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There are the new rules. And then there are the new lessons being absorbed within the new rules. The classroom has been open for a few weeks of spring training as 30 organizations try to prepare players, coaches and managers…

Here are some nuggets from Yankees’ spring training on Sunday: Hot Cole Gerrit Cole continued to look sharp in his second Grapefruit League start, striking out seven over 3 ¹/₃ scoreless innings while building his pitch…

PORT ST. LUCIE — Unlike most of his teammates, Brandon Nimmo hasn’t started his Grapefruit League season yet.  After last year’s success following a late start to the spring due to the MLB lockout, Nimmo said…

East and West. North and South. The five teams that will kick off the World Baseball Classic late Tuesday night are a true potpourri bracket, with entrants from the Caribbean, Central America, Europe and Asia. Within, there is an opening…

Here are some nuggets from Yankees’ spring training on Monday: Playing the hits  DJ LeMahieu picked up a pair of singles in the win. On the first, he was thrown out on a close play trying to stretch it into a double,…

Meet José Javier Moreno aka The Churros Guy. At the Peoria Sports Complex during spring training, he’s a crowd-pleasing MVP. José Javier Moreno works the Peoria Sports Complex during spring training, hawking churros. Leslie Kelly Back when…

JUPITER, Fla. — With Ronny Mauricio and Brett Baty coming off the bench, Saturday was Mark Vientos’ turn to run with the Mets’ prospect baton and wreck opposing pitching.  “Swaggy V,” as the clubbies have dubbed…

No general manager wants to deal with the karma of wishing for injuries elsewhere. None at this time of year is scouring in search of every sprain, strain and fracture. But it is hard not to see when a team…

The Red Sox have found a loophole for MLB’s new shift rule. And Joey Gallo, whom Boston tested it against in a spring training game Friday, still needs to learn how to not pull the ball so much. When Gallo — the…

Here are some nuggets from Yankees’ spring training on Friday: Double the fun Aaron Judge doubled in each of his first two plate appearances Friday in a 5-3 loss to the Tigers, one on a broken-bat fly ball off the…