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    All of your questions about the new rules, answered

    The 2023 Major League Baseball season brings a wave of rules changes collectively aimed at improving the game’s pace of play and increasing action on the field.

    The arrival of the pitch timer, restrictions on defensive shifts and bigger bases makes for one of the more ambitious adaptations to the rule book in the modern era.

    So here’s a handy guide to understanding the new rules and why they are being implemented.

    What are the new rules?
    There are three, and we’ll break them down in detailed sections below.

    Pitch timer: The length of games will still be determined by innings, not minutes. But to create a crisper pace, there will be a 30-second timer between batters and then a shorter time limit between pitches. Pitchers will be required to begin their motion 15 seconds after receiving the ball with the bases empty or 20 seconds after receiving the ball with runners on base. If they don’t, they will be charged with an automatic ball.

    Shift restrictions: The defensive team must have a minimum of four players on the infield, with at least two infielders completely on either side of second base. These restrictions are intended to increase the batting average on balls in play, and allow infielders to better showcase their athleticism with great defensive plays.

    Bigger bases: First, second and third have been expanded from 15 inches on each side to 18 inches on each side, while home plate remains unchanged. The primary reason why the bases are bigger is safety, giving fielders and runners more room to operate without colliding. But the slightly decreased distance between bases could help runners on stolen-base attempts and bang-bang plays.

    When do the new rules go into effect?

    They will be in effect for all of Spring Training to provide an adjustment period before Opening Day of the 2023 season. Umpires have been instructed to begin calling violations with no grace period.
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    MLB Forms Economic Group As Regional TV In Peril

    Concerned about a possible bankruptcy for the company that owns local broadcasting rights to 14 of the 30 Major League Baseball teams, the league has formed a new economic study committee that will gather next week at the owners’ meetings in Palm Beach, Florida.

    The existence of the committee was disclosed to The Associated Press by a person familiar with the planning who spoke on condition of anonymity because no announcement had been made.

    The committee also will examine revenue disparity among MLB clubs.

    Los Angeles Dodgers chairman Mark Walter and Detroit Tigers chairman Chris Ilitch are among the committee members, the person said.

    Baseball executives have said in recent weeks that the sport needs to prepare in the event that rights-fee payments are not made by Diamond Sports Group, the subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group that operates networks under the name Bally Sports. Cable networks have lost subscribers and revenue in recent years due to cord-cutting.

    Diamond owns rights to the broadcasts for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Angels, Miami Marlins, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins, St. Louis Cardinals, San Diego Padres, Tampa Bay Rays and Texas Rangers.

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    Yankees announce non-roster 2023 spring invitees

    Yanks invite top 2 prospects Volpe, Domínguez to camp

    The Yankees announced Tuesday that they have invited 29 players to 2023 Major League Spring Training, including infielder Anthony Volpe and outfielder Jasson Domínguez, the organization's top two prospects according to MLB Pipeline. The number of players currently scheduled to report to Spring Training is 69.

    Of the non-roster invitees (NRIs), 13 played in other organizations in 2022 and signed minor league contracts with the Yankees for the 2023 season: OF Willie Calhoun, RHP Tyler Danish, INF Wilmer Difo, RHP Demarcus Evans, RHP Ian Hamilton, OF Michael Hermosillo, OF Billy McKinney, RHP James Norwood, OF Rafael Ortega, LHP Nick Ramirez, LHP Lisandro Santos, LHP Tanner Tully and INF Jamie Westbrook.

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    Darvish Agrees To Six-year Deal With MLB Padres

    Japanese star pitcher Yu Darvish has agreed to a six-year Major League Baseball contract extention worth $108 million with the San Diego Padres, according to multiple reports on Thursday.

    The 36-year-old right-hander's deal would run through the 2028 campaign, when Darvish will turn 42, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune, ESPN and the MLB website, all citing unnamed sources.

    The deal comes a week before Padres pitchers and catchers are due to report for pre-season training camp with Darvish set to become a free agent after the 2023 season had no new agreement been reached.

