the best shape of their lives: spring training 2015

Ryan Howard is better

“His body right now looks like it will allow him to be more productive and have a good spring training camp,” manager Ryne Sandberg said after Wednesday's workout, the second of the spring with the full squad. “Just running the bases he even looks better. It looks like he has a much better chance of scoring from second base, much better getting to the cut-off spot playing first base. There should be some more range there with the way he looks from the waist down.”

http://www.csnphilly.com/baseball-philadelphia-phillies/ryne-sandberg-impressed-ryan-howards-improved-quickness

roids?

Chris Sale out 3 weeks with foot injury. Darn.

I have no idea what an avulsion fracture is.

ryan howard is 2-for-2

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B_NDwy2UQAIZ7pY.jpg

>.<

broken jaw i bet

irl at the stoic girl at the bottom

irl lol*

ryan howard is 2-for-2

― mookieproof, Tuesday, March 3, 2015 2:09 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

seems like a good reason to suspect:

roids?

― Steph def def (Spottie), Thursday, February 26, 2015 12:28 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

or, yknow, its spring training, but why let the most probable reality get in the way of good fun

that thrown bat photo should be in the fucking smithsonian

Rodriguez grounded out and popped out in two at-bats against the pitching machine. He wasn't alone—the likes of Brian McCann, Jacoby Ellsbury, Stephen Drew, and Mark Teixeira all went hitless, and Chris Young struck out. But only Rodriguez heard jeers from multiple (two) fans:

"Boooo! Have fun in Wilkes-Barre!" a fan shouted as Rodriguez stepped to the plate, referring to the Yankees' Triple-A affiliate. After A-Rod flied out, the same fan screamed, "Just like the playoffs!"

Another fan in the same section joined in, yelling: "That'll get you to .170 this year!"

I hope he does very well and troll them all.

i want him to go full heel -- tattoos of syringes, dollar-sign jewelry, flexing at hecklers etc.

and then go buy the wilkes-barre team

would be fine with that tbh long as the yankees overall still blow it out their collective asses

Lol

base hit a-rod!

@Lynn_Henning
There are things that can become more ragged than the final two innings of a Grapefruit League game. But I can't think of any.

@JaneMLB
Zito ends a 1-2-3 first inning by striking out Castro. Fastball topped out at 86, according to stadium radar gun.

Mets (Harvey) vs Tigers (Price) at 1 p.m. EST today on Harold Reynolds Network.

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anthony fenech ‏@anthonyfenech 8m8 minutes ago
Matt Harvey's first inning; 98 M.P.H. on the stadium radar gun, two broken bats.

yeah he looks okay

yu darvish might need TJ :[ :[

Danny Espinosa:

http://i.imgur.com/lIa7sPB.png

lol at pete kozma STILL getting booed by nationals fans

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2015/0307/mlb_a_harbaugh1x_400x600.jpg

Josh Reddick oblique strain, out 4-6 weeks

former pirate opening day starter/all-around terrible pitcher with $22m in earnings kevin correia to the mariners on a minor league deal

fuckin guy's not even left-handed

aj pierzynski took a walk (in a spring training game)

Blue Jays ‏@BlueJays 2m2 minutes ago
Marcus Stroman as suffered a torn left ACL and will be out for the 2015 season.

ugh, i hate this inevitable series of season-ending injuries that's part of every spring training

cubs' soler, baez and bryant just hit three straight homers off trevor bauer

i'm pretty sure i had a nightmare a few nights ago where that happened

apparently the first two were tape-measure shots and the third was opposite-field

http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/6479266/v43867383/chccle-solers-home-run-puts-the-cubs-on-the-board
http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/6479266/v43869283/chccle-baez-goes-backtoback-with-soler
http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/6479266/v43871883/chccle-bryants-dinger-is-the-cubs-third-in-a-row

lol bauer

still in love with Baez' swing.

Actor Will Ferrell will participate in Cactus League games Thursday. He will be shuttled by helicopter to different games and play all nine positions.

@MikeDiGiovanna
#Angels RHP Jered Weaver's fastball has ranged from 82-84 mph vs. #DBacks today.

"With Rollins at shortstop and Juan Uribe at third base, the left side of the Dodgers' infield is set." lol ok dude

luckily we have prospect god corey seager waiting to take over

also re weaver.. man I know most pitchers generally lose their fastball but holy shit. he's not even that 'old'.

