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With Clayton Kershaw discussing a contract extension, Dan Szymborski calculates what he's actually worth. Considering the lefty has the best projection in the history of the ZiPS projection system, he's easily deserving of more than $200 million.

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Here is the start of my column. In late October of 2007, Hank Steinbrenner was the Baby Boss. Outside the Yankees' spring training complex in Tampa, Fla., a handful of New York reporters huddled in full stakeout mode, waiting each day for a few wo...

Girardi beat Mattingly once. But both skippers still have something to prove.

Jeff Locke allowed just two hits over seven innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates edged the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-0 on Friday night.

LAS VEGAS -- Earlier this season in Las Vegas, Zack Wheeler must have felt like a character from one of the "Hangover" movies -- minus the debauchery -- wondering what the heck had happened to him. After missing most of spring training with an obl...

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Rainy Lara forced his way into the Brooklyn Cyclones rotation in 2012 by excelling in extended spring training and getting on the radar. This season, the 6-foot-4 right-hander's performance at low-A Savannah, which included two South Atlantic Leag...

Toronto shortstop Jose Reyes is eager to get to extended spring training soon and start playing in games to test his sprained left ankle.

Mike Leake continued his recent run of strong pitching by working six scoreless innings Saturday night as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0.

MIAMI -- Center-field prospect Matt den Dekker, who had highlight-reel grabs throughout spring training, still has a ways to go in his comeback from a fractured right wrist. Terry Collins said den Dekker's wrist suffered disuse atrophy while in a ...

First game since surgery is in the books! 1 inning 0 hits, but baseball games shouldn't start @ 9am!!!#oldpeopletakenaps- Tim Byrdak (@Givemethelefty) June 1, 2013 MIAMI -- Tim Byrdak threw in an extended spring training game Saturday for the ...

In less than two years since he received a surprise call-up from extended spring training to Low A Greenville in June 2011, Portland shortstop Xander Bogaerts has used each trip to the plate to improve on that younger version of himself. Those eff...

PHOENIX -- If spring training had played out according to form, left-hander Martin Perez likely would have broken camp as the Texas Rangers' fifth starter. Instead, the 21-year-old suffered a broken ulna in his left forearm after being hit by a line ...

The Reds put left-handed reliever Sean Marshall on the 15-day disabled list Friday, the second time this season that he's been sidelined by a sore pitching shoulder.

Like so many other young players, David Adams tried to be a student during spring training. When No. 2 walked into the clubhouse or onto the field, Adams paid attention to how the Captain went about his work. He would pick up little elements of knowl...

PITTSBURGH -- Even before spring training, (Chicago Cubs manager Dale Sveum talked about the organization needing more left-handed hitting. They've acquired it to some extent. But the problem with that notion is what to do when a left-handed start...