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    Rays' Graham Spraker: Invited to MLB camp

    Spraker was invited Thursday to the major-league side of Rays camp this spring, per Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times.

    Spraker joined the Rays this offseason on a minor-league contract and will get a chance to battle for a spot in the big-league bullpen. But the soon-to-be 28-year-old faces an uphill climb after posting a rather underwhelming 4.82 ERA in 37.1 innings last summer with the Triple-A affiliate of the Blue Jays. He's never appeared in a game at the MLB level.

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    MLB prepared to take over local TV broadcasts from Sinclair

    About $1 billion of Major League Baseball's revenue is at risk if a cable television company fails to make payments for local broadcasting rights to 14 teams, and the sport is preparing to take over telecasts.

    “I think you should assume that if Diamond doesn’t broadcast, we’ll be in a position to step in,” baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said Thursday after an owners' meeting. “Our goal would be to make games available not only within the traditional cable bundle but on the digital side, as well.”

    Sinclair acquired 21 regional sports networks in 2019 from The Walt Disney Co., which had taken them over as part of its purchase of 21st Century Fox. Sinclair also holds rights to 16 NBA teams and 12 NHL franchises, and teams fear in an era of cord-cutting they may not get payments from Diamond Sports Group, the Sinclair Broadcast Group subsidiary operating the networks under the name Bally Sports.

    “What we do is largely dependent on how Diamond and the creditors play their cards, what they decide to do,” Manfred said. “Our No. 1 goal in terms of preparations is that if for some reason Diamond isn't broadcasting, that we want to be in a position to make sure our fans are going to get their games.”

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    Justice Department: MLB antitrust exemption should be narrow

    The U.S. Justice Department asked a federal appeals court to narrowly consider Major League Baseball’s antitrust exemption, a filing made in a case involving four eliminated minor league teams hoping to end the sport’s century-old legal protection.

    MLB cut the minimum guaranteed minor league affiliation agreements from 160 to 120 in September 2020 and took over running the minors from the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, which had been in charge since 1901.

    The parent companies of the Staten Island Yankees, Tri-City ValleyCats, Salem-Keizer Volcanoes and Norwich Sea Unicorns sued MLB in December 2021 in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, alleging a violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act caused by “a horizontal agreement between competitors that has artificially reduced and capped output in the market for MiLB teams affiliated with MLB clubs.”

    The suit was dismissed in October by a judge who cited the antitrust exemption created by a 1922 U.S. Supreme Court decision involving the Federal League. The teams then asked the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to send the case onto the Supreme Court.

    “The court need not resolve the exemption’s precise contours,” the Justice Department wrote in a brief to the 2nd Circuit filed Monday by Assistant Attorney General Jonathan S. Kanter and several other lawyers. “The United States therefore does not take a position on whether the exemption applies here. Instead, the United States files this brief to reaffirm, as the Supreme Court has said, that courts should ‘not extend’ the Federal Baseball exemption.”

    After the case was filed, MLB moved to dismiss while citing the sport’s antritrust exemption, alleging lack of standing and claiming there was no antitrust violation.

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    Push-button pitching: MLB to let pitchers call own signals

    Bases loaded, one out, full count and Justin Verlander knows exactly what pitch he wants to throw.

    Starting this month, he can call it himself.

    In yet another nod to new technology, Major League Baseball will permit pitchers in spring training to wear wristbands that will let them signal to the catcher what's coming next.

    The experiment begins Feb. 24 when exhibition play opens with the Seattle-San Diego and Texas-Kansas City games in the Cactus League. All 30 teams are scheduled to be in action the next day.

    It's an extension of the PitchCom system that MLB teams were allowed to employ last season, when catchers could push buttons on their wristbands to call for fastballs, curves, changeups and anything else, along with the location. The pitcher would then hear the result on an earpiece inside his hat.

    Now, pitchers can make the calls themselves.

