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Ortiz: Fiers 'looking like a snitch' in Astros cheatingFORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) Retired Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz said that Astros pitcher Mike Fiers was “looking like a snitch” for disclosing the team's cheating scandal only after he had left the team.“Oh, after you make your money,...

Indians' Carrasco hurts leg in workout, team awaiting testsGOODYEAR, Arizona (AP) The Cleveland Indians could have another significant pitching problem.Right-hander Carlos Carrasco felt discomfort in his right leg during a spring training workout Wednesday and is undergoing imaging tests to find out the severity of the injury and...

Ortiz: Fiers 'looking like a snitch' in Astros cheatingFORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) Retired Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz said that Astros pitcher Mike Fiers was “looking like a snitch” for disclosing the team's cheating scandal only after he had left the team.“Oh, after you make your money,...

Associated PressMariners’ Haniger upbeat after offseason of surgeriesBy JOSE M. ROMEROPEORIA, Ariz. (AP) It will be months, at best, before Mitch Haniger is ready to suit up and take the field for the Seattle Mariners.But after three surgeries in seven months and two within the last four weeks,...

Associated PressWhite Sox's Renteria gets a full shot at turning team aroundBy JACK THOMPSONGLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) Rick Renteria has been here before.He was managing the Chicago Cubs in 2014 when they were building a team that would end its century-long championship drought.But just as that team was coming...

AP Sports WriterAstros must fill hole in rotation after Cole's departureBy KRISTIE RIEKENWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) As the Houston Astros put together their rotation for this season, they're faced with a Texas-sized hole after Gerrit Cole left as a free agent to sign with the New York...

AP Sports WriterNervy return: Year after injury, Pirates' Burdi throwing gasBy WILL GRAVESBRADENTON, Fla. (AP) The rib is stashed away somewhere in his parents’ house in suburban Chicago, a reminder of what Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Nick Burdi needed to lose in order to find himself.The images are ingrained...

Associated PressYankees' Luis Severino has sore right forearm, shut downBy MARK DIDTLERTAMPA, Fla. (AP) New York Yankees right-hander Luis Severino has been shut down from throwing for the second consecutive spring training, this time because of right forearm soreness.Severino, who turned 26 on Thursday, was sidelined until the...

Associated PressYankees' Luis Severino has sore right forearm, shut downBy MARK DIDTLERTAMPA, Fla. (AP) New York Yankees right-hander Luis Severino has been shut down from throwing for the second consecutive spring training, this time because of right forearm soreness.Severino, who turned 26 on Thursday, was sidelined until the final...

ESPN announces Rodriguez, Vasgersian as Sunday Night teamBRISTOL, Conn. (AP) Alex Rodriguez and Matt Vasgersian will be the announcers for ESPN's “Sunday Night Baseball” series, marking the first time since 2007 that the network is going with a two-person booth for its signature game. Jessica Mendoza had been...

Pirates' Pablo Reyes banned 80 games for positive drug testNEW YORK (AP) The Pittsburgh Pirates' Pablo Reyes was suspended 80 games on Wednesday under the major league drug program following a positive test for the performance-enhancing drug Boldenone.He became the second player in three days suspended for Boldenone, which...

Pirates' Pablo Reyes banned 80 games for positive drug testNEW YORK (AP) The Pittsburgh Pirates' Pablo Reyes was suspended 80 games on Wednesday under the major league drug program following a positive test for the performance-enhancing drug Boldenone.He became the second player in three days suspended for Boldenone, which...