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Joey Gallo breaks through with two-homer, four-RBI day as Twins sweep Royals

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Three games into the season, and the Twins are already getting the full Joey Gallo Experience.

Tribune News Service

The Royals tried to get creative with a shift against Joey Gallo and still messed it up

The creativity backfired.

USA Today Sports Media Group

MLB shift rule changes: The details of the shift being banned, explained

Here are the details of the new MLB shift rules.

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SI:AM | The Biggest Story Lines in Baseball This Season

MLB is going big for Opening Day this year.

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Banning defensive shifts makes batters feel better. But will they really hit better?

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Max Kepler considered the question, started to answer, and thought better of it.

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La Velle E. Neal III: Loss of dead weight means the Twins will win 90-plus games

FORT MYERS, Fla. – One equipment truck has departed for the Twin Cities. Another is being loaded as the Twins prepare to break camp and head for a regular season that will be better than the clunker of 2022.

Tribune News Service

Baseball brings its dramatic new look: Faster games, more action, kill off the 'dead time'

FORT MYERS, Fla. — A clock ticking backwards isn't only the newest and most significant change to the way baseball is played in the major leagues — it's also a metaphor for what the national pastime is trying to accomplish.

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La Velle E. Neal III: Buxton will start season as DH after smashing spring training debut

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Byron Buxton announced his arrival to spring training on Tuesday with a loud crack of the bat, rifling a double to the right-center field wall in his first plate appearance in a major league spring training game this season.

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DO NOT DRAFT: 9 MLB players in 2023 you should avoid picking entirely in fantasy baseball

These players are why waiver wires exist. Don't waste a draft pick on them.

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Red Sox Deftly Exploit Loophole in MLB’s New Shift Rule

There’s shifting, and there’s whatever you call what Boston did against Joey Gallo.

Sports Illustrated

The Red Sox found a loophole in the MLB shift ban and it stinks for Joey Gallo

Apparently there's a loophole when it comes to the MLB shift rules.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Michael A. Taylor bringing another Gold Glove to Twins outfield

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Initials are important to Michael A. Taylor. Take that middle letter, for instance — it stands for Anthony, his father's first name, and he's asked that it be included as part of his own baseball name since he turned pro 13 years ago.

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Spring Training Report: How Teams’ Lineups, Anti-Shift Strategies Are Shaping Up

What we’ve seen and heard so far, including the Orioles’ abundance of talent at shortstop and players who have reported to camp in tip-top shape.

Sports Illustrated

5 MLB players fantasy managers should monitor as spring training opens

Let's start scouting some fantasy baseball players

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Yankees’ inactivity on outfield market shows confidence in 23-year-old Oswaldo Cabrera

As difficult as it is to gain any real insight into a player after just 171 plate appearances, it was obvious when watching Oswaldo Cabrera last season that the kid had it.

Sports Illustrated

Five MLB Stars Looking to Bounce Back (And Whether They Can Do It)

These lefty hitters are hoping the elimination of the shift will help them return to form.

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Twins’ trade with Kansas City lands Gold Glove center fielder Taylor

The Twins will head into the 2023 season with two Gold Glove center fielders.

Sports Illustrated

Carlos Correa’s Return Makes the Twins a Contender. Now They Must Add More

Minnesota won back its star shortstop, but it has more work to do in its lineup in order to set its sights on October.

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Twins add Joey Gallo, a slugging former All-Star

MINNEAPOLIS — Two months after saying goodbye to their own all-or-nothing slugger, the Twins found another on Friday.

Sports Illustrated

MLB’s Top 25 Free Agents Still Available, With Signing Predictions

After a flurry of huge signings this month, here is an updated list of the best remaining players on the market.

Chicago Sun-Times

Baseball quiz: My kind of season (postseason is)

I should start by apologizing to Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen for messing with the great song they wrote, “My Kind of Town (Chicago Is),” but I bet Frank Sinatra would have sung my version for the quizmaster.

Los Angeles Times

Dodgers clinch 1st-round bye with win over Diamondbacks

Batting average is considered old-fashioned in today’s analytics-driven game, a statistical relic that has been replaced by on-base percentage, slugging percentage and wins above replacement as more accurate measures of offense, and a batting title doesn’t carry the weight it once did.

Miami Herald

Sandy Alcantara has worst start of season. Miami Marlins swept by Los Angeles Dodgers.

LOS ANGELES — Arguably the best pitcher in baseball this season was no match for arguably the best lineup in baseball this season.

Los Angeles Times

Helene Elliott: Joey Gallo finds a change in scenery is good for both him and Dodgers

LOS ANGELES — Fans at Dodger Stadium were chanting Joey Gallo's name Wednesday night and they weren't putting an expletive before or after it.

Sports Illustrated

Joey Gallo Addresses Yankees Trade, Change of Scenery to L.A.

The outfielder hit his first home run in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

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