    MLB will evaluate how things go and then decide whether to approve it for the regular season, executive vice president Morgan Sword said Thursday.

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    Orioles 2023 Opening Day roster

    There were times over the past five springs when the Orioles struggled a bit to find big league-caliber players to fill spots on their roster. Inexperienced youngsters who might not have broken camp with most MLB teams were thrust into sizable roles in Baltimore.

    That’s no longer the situation for the O’s. In Spring Training 2023, they’ll have more than 26 players who will have strong cases to head north from Sarasota, Fla., with the big league team. The final cuts won’t be easy.

    “The harder it is, it means the better your club is -- sending guys down or whatever, guys that you don’t want to but you maybe don’t have room,” manager Brandon Hyde said. “I’m hoping that we have a ton of tough decisions at the end of camp. We have a lot of depth now, which is so nice.”

    Before pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training on Wednesday, let’s project what the Orioles’ 26-man roster may look like for Opening Day on March 30 in Boston.

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    MLB rumors: Dodgers sign former All-Star closer Alex Reyes; Marlins, A's trade former top prospects

    Dodgers add big arm

    The Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to an incentive-heavy, one-year deal with former All-Star closer Alex Reyes, according to mlb.com. The deal reportedly includes a club option for 2024.

    The 28-year-old Reyes was once considered one of the best prospects in baseball and the plan was for him to be a fixture in the Cardinals rotation for years. Injuries derailed that plan quickly and he ended up in the bullpen. The 2021 season was his only full one at the MLB level, during which he pitched to a 3.24 ERA (122 ERA+) and 1.36 WHIP with 95 strikeouts in 72 1/3 innings. Walks were an issue, but he still closed 29 of his 34 save chances.

    Reyes missed all of 2022 due to shoulder issues that resulted in season-ending surgery.

    Marlins, A's make one-for-one deal

    The Miami Marlins have acquired left-handed pitcher A.J. Puk from the Oakland Athletics in exchange for outfielder JJ Bleday, the teams announced.

    The 6-foot-7 Puk was the sixth overall pick in the 2016 draft out of the University of Florida. In 62 relief appearances last season, he pitched to a 3.12 ERA, 1.15 WHIP and struck out 76 in 66 1/3 innings.

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    MLB 'Ghost Runner' rule is made permanent for extra innings

    Starting extra innings with a runner on second base during the regular season was made a permanent rules change by Major League Baseball on Monday after three seasons of use during the coronavirus pandemic.

    Known by some as the “Ghost Runner” and by others as the “Manfred Man” after baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred, the rule was unanimously adopted by the sport’s 11-person competition committee.

    Use of position players as pitchers also was tightened by the committee. They will be limited to extra innings, when a player’s team is losing by eight or more runs or is winning by 10 or more runs in the ninth inning. Last year, a position player could pitch only in extra innings or if his team was losing or winning by six or more runs.

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    Here's a look at baseball's new pitch clock, larger bases that MLB hopes liven up the game

    Baseball is hoping the larger surface area will encourage more stolen base attempts, a dwindling art that also happens to be one of the game's most exciting plays.




    Baseball's also hoping to avoid marathon games going forward. Per Baseball Reference, the average nine-inning game in 2022 clocked in at 3:03. A year prior, games averaged 3:11 per nine innings. Turn the clock back to 1984, and baseball games whizzed by at an efficient 2:35 per nine-inning contest. Game length has steadily increased since.

    Pitch clocks will be placed around ball parks where both hitters and batters can see them. Hitters must be in the box and ready to face a pitch within eight seconds. If not, it's a strike. With the bases empty, pitchers must be engaged in their pitching motion by 15 seconds. If not, it's a ball. With men on base, pitchers are allowed 20 seconds.


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    MLB commissioner Rob Manfred talks blackouts, the Athletics moving to Las Vegas, small-market Padres and more

    While the commissioner was short on details, here are some of his most pertinent responses from Wednesday.

