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The Tampa Bay Rays 2022 season was one plagued by injuries. Despite injuries to several key players, the Rays finished with a 86-76 record and earned themselves a wild card spot in the playoffs. Their time in the 2022 playoffs was short-lived, getting swept by the Cleveland Guardians in the …

ESPN Gainesville’s Ellie Shreve interviewed former Gator Hunter Barco during spring training at Pirate City in Bradenton, Florida. Barco spoke about his transition to the Pittsburgh Pirates, provided an update on his recovery from Tommy John Surgery and shared his thoughts on the 2023 Gators baseball squad. Barco was selected by …

Between the months of February and March every year, MLB teams in the Grapefruit league will travel down to Florida to participate in Spring Training. Teams will typically have their own facilities, or share ownership of one with another team, to utilize during this time. These facilities are well developed …

Detroit Tigers pitcher Alex Faedo has one goal for this upcoming season: stay healthy. Faedo, a former Florida pitcher and member of the 2017 National Championship team, has yet to complete a full season in the Majors after a series of injuries derailed his 2020, 2021 and 2022 seasons. Faedo …

Last season, Sandy Alcantara became the first Miami Marlins pitcher to win the CY Young Award. Posting a 14-9 record, Alcantara recorded a 2.28 ERA with 207 strikeouts in 228.2 innings pitched.  And behind the plate during every start was catcher Jacob Stallings. Entering his eighth year in the league, …

Two of the titan countries of the baseball world went at it Tuesday night in the World Baseball Classic championship. After a hard-fought pitching duel, Japanese phenom Shohei Ohtani took the mound and blanked the US in the top of the ninth to win the tournament. If you aren't impressed, …

The USA takes on Japan tonight in a battle for the World Baseball Classic Final. Japan is currently the only multi-time champion in WBC history, but that could change with a USA victory. Japan’s previous victories came in 2006 and 2009 while the USA won its first championship in 2007. …

AJ Puk just moved into his spring training home in Scottsdale, Arizona, when he received a life-altering phone call. He was told the Oakland Athletics had traded him to the Miami Marlins in exchange for outfielder JJ Bleday. On the Move The Feb. 11 deal caught Puk completely by surprise, …

Joey Wendle can do it all. From a .271 career batting average to playing nearly every position in the infield, he has become the Miami Marlins’ Swiss Army knife. After joining the Marlins in November 2021, Wendle immediately established himself as one of the team’s most dependable players. Despite this, …

“A quiet intensity.” That is how Trevor Rogers describes his pitching style. He may not show much emotion in the mound, but he always remains focused on the task at hand. Rogers loves to compete against the best baseball players in the world any chance he gets. Since debuting in …