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Well, he's not gonna pitch in the WBC, but he will be ramping up his arm to get ready for this season and I think [the thing] for me is, I don't know how many innings he threw last year, but obviously with the full offseason going north of what he did last year.

The No. 7 overall pick in the 2024 draft has made good on that lofty slot since entering pro ball. After a solid cup of coffee at Single-A in his draft year, Wetherholt's performance exploded in 2025 when he slashed .306/.421/.510 across 109 games split between the Double-A and Triple-A level. That would be impressive for virtually any prospect, but it's especially so for Wetherholt, who is just 22 years old and adds strong infield defense and impressive baserunning to his well-rounded game.

The Tigers hired Scott Harris as president of baseball operations in September of 2022. The team was in a rut at that point, having not made the playoffs since 2014. They finally pulled out of rebuilding mode by making the playoffs in 2024 and 2025.

I really enjoy watching Corbin Carroll in Arizona. There's so many people I love watching. Acuña, which I think everybody really knows about Acuña. Corey Seager in Texas. That's one of my good buddies and I loved seeing him win two (World Series) MVPs. Really, the whole pitching staff in Seattle. The whole pitching staff in Seattle is ridiculous. Castillo and all of them there are ridiculous, so those games are always fun to watch.

The A's have been busy on the extension front in recent years. It appears there is a dual motivation at play, connected to their ongoing move from Oakland to Las Vegas, with a stop in West Sacramento in between. Reportedly, they wanted to increase their spending in order to avoid a grievance from the MLBPA, so as to not risk losing their revenue-sharing status during the move.

Right-hander Merrill Kelly was slated to be the Opening Day starter but a back issue has scuttled those plans, even though an exact diagnosis has proved elusive. Manager Torey Lovullo tells Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic that Kelly still has enough time to be stretched out for Arizona's second series of the season.

Ryan was sent for imaging over the weekend after experiencing lower back discomfort, but he's dealing only with inflammation. There should still be ample time for Ryan to be ready for the start of the season. If healthy, he'd be a lock to take the ball on Opening Day after Minnesota lost Pablo López to Tommy John surgery.

Diamondbacks right-hander Merrill Kelly was scratched from a scheduled live batting practice over the weekend due to mid-back tightness, according to a report from Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic. Kelly and manager Torey Lovullo indicated at the time that the decision was mostly precautionary, but Kelly was still sent for an MRI in order to determine the severity of the issue.

To be clear, while this is only a few data points, the r-squared between these two data elements is over 50 percent, i.e., over half the variation in league-average HR/FB alone is explained just by the mean drag coefficient for the year. The chart is also incredibly blatant (one goes up, the other goes down), with the main thing ruining being, in part, 2025 - where the ball's coefficient of restitution changed in addition to its drag coefficient.

"Shaved up a bone spur, kind of took out part of my clavicle, took out the bursa," Stewart said nonchalantly, hopeful that the rather gory specifics of the operation will finally lead to better health moving forward.

Right-hander was scratched from his scheduled Spring Training start yesterday due to lower back tightness and underwent an MRI yesterday to determine the severity of the issue. Those results came back today, and The Athletic's Dan Hayes reports that the MRI revealed only inflammation in Ryan's lower back. That's a "best case scenario" for Ryan, in the words for Hayes. It should allow the right-hander to avoid a lengthy layoff and, while the Twins' exact plans for Ryan as he nurses that inflammation aren't yet clear, it seems reasonable to expect the right-hander's ability to be available for Opening Day to be unaffected by this injury. That's great news for the Twins, who have already lost right-hander Pablo Lopez to the injured list for the year as he prepares to undergo Tommy John surgery.

A recently discovered 1909 Sweet Caporal T206 Honus Wagner card, which had been pulled from a then newly released tobacco pack and kept in the same family for over a century, has been sold via Goldin Auctions for $5.124 million (including buyer's premium). It's the third-most expensive T206 Wagner behind the copy purchased for $6.606 million in August 2021 and the copy sold privately for $7.25 million in August 2022.

The Rockies made a pair of additions in the first base department in late January. The club added Edouard Julien in a trade with the Twins, then picked up T.J. Rumfield in a deal with the Yankees. Even after bringing in two first base options in one day, president of baseball operations Paul DePodesta didn't close the door on more acquisitions at the position.

Padres reliever underwent surgery to fix a ruptured left quad last September, and as of November, Adam wasn't sure if he'd be fully recovered in time for Opening Day. However, the early days of Spring Training have been promising for the right-hander. Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune writes that Adam pitched a live batting practice for the first time today, and Adam is making slow but steady progress in fielding drills.

I love being here. I'm from Southern California. I've had a great time with fans. You guys treat me great. Everyone's treating my family good....I'm not worried about another contract, not going to bring it up, not going to talk about it. I got two years left. I'm just an employee. I just do my job, and if they want me back, they want me back. But I think Andrew [president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman] and everyone knows that I love being here.

TAMPA, Fla. - When Gerrit Cole took the mound at 11 a.m. Friday to face hitters for the first time since March 6 of last year, Steinbrenner Field was virtually empty, aside from a handful of reporters, a few team officials and three personal VIPs seated behind the Yankees' on-deck circle: his wife, Amy, and two young sons, Caden and Everett.