    On the weird MLB.TV blackout rules many fans are forced to navigate, via Jeff Passan:

    "Blackouts are the kind of opposite side of the coin of reach. We need to deliver [the] product to fans who want to watch on platforms that they customarily use at a realistic price. That is our No. 1 priority."

    Diamond Sports, which owns Bally Sports regional sports networks that have the local broadcast rights to 14 MLB teams, has recently filed bankruptcy.

    If the network fails to pay teams the money they owe, those teams can then terminate their contracts with the network. As a result, MLB Network would step in to help keep local broadcasts available to the fan bases affected, including the Atlanta Braves, Miami Marlins, St. Louis Cardinals, San Diego Padres, and Minnesota Twins. Manfred also said MLB would "emphasize digital flexibility" in getting the product to fans (via Chelsea Janes).

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    MLB 'Ghost Runner' rule is made permanent for extra innings

    Starting extra innings with a runner on second base during the regular season was made a permanent rules change by Major League Baseball on Monday after three seasons of use during the coronavirus pandemic.

    Known by some as the “Ghost Runner” and by others as the “Manfred Man” after baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred, the rule was unanimously adopted by the sport’s 11-person competition committee.

    Use of position players as pitchers also was tightened by the committee. They will be limited to extra innings, when a player’s team is losing by eight or more runs or is winning by 10 or more runs in the ninth inning. Last year, a position player could pitch only in extra innings or if his team was losing or winning by six or more runs.

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    Rays have a top MLB pitching staff entering 2023

    'Nasty' Rays rotation could be best in MLB

    Moments after donning Mickey Mouse caps to commemorate their spring stay in Disney World, the Rays’ leadership group immediately faced questions this week about the team’s offense after doing little this winter to reinforce a lineup that ranked 21st in MLB in runs scored last season and disappeared come October.

    Those questions will persist, perhaps until the Rays add a bat (this spring? midseason?), or until the internal improvement they are counting on begins to happen early in the year. Meanwhile, as pitchers and catchers reported to ESPN Wide World of Sports for their first official spring workout Wednesday, the conversation around the team’s pitching staff is entirely antithetical.

    The only early question mark seems to be how special it can be.

    “As far as starting pitching, we feel like we're in a good spot,” manager Kevin Cash said. “And we hope that continues with good health, but it will be exciting to watch these guys build up. … The five that have kinda been labeled our five starters, there is a lot of excitement around them.”

    Coming off a season in which they ranked fourth in MLB in ERA and third in rotation ERA, the Rays think they are about to get even better on the mound. They see a chance at a potentially dominant rotation: ace lefty Shane McClanahan looking to build off a breakout year, dynamic righty Tyler Glasnow fully healthy, free agent acquisition Zach Eflin, newly-extended lefty Jeffrey Springs and the underrated Drew Rasmussen. Buttressing them are solid righty Yonny Chirinos, promising prospect Taj Bradley and upside arms Luis Patiño and Josh Fleming, reassuring given their five starters all come with workload/health concerns.

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    Tim McCarver, two-time World Series champion and Hall of Fame MLB broadcaster, dies at 81

    Longtime major league catcher and Hall of Fame broadcaster Tim McCarver died at age 81 on Thursday, the Hall of Fame announced. A cause of death was not given.

    "Tim McCarver was an All-Star, a World Series Champion, a respected teammate, and one of the most influential voices our game has known," commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement. "As a player, Tim was a key part of great Cardinals and Phillies teams in his 21-year career. In the booth, his analysis and attention to detail brought fans closer to our game and how it is played and managed. Tim's approach enhanced the fan experience on our biggest stages and on the broadcasts of the Mets, the Yankees and the Cardinals. All of us at Major League Baseball are grateful for Tim's impact on sports broadcasting and his distinguished career in our National Pastime. I extend my deepest condolences to Tim's family, friends and the generations of fans who learned about our great game from him."

