• Clayton McCullough loves the bat of Joe Mack, but he concedes that he may be forced to move him to first base if he doesn't recover from his hairline fracture of the ear by spring training.


• Then there's what Giants manager Tony Vitello sees in Ryan Borucki after the staff felt that he turned the corner with a friendly winter.


• The Royals are the one team other than Red Sox that has a legitimate shot at Ryan Weathers, but so far they won't part with Maikel Garcia, Michael Massey (whose spellbinding presence in the locker room J.J. Picollo loves), or Eric Cerantola.


• No one has been more frustrated trying to find pitching than Orioles GM Mike Elias, who had a four-player deal almost done with Milwaukee a month ago for Aaron Ashby and Andrew Vaughn (Yennier Cano, Tyler O'Neill) only to have the Brewers decide they're still long enough, then after accepting Tampa Bay's Jesse Scholtens-for-Blaze Alexander proposal, the Rays changed their minds.

shortstop

most expect
the White Sox duo of
                Noah Schultz

and Sean Burke

to be fine

but
                Grant Taylor

may have to be traded to get to budget

but
if his tender
toenail
scares off suitors

they may have to lay off a shortstop
or two

 

 

 

 

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