgers were champions.

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Aaron Boone ‘grateful’ for Triple-A umpires preparing Yankees to play with new pitch clock

Yankees manager Aaron Boone is prepping his club for the inclusion of the pitch clock this upcoming season. With the Bronx Bombers slated to get their first in-game look at the pitch clock when they take on the Philadelphia Phillies in Clearwater, Fla., on Saturday, the club has had Triple-A…

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Matthew Roberson: For the love of God, Yankees, please let your young players wear real numbers

The Yankees have a problem.

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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.

Chicago Sun-Times

White Sox third-base prospect Bryan Ramos does more than talk a good game

Ramos a quick study learning English. “It’s important in this sport,” Ramos said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Padres’ Manny Machado makes baseball history with first pitch clock violation

He wasn’t fully in the batter’s box and alert to Mariners lefty Robbie Ray as the 15-second clock wound under 8 seconds in the bottom of the first inning. Umpire Ryan Blakney called time and signaled strike one against Machado.

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John Romano: Tampa may be MLB’s choice for the Rays, but the Tropicana Field site is where the money is

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Inside a tavern area at Tropicana Field, there is laughter and conversation. A Suncoast Tiger Bay meeting with Rays president Brian Auld has just wrapped up early Thursday evening, and members are now mingling with politicians and team executives.

Sports Illustrated

Manny Machado Commits First Pitch Clock Violation

The Padres star failed to step into the box in time in a spring training game on Friday against the Mariners.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘I have to be better’ in 2023, White Sox’ Leury Garcia says

Versatile IF/OF Leury Garcia batted .210/.233/.267 after signing a three-year, $16.5 million deal.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cubs’ Kyle Hendricks throws off a mound for first time in 7 1⁄2 months: ‘Man, that’s you.’

Hendricks worked to shorten his arm path while rehabbing from a shoulder injury last summer.

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