    Born and raised in Memphis, McCarver signed with the Cardinals as an amateur in 1959 and made his MLB debut as a 17-year-old later that year. He reached the big leagues for good in 1963, won the World Series with St. Louis in 1964 and was an All-Star by 1966. In 1967, McCarver hit .295/.369/.452 with 14 home runs and led St. Louis to a World Series win over the Red Sox, his second championship ring. He finished second in the NL MVP voting behind Orlando Cepeda that year.

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    MLB rumors: Yankees unlikely to sign starter after Frankie Montas injury

    Yankees unlikely to trade for starter

    The Yankees suffered a loss to their projected rotation earlier this week when it was announced that veteran right-hander Frankie Montas will miss most of, if not the entire campaign because of shoulder surgery. Even so, the Yankees are not expected to make a trade to replace Montas in their starting five, according to SNY's Andy Martino.

    Martino notes that a source told him the Yankees plan to lean on internal options like Domingo Germán and Clarke Schmidt. The Yankees did inquire about veteran righty Carlos Carrasco back in December, when it appeared that Carlos Correa would be signing with the Mets, but Martino's sources believe Carrasco was removed from the trade block even before that inquiry. In other words, there's no reason to believe those talks went far, or will be rekindled.

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    Former All-Star reliever says Rob Manfred's 'idiotic' rule changes won't help MLB

    Rob Dibble was asked on the "Don't @ Me" podcast if the changes in the game will do anything, and he kept it blunt.

    "No, it won’t, because it’s idiotic," Dibble said. "You’re taught, and I teach this at the Little League level, and I’m saying 'Little League' very loud, that you pitch in a certain manner, a timely manner, so that your infield stays ready to play defense, your outfield plays defense. They’re ready.

    "It’s like basketball. You know, you’re telling guys, get their hands up, be on the balls, and your feet bouncing around. Well, that’s baseball. I always tell my infielders; I scream at them. I don’t care if they’re 8 or 18, that you got to move your feet before every pitch. And so that to say to a pitcher, work in a timely fashion so that there’ll be more action, [is dumb]."

    "I heard what Theo Epstein said," Dibble said. "It was idiotic. He’s working for Rob Manfred, who doesn’t love baseball like we do, and he’s apologized for being an analytics nerd. He doesn’t need to apologize. I think the game’s fine. I think you can have analytics, you can have old-school mentality. It all works. But when you start hating on the game and saying, ‘We need a pitch clock, we need the pitchers to work faster,’ you know what’s going to happen? Guys are going to throw less strikes and there’s going to be less action."

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    Mike Zunino could be ready for Guardians Spring Training opener

    If there was any concern that Mike Zunino was going to be behind physically entering Spring Training, he’s already proven in the first week that he’s well on the road to recovery.

    Zunino missed most of last season due to thoracic outlet syndrome in his left (non-throwing) arm. He underwent surgery for it in July and was signed by the Guardians over the offseason with the expectation that he’ll be without restrictions by the time camp began. Now, he’s on pace to start for the Guardians in their first Cactus League game on Feb. 25 against the Reds at Goodyear Ballpark.

    “[He] won’t [play in] big chunks right away,” Guardians manager Terry Francona said. “We don’t do that with anybody. But I think he’s doing pretty well. So, I mean, if he’s playing in the first game, that speaks volumes.”

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    Elvis Andrus has one-year deal with White Sox

    The White Sox signed veteran infielder Elvis Andrus to a one-year, $3 million deal, the club announced on Monday. To make room on the roster for Andrus, left-handed pitcher Bennett Sousa was designated for assignment.

    Andrus, 34, came to the White Sox as a free agent on Aug. 19 of last season after being released by the A’s. In 191 plate appearances covering 43 games, Andrus slashed .271/.309/.464 with nine home runs, 28 RBIs and 11 stolen bases playing shortstop in place of an injured Tim Anderson. That strong production was just one of the reasons the White Sox wanted to bring him back shortly after he started playing for them.

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    Jason Heyward's new swing impressing at Dodgers camp

    Jason Heyward has enjoyed plenty of success during his 13-year big league career. He has made an All-Star team, won a handful of Gold Glove Awards in the outfield and was an integral part of the Cubs team that broke the curse in 2016.