I bet the angels are happy as shit he gave them a hometown discount or they'd have 3 albatrosses to deal with.

yeah it was from an article on seager.

uribe and rollins are both pretty good for their age i guess

uribe's resurgence in the past two years is inexplicable

his defense is what he hangs his hat on.. the left side of the infield is old as shit but the defense plus kendrick and a-gon should be great.

joe nathan today: 2/3 IP, 6 R, 4 ER, 5 H, 1 BB, 0 K (against the phillies)

fastball in the high 80s, topped out at 91

(against the phillies)

lol

ferrell looked better than billy crystal, at least

brewers have doo doo hands

The Milwaukee Brewers will have to find a new way to celebrate for the next few spring training games. The team has banned high fives to avoid the spread of pink eye.

i don't know what's going on there but i'm going to preemptively say

http://i.imgur.com/CYdhNL4.png

extraordinarily small sample size, it's spring training, it's in arizona etc etc, but still . . . kris bryant is .500/.563/1.429

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAAA5K4U8AAuXOd.png:large

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B_74XB1UUAA6ZeB.jpg:large

Pre-Arg eligible.

@castrovince
Roy Halladay is here at the #Phillies game. Hasn't pitched in 2 years but could probably step right in as their No. 2 starter.

Cactus League managers & executives discuss 'who to build a team around': http://m.mlb.com/news/article/113014540/lyle-spencer-angels-outfielder-mike-trout-tops-list-of-most-coveted-players

Which AL manager said: "He's not a kid, but Miggy (Cabrera) is the guy I want in my lineup, the best hitter in the game. I think he'll play a long time, because he loves the game and plays the right position."

Which NL general manager said: "Adam Jones is a five-tool guy who comes to beat you every day and is a great leader. I love Trout, but I just love Jones a little more."

i'm gonna go with yost/stewart

maybe mclendon instead of yost

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAUOE6UWUAEbJGa.jpg

the adam jones bit is thoroughly cokedreams for many reasons, not least of which is winning a fucking golden glove with 2 defensive runs saved over a guy with 14 in that metric

at least with miggy you can argue he /had/ been the best player in baseball for several different years

"Swihart is everything you're looking for behind the plate -- advanced defensively and a weapon offensively," an NL GM said of Boston's heralded prospect.

seriously fuck off ruben amaro he's never leaving boston i will fight u

lol idk the padres seem to not have any understanding of what makes a proper outfielder so maybe it's preller

dodgers currently projected to go 90-22-40 in the regular season based on their spring training record.

better start working on their shootout moves

@pedromoura
Brandon McCarthy gave up eight hits and six runs in four innings. “Today was horseshit,” he said.

probably distracted by the champions league ramifications of sunday's liverpool-man u match

Pankake sighting in the Rustbelt Cup.

no overseas March 22 opener this year! I didn't know.

Report: All the regular season finale (Oct 4) games will start at 3pm ET, in the hopes of recreating the madness of -- was it 2012? Classic or dud?

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/03/19/this-is-awesome-every-game-on-the-final-day-of-the-mlb-regular-season-will-start-at-the-same-time/

good idea

lots of bad late-inning shadows in the East tho

fired up the mlb.tv, saw Joc Pederson get thrown out at second after hitting a pop off the ceiling of something called the Alamodome.

two homers for chris young today, probably because i was watching

beanballs in the dodgers-d-backs game; justin turner plunked twice and allen webster ejected

Shane Greene: 54 strikes, 3 balls.

@CarrieMuskat
#Cubs Edwin Jackson got stuck in traffic getting to HoHoKam. Blake Parker will start the game

that should be the plan for the regular season.

Intriguing spring stat lines... Brennan Boesch!

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=25867

here comes ike davis

Barry Zito to take the mound, let's all cheer for him and his comeback.

and his sick flow.

and his gopher balls

t'was a rough stretch indeed.

Anyone going at the Olympic Stadium on friday/saturday?

holy shit, that's this weekend? really snuck up.

also, i am.

Before we close the book on spring, I want to post this to let people know AZ still has some big decisions to make before Monday.

Nick Piecoro @nickpiecoro
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"We still have decisions to make. In my opinion, we have too many good players," La Russa said.