Dodgers pitching prospect Chase De Jong’s earliest memories of baseball are watching Éric Gagné, with his signature goggles, close out games for Los Angeles.

The Yankees’ oft-repeated stance was to be “open to anything” this past winter, trumpeting Brett Gardner and Andrew Miller as two of their most attractive chips. It proved impossible to keep those talks secret, with clubs calling often in efforts to match up for a blockbuster trade.

Bartolo will outlast all of us.

Like being an MLB star, but on your phone.

Spring Training stats and results don’t mean anything. Just watch, enjoy the blue skies, the familiar and unfamiliar faces, the calm sense of relief that baseball is back.

In 2015, the Twins surprised many when they pushed into contention in the AL Central. For a 2016 encore, the team simply needs to get better.

After an uneventful first day in right field in his Spring Training debut on Wednesday, Miguel Sano was tested for the first time in Thursday’s 6-5 loss to the Red Sox at Hammond Stadium.

Yoenis Cespedes and Yordano Ventura are both scheduled to take the field today as the defending NL and AL champions appear on MLB.TV for the first time this spring.

Many scarves were shared.

For nearly 90 minutes on Thursday afternoon, Red Sox players sat on the edge of their seats wondering what former Navy SEAL member and current motivational speaker David Rutherford was going to say or do next.

The Rangers’ version of March Madness began on Thursday morning, courtesy of Seahawks coach Pete Carroll.

Anyone who has watched the Royals over the past two Octobers knows that catcher Salvador Perez has been a major piece of the team’s success, as a steady presence behind the plate who also has come up big with the bat.

The Giants’ exhibition Friday against the Reds in Goodyear, Ariz., will be a stepping stone for Madison Bumgarner and Trevor Brown. Bumgarner, making his spring debut, will make his first move toward achieving his perennial ultimate goal: a World Series title. The three-time All-Star lefty has maintained his usual attitude. He’s all business.

He’s a two-sport star.

The sight of Clayton Kershaw on the hill Thursday had to provide some semblance of solace at a time when the Dodgers’ rotation experiment, at large, has gone askew.

The Padres got a glimpse of what new shortstop Alexei Ramirez is capable of during Thursday’s 6-5 loss to the Mariners.

Rangers shortstop Jurickson Profar left Thursday’s game after six innings, but his uniform was still covered with dirt in the clubhouse afterward. On a day the Rangers’ young players distinguished themselves in a 10-0 victory over the Royals, Profar had the most to smile about. Profar was 1-for-2 with a run scored and made a nice defensive play in the field.