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Sunday Notes: Collin Snider Is a Cub Hoping to Replicate His 2024 Seattle Success Plus Ryan Johnson’s naturally funky delivery, JP Sears’s gyro, MC5 guitarist Fred “Sonic” Smith played baseball, the underrated Rance Mulliniks, facts and stats galore, and more.

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Angels Top Prospect Tyler Bremner Has a 70-Grade Changeup The second-overall pick in last summer’s draft has a high-spin changeup and an equally high ceiling.

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Spring training is spring training, but this could nonetheless be notable. Poor infield defense has cost the Red Sox mightily in recent seasons.

MLB star Mark Teixeira wins GOP primary in Texas, likely heading for Congress A three-time MLB All-Star, Mark Teixeira won the GOP primary for Texas' 21st district.

Texas' next congressman from the 21st District plans to "end radical woke indoctrination, defend parental rights, kill DEI, restore patriotic education rooted in American/Texas values."
He also hit 409 major league homers and starred for the last #Yankees champs.
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Ceddanne Rafaela hits a three-run homer off Trevor Rogers. That was a flyout at Camden Yards but it sneaks over the fence at Ed Smith.

Rogers has allowed four runs on four hits and a walk against Netherlands in 1 2/3 innings

Athletics Prospect Jamie Arnold Has Two Changeups and a Major League Mindset The 2025 first-round pick is a lefty with a low release point and a high ceiling.

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ICYMI: Yesterday’s column led with a veteran shortstop, continued with a young shortstop (Colt Emerson), and includes much more.

The US co-hosting the World Cup this summer is increasingly a bad idea. Not that FIFA can be expected to care, mind you.

Jobe eyes summer return from TJ, hopes to play big role down stretch LAKELAND, Fla. -- Jackson Jobe can see the light at the end of the tunnel as he rehabs from last summer's Tommy John surgery. And the light could be closer than it initially appeared. ”Knock on wood, ...

Jackson Jobe sees the light at the end of the tunnel in his rehab from Tommy John surgery, and it might be closer than some think.

“Obviously you want to be smart about it. … [But] I’m feeling pretty optimistic that I will be throwing some important innings this year."

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Sunday Notes: Still a Shortstop, Xander Bogaerts Is Approaching Milestones Plus Colt Emerson on his development, Ryan Waldschmidt on his draft experience, Troy Mattes’s Expos exploits, facts and stats galore, and more.

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Ben Brown Pitch-Designed a Sinker Over the Offseason The Chicago Cubs right-hander is poised to turn the corner with a new weapon at his disposal.

Great insights from @davidlaurila.bsky.social on Ben Brown's new sinker. Clay Holmes is the perfect guy for him to have been talking to. Whatever the differences between them, there are some important similarities, too. blogs.fangraphs.com/ben-brown-pi...

Back from a week in AZ and catching some radio baseball for the first time this year. Dan Dickerson and Dan Petry calling Tigers-Phillies.in my ears.

Ben Brown Pitch-Designed a Sinker Over the Offseason The Chicago Cubs right-hander is poised to turn the corner with a new weapon at his disposal.

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The Alek Manoah Reclamation Project Is off to a Good Start Now with the Los Angeles Angels, Manoah is striving to rediscover what made him a burgeoning star in Toronto.

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Nice morning at Cubs camp.

Athletics-Brewers today. Good conversations with a pair of A’s pitching prospects before the game. Nice to be back at it.

The Texas Rangers arriving at Tempe Diablo Stadium to play the Angels.

Sunday Notes: Jeff Montgomery Tackles a Challenging Career Quiz Plus Isaac Mattson on his Vulcan-esque pitches, Craig Stammen on Germán Márquez, Bryce Miller and Ryan Sloan on Winter Olympics sports, facts and stats galore, and more.

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Back fields in Peoria.

I have arguably talked to too many Seattle Mariners since arriving in AZ on Thursday night.

Top Diamondbacks prospect Ryan Waldschmidt's first batted ball of the spring: 115.6 mph off the bat

That would have been the 13th-hardest-hit ball record by Statcast last spring. Only Ketel Marte (116.2) hit one harder among D-backs sluggers in the '25 Cactus League.

Baseball is back.

Was watching in media workroom at the Peoria Sports Complex, and no more than a minute before the penalty I thought, “Man, I hope a penalty doesn’t help decide this.”

Bizarre and clumsy, to put it bluntly.

Finland!

Planning my upcoming AZ trip & while I know what some of my stops will be - I won’t be able to visit every camp - there are still a few decisions to make. That said, I just looked at Angels roster (including non-roster invites) & there are roughly a dozen guys I’d like to talk to. Interesting bunch.

Arizona Diamondbacks Top Prospect Ryan Waldschmidt Is a Student of the Art of Hitting The 35th-ranked player in our Top 100 doesn’t agree with everything in his scouting reports.

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