MARCH 21, 2022•MLB.COM
Sage José Quintana aims for long season with BucsPORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- When Scott “Bones” Bonnett, the Pirates’ clubhouse manager, assigned lockers, there was a method to the madness. Not...
Detroit Tigers vs. Toronto Blue Jays: Best photos from spring trainingThe Detroit Tigers take on the Toronto Blue Jays in spring training action on March 21, 2022.
MARCH 21, 2022•FREEP.COM
Rangers Opening Day Roster Projection 1.0: Easy Decisions in Outfield?Management is in a difficult position of how to properly construct the 26-man roster that will travel north of the border to face the Toront...
MARCH 21, 2022•KANSASCITY.COM
Towering Pirates shortstop Cruz aiming for big league spot
Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Oneil Cruz is hoping to turn last season's cameo into a full-time gigMARCH 21, 2022•ASSOCIATED PRESS
José De León - Exits Monday with apparent injuryDe Leon tossed just two pitches Monday in his Grapefruit League appearance against the Tigers before departing with an apparent right arm injury, Chris McCosky of The Detroit News...
ImpactThe Blue Jays will likely send De Leon in for X-rays and possibly an MRI before providing a diagnosis of his injury, but he looked to be in considerable pain while bouncing a pitch to home plate during Monday's appearance. De Leon is attending big-league camp as a non-roster invitee and is hoping to win a spot in Toronto's Opening Day bullpen.
MARCH 21, 2022•ROTOWIRE
Matt Chapman - Launches first spring homerChapman went 1-for-2 with a walk and a two-run home run in Sunday's Grapefruit League game against the Pirates.
ImpactHe crushed a Bryse Wilson offering deep to left field in the third inning for his first homer of the spring. Chapman is coming off a rough final stretch at the plate with Oakland, posting sky-high strikeout rates and feeble batting averages over the last two seasons in the aftermath of a hip injury, but his elite defense at third base will still an asset for the Blue Jays even if he never regains the form that saw him slash .263/.348/.507 over 301 games in 2018-19 for the A's.
MARCH 21, 2022•ROTOWIRE
Alejandro Kirk - Goes yard SundayKirk went 2-for-3 with a double and a two-run home run in Sunday's Grapefruit League game against the Pirates.
ImpactGetting the start at DH and hitting fourth, Kirk lifted a Dillon Peters offering over the fence in the left-field corner in the first inning. It was the first homer of the spring for the 23-year-old, giving Kirk an early edge over Danny Jansen in the competition for the Blue Jays' starting catcher job.
MARCH 21, 2022•ROTOWIRE