    Last season, however, Heyward experienced some of the worst struggles at the plate in his career. He hit .204 with one homer in 137 at-bats and had a strikeout percentage of 21.2%, his highest of any season since 2012 (23.4%). Given those struggles, the Cubs decided Heyward wasn’t going to finish the season with the team in order to give the organization's younger players an opportunity.

    The end in Chicago was something Heyward had been expecting. He wasn’t performing and the team was going in another direction. It became even clearer once the Cubs traded Anthony Rizzo, who was the face of the franchise, to the Yankees near the Trade Deadline in 2021.

    What Heyward didn’t know was whether another team would take a chance on him. He’s still only 33 years old, but over the years, the industry has prioritized giving younger players more chances when such an opportunity arises.

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    Albert Pujols rejoins Angels as special assistant

    Fresh off a Hall of Fame-worthy 22-year career that saw him become the fourth player in AL/NL history to reach 700 career homers, Albert Pujols has rejoined the Angels’ organization as a special assistant to the club.

    Pujols arrived at camp on Tuesday and met with the media on Wednesday to discuss his role with the Angels. He said he always planned to honor his 10-year personal services contract he signed as part of his original 10-year, $254 million deal with the Angels, even after he was released by the club during the 2021 season.

    “It was just part of the business, that’s how it is, and there’s nothing holding me back from anything,” Pujols said. “I’m really happy to be back here. What happened two years ago, I don’t hold any grudges on anything. That’s part of the business.”

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    Albert Pujols rejoins Angels as special assistant

    Fresh off a Hall of Fame-worthy 22-year career that saw him become the fourth player in AL/NL history to reach 700 career homers, Albert Pujols has rejoined the Angels’ organization as a special assistant to the club.

    Pujols arrived at camp on Tuesday and met with the media on Wednesday to discuss his role with the Angels. He said he always planned to honor his 10-year personal services contract he signed as part of his original 10-year, $254 million deal with the Angels, even after he was released by the club during the 2021 season.

    “It was just part of the business, that’s how it is, and there’s nothing holding me back from anything,” Pujols said. “I’m really happy to be back here. What happened two years ago, I don’t hold any grudges on anything. That’s part of the business.”

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    Jackson Holliday participates in first Major League Spring Training

    At just 19, Holliday's camp presence 'not the norm'

    SARASOTA, Fla. -- Jackson Holliday isn’t your typical 19-year-old. He was raised around baseball as the son of an All-Star outfielder. At 6-foot-1 and 175 pounds, he’s growing to be a talented player in his own right. Mature for his age, he’s already engaged, having popped the question to his girlfriend, Chloe, during a family vacation in Mexico over the winter.

    And despite having only 20 games of professional baseball experience, Holliday is participating in his first big league Spring Training -- even though at this time last year, the shortstop was still in his senior year at Stillwater (Okla.) High School.

    After getting selected by the Orioles with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2022 MLB Draft last July, Holliday was included among the club’s list of non-roster invitees for Major League camp this spring, which was announced early this month.

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    Jackson Holliday participates in first Major League Spring Training

    At just 19, Holliday's camp presence 'not the norm'

    SARASOTA, Fla. -- Jackson Holliday isn’t your typical 19-year-old. He was raised around baseball as the son of an All-Star outfielder. At 6-foot-1 and 175 pounds, he’s growing to be a talented player in his own right. Mature for his age, he’s already engaged, having popped the question to his girlfriend, Chloe, during a family vacation in Mexico over the winter.

    And despite having only 20 games of professional baseball experience, Holliday is participating in his first big league Spring Training -- even though at this time last year, the shortstop was still in his senior year at Stillwater (Okla.) High School.

    After getting selected by the Orioles with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2022 MLB Draft last July, Holliday was included among the club’s list of non-roster invitees for Major League camp this spring, which was announced early this month.

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