Baseball
Slugging 1B Nick Kurtz looks to build on AL Rookie of the Year award in second season with Athletics Twins All-Star right-hander Joe Ryan has inflammation in lower back Guardians add needed right-handed bat with first baseman Rhys Hoskins Reds ace Hunter Greene hopes offseason work leads to healthy season Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hits 2 HRs in spring debut
Cardinals sign Ramón Urías to 1-year deal with mutual option for 2027
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani set to play a couple of Cactus League games
Pete Alonso homers in his spring training debut with Orioles
Murakami shakes off traffic delay ahead of debut with the White Sox
Just over half ball/strike challenges successful at spring training games
Just over half the ball/strike challenges were successful on the first day of spring training games Friday as Major League Baseball prepared for the first regular-season use of the automated ball-strike system – the so-called robot umpires.