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Royals vs. Brewers Friday gamethread

Photo by Michael Zagaris/Oakland Athletics/ Spring training is almost over. The Royals play their penultimate spring training game this afternoon against the Milwaukee Brewers, which you can watch on Bally Sports Kansas City (find out how here!) Cole Ragans will get his last spring tune up before he starts the season opener on Thursday against the Twins. Cole Ragans heads to the mound to take on the Brewers in our penultimate Spring Training game. pic.twitter.com/ENLei9kfu2— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) March 22, 2024 The Brew Crew sends some starts for Ragans...

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Rockies Spring Training game No. 26 thread: Kyle Freeland vs. José Ureña

Allan Henry-USA TODAY Sports Colorado’s Opening Day starter squares off against an old teammate The Colorado Rockies square off against the World Series champion Texas Rangers and will face a familiar face to boot. The Rockies will send out Kyle Freeland (2-0, 3.21 ERA) to start on the mound. Freeland has enjoyed a good spring training thanks to a revived fastball and healthy shoulder. In his previous start against the Oakland Athletics, Freeland allowed two runs on seven hits with five strikeouts over five innings. He’ll be followed by a string of bullpen...

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Athletics 3, Cubs 1: Not much to talk about

Photo by Michael Reaves/ The pitching was good, though, except for one inning. Pretty much everyone in this game was playing like they had a plane to catch, because the whole thing was over in one hour, 57 minutes. And as for the Cubs, they played it like it was that last game of Spring Training when the team DOES have a plane to catch, because a bunch of miscellaneous minor leaguers finished things off. One of those minor leaguers, Ezequiel Pagan, who played most of last year at South Bend, accounted for the Cubs’ only hit, a solo home run, in a 3-1 loss to the...

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Spring Training Game Thread: Oakland Athletics at Texas Rangers

Photo by John E. Moore III/ Running low on Cactus League games The world champion Texas Rangers are having their AL West division mates, the soon-to-be-erstwhile Oakland Athletics, over for one of the final tune-ups of the spring. RHP Yerry Rodriguez will make the start this afternoon for Texas opposite RHP Tyler Ferguson for Oakland. Here are the lineups: Today's Lineups ATHLETICS RANGERS Ryan Noda - 1B Marcus Semien - 2B Zack Gelof - 2B Leody Taveras - CF JJ Bleday - CF Evan Carter - DH Brent Rooker - DH Adolis Garcia - RF Miguel Andujar - LF Jonah...

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Spring Training Game Thread #23/#24: Milwaukee Brewers (7-13) @ Oakland Athletics (10-10) / vs. Texas Rangers (10-8)

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports After Friday’s rainout, Brewers look to end losing streak on split-squad day After winning both sides of a split-squad day over a week ago, the Brewers have lost six straight, and when you add in the scheduled off-day on Monday and yesterday’s rainout (especially unfortunate since it was one of the relatively few spring training games scheduled for television this spring), it’s been eight days since the Brewers have won a game, and they enter today at the bottom of the Cactus League. The Brewers will start at 3:05 p.m. CST in Mesa...

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Spring Training Game Thread #18: Milwaukee (7-9) @ Colorado Rockies (8-6)

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports Brewers look to bounce back from pair of losses After two losses to the Mariners and Athletics, Milwaukee looks to bounce back against the Colorado Rockies in Scottsdale. Multiple transactions were made by the Crew earlier today, with star prospect Jeferson Quero and outfielder Chris Roller being optioned to Triple-A Nashville. Pitcher Bradley Blalock was optioned to Double-A Biloxi, and Wes Clarke, Sam Carlson, Evan McKendry, Tobias Myers, and Carlos Rodriguez were all assigned to minor league camp. Jakob Junis starts for the Brewers...

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Spring Training Game Thread #16/#17: Milwaukee Brewers (7-7) vs. Seattle Mariners (3-10) / @ Oakland Athletics (6-7)

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports Brewers have another split-squad day in Phoenix and Las Vegas Winners of both games of a doubleheader against the Oakland Athletics yesterday, the Brewers will look to get back over .500 in spring training today, as they take on the Seattle Mariners in Phoenix and the A’s in Las Vegas in another split-squad day. The day will start against Seattle at American Family Fields of Phoenix, with first pitch scheduled for 2:10 p.m. Freddy Peralta starts for the Crew against Luis Castillo for the Mariners. Joel Payamps, Trevor Megill, and Tobias...

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Spring Training Game Thread #15: Milwaukee Brewers (6-7) @ Oakland Athletics (6-6)

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports Brewers look to capitalize on the second leg of a doubleheader in Vegas Milwaukee looks to keep up their winning ways with their doubleheader against the Athletics. Carlos F. Rodriguez is lined up to start, with Janson Junk, Bryan Hudson, and Sam Carlson all scheduled to pitch as well. The offensive lineup will also be completely different in Las Vegas, with the Brewers running a split squad despite the different start time. First pitch is set for 8:05 p.m. Welcome to Las Vegas https://t.co/B7hBcqPFzR pic.twitter.com/T0WzqDQVXl—...

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Spring Training Game Thread #14: Milwaukee Brewers (5-7) vs. Oakland Athletics (6-5)

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports Brewers look to continue to stay out of the loss column in Phoenix Milwaukee looks to follow up their recent hot streak with another win today over the Athletics. DL Hall, an exciting prospect that was part of the return for Corbin Burnes, will be starting on the hill today. Robert Gasser, Thyago Vieira, and Hoby Milner will also see some innings on the mound today as the Brewers play two against the A’s, with the second game coming tonight in Las Vegas. Garrett Mitchell leads off and plays center field, while Christian Yelich plays left...

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Brewers win game one of doubleheader with A’s, 7-4

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports For the second consecutive day, the Brewers leaned on a big inning to get the win Box Score After an ice-cold start to spring training, the Brewers seem to have found their stride in recent days, winning their third game in as many days while tying in their other split-squad game on Wednesday. The Oakland Athletics struck first on Friday afternoon, with the first three batters reaching on a double, single, and walk, respectively. Brent Rooker drove one home with a groundout before former Brewer Abraham Toro drove in another with an RBI...

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Tuesday Rockpile: Which prospects will make the Colorado Rockies’ Spring Breakout roster?

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post Colorado Rockies News and Notes for Tuesday, March 5, 2024 One of the most exciting new features of spring training 2024 is the introduction of “Spring Breakout,” a series of games designed to showcase some of the best young talent in baseball as each MLB team will field a team of their future stars. In their Spring Breakout game, the Colorado Rockies will meet the Arizona Diamondbacks at 5:10 pm on Saturday, March 16 at Salt River Fields. (If you’ve got a ticket for the Rockies-Athletics afternoon game, it’s also your...

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Spring Training Game Thread: Texas Rangers at Oakland Athletics

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports Hohokam was a culture in the North American Southwest in what is now part of south-central Arizona, United States, and Sonora, Mexico. The champion Texas Rangers are hitting the road to Mesa, Arizona where they will get their first look at the Oakland Athletics in what is soon to be their last look at the Oakland Athletics. RHP Dane Dunning is set to make the start for Texas opposite LHP JP Sears for Oakland. Here are the lineups: Today's Lineups RANGERS ATHLETICS Marcus Semien - 2B JJ Bleday - CF Evan Carter - LF Zack Gelof -...