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AP Sports WriterPadres eager to get look at Tatis in spring trainingBy BERNIE WILSONSAN DIEGO (AP) With the San Diego Padres still in deep rebuilding mode, the player a lot of fans are interested in seeing the most is a 19-year-old shortstop who has yet to spend a...

Wheeler beats Mets in arbitration, Grimm loses to CubsPHOENIX (AP) Right-hander Zack Wheeler beat the New York Mets in salary arbitration and reliever Justin Grimm lost to the Chicago Cubs, leaving players with a 7-4 record about halfway through this year's hearings.Wheeler gets a raise from $800,000 to...

AP Sports WriterReds 2018: Can the rotation make it through spring healthy?By JOE KAYCINCINNATI (AP) Can Cincinnati's rotation make it through spring training intact for once?The Reds' starting pitchers haven't done well in Arizona lately. Last year, Homer Bailey needed elbow surgery before camp even opened, and it...

Wheeler beats Mets in arbitration, Grimm loses to CubsPHOENIX (AP) Right-hander Zack Wheeler beat the New York Mets in salary arbitration and reliever Justin Grimm lost to the Chicago Cubs, leaving players with a 7-4 record about halfway through this year's hearings.Wheeler gets a raise from $800,000 to...

AP Sports WriterLots of scrambling for jobs at Marlins spring trainingBy STEVEN WINEMIAMI (AP) A group of Miami Marlins fans angered by new CEO Derek Jeter's offseason salary dump wants to protest by not attending games.Wait. Hasn't South Florida been boycotting the Marlins for years?A franchise notorious for...

AP Sports WriterBusy Brewers shift spring focus from rebuild to winningBy GENARO C. ARMASMILWAUKEE (AP) The rebuilding plan for the Milwaukee Brewers is a smashing success, so much so that they're not really rebuilding anymore.Bold moves to trade for Christian Yelich and sign free agent Lorenzo Cain sent...

Associated PressTanaka went with his heart in staying with YankeesBy MARK DIDTLERTAMPA, Fla. (AP) Masahiro Tanaka went with his heart when deciding not to opt out of the final three seasons of his $155 million, seven-year contract signed in January 2014 with the New York Yankees.''We went into...

Associated PressTanaka went with his heart in staying with YankeesBy MARK DIDTLERTAMPA, Fla. (AP) Masahiro Tanaka went with his heart when deciding not to opt out of the final three seasons of his $155 million, seven-year contract signed in January 2014 with the New York Yankees.''We went into...

Todd Frazier, Mets finalize $17 million, 2-year contractNEW YORK (AP) Todd Frazier and the New York Mets have finalized a $17 million, two-year contract after the third baseman passed his physical.Frazier, who turns 32 next week, gets $8 million this year and $9 million in 2019, and the...

Rangers trade QB-infielder Russell Wilson to YankeesARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson has been traded - from the Texas Rangers to the New York Yankees.The Rangers selected Wilson in the Triple-A portion of the Rule 5 draft during the winter meetings in December 2013, about two...

Zack Wheeler, Mets go to salary arbitrationPHOENIX (AP) Right-hander Zack Wheeler went to salary arbitration with the New York Mets after struggling in his return from Tommy John surgery.Wheeler asked for a raise from $800,000 to $1.9 million, and the Mets argued he should be paid $1.5 million....

Zack Wheeler, Mets go to salary arbitrationPHOENIX (AP) Right-hander Zack Wheeler went to salary arbitration with the New York Mets after struggling in his return from Tommy John surgery.Wheeler asked for a raise from $800,000 to $1.9 million, and the Mets argued he should be paid $1.5 million....