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3:36 AM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — King Guillermo won the $351,000 Tampa Bay Derby by 4 3/4 lengths on Saturday for owner Victor Martinez, a five-time All-Star in Major League Baseball. The 3-year-old colt earned 50 qualifying points for the Kentucky Derby. However, King Guillermo isn’t nominated to the Triple Crown series, so
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5:03 PM ET Associated Press PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — Baltimore outfielder/first baseman Trey Mancini has left the Orioles to undergo what the team is calling “a non-baseball-related medical procedure.” Orioles manager Brandon Hyde, who made the announcement after a game at Tampa Bay on Saturday, said Mancini “is going to miss some time” but didn’t
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3:51 PM ET Associated Press BRADENTON, Fla. — New York Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez was scratched from batting practice Saturday due to a sore back, although manager Aaron Boone said he doesn’t think the problem is serious. Boone said he thought the soreness stemmed from Sanchez playing back-to-back games for the first time in spring
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9:09 AM ET Los Angeles Angels right-hander Griffin Canning is expected to miss the start of the regular season as he continues to undergo treatment for right elbow discomfort, the team announced Friday. The Angels said Canning will be reassessed in three to four weeks after undergoing “biological injections” on Friday to address the discomfort.
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7:00 AM ET A team’s record in spring training doesn’t mean much, and that’s true for a player’s statistics as well. Factors such as small sample size, wildly varying talent levels of the opposition, and players working on specific aspects of their game muddy the picture in terms of spring stats. The same isn’t necessarily
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11:19 PM ET Additional tests on the ailing shoulder of prized young Athletics left-hander A.J. Puk revealed no structural damage, Oakland manager Bob Melvin told reporters Thursday. Puk, the sixth overall pick in the 2016 draft, had visited renowned orthopedist Dr. Neal ElAttrache this week after feeling some mild discomfort in the shoulder. He will
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4:19 PM ET The Chicago White Sox have agreed to a five-year extension with third baseman Yoan Moncada worth $70 million, a source confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. The contract includes a sixth-year club option worth $25 million and includes a $5 million buyout. It also buys out two years of Moncada’s free agency. The
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8:46 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — Major League Baseball has proposed banning player access to video during games, according to New York Yankees pitcher Zack Britton, but the players’ union wants to allow it with protections that would prevent catchers’ signs from being visible. Major League Baseball Players Association head Tony Clark met
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