You may be surprised.

Guaranteeing that nobody would exit the Beverly Hilton ballroom early to beat the notorious traffic, the Los Angeles Sports Council wisely saved the brightest star for last in Thursday night’s 11th annual LA Sports Awards presentation.

Now go call your dad.

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After weeks of uncovering the best 10 players at each position, MLB Network widened its focus to chronicle the best 100 players in all of baseball. The process culminated with the unveiling of the top 20 on Thursday’s finale, hosted by Bill Ripken, Ron Darling and Greg Amsinger.

Insert your own Gwen Stefani joke here.

Relievers can be the most frustrating assets for fantasy owners to manage. More than any other group, they can be valuable producers one day and waiver-wire fodder the next. Wise owners will spread out their investment in closers by drafting an elite stopper and a mid-tier member, before picking up a late-round flier

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The Cubs’ surprise re-signing of Dexter Fowler on Thursday created additional depth for a club that already looked quite strong on paper. Even with Chicago trading Chris Coghlan to Oakland on the same day, manager Joe Maddon will have to find at-bats for some combination of Fowler, Jason Heyward, Kyle Schwarber and Jorge Soler.

Manager Craig Counsell’s message prior to the Brewers’ first full-squad workout Thursday was short and direct. It hit the mark for one of Counsell’s most important constituents.

Randal Grichuk isn’t the first Cardinals player to wear No. 15 since Jim Edmonds. But there are too many similarities between the paths of the two outfielders not to wonder if Grichuk, now, can be what Edmonds was then — an elite defender and an offensive anomaly for that position.

Orioles executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette said Thursday the O’s made a sincere effort to sign free-agent outfielder Dexter Fowler, who earlier in the day agreed to a deal with the Cubs.

Alex Rodriguez wouldn’t come right out and say it on Thursday during his first news conference of Spring Training at Steinbrenner Field, but this year and next are probably his last as a Major League player.

After the workouts, Nationals third baseman Anthony Rendon was his playful self. He pretended that he didn’t want to talk to the media, but then sat in front of his locker and proclaimed that he is ready to play a full season.

Michael Saunders wasn’t the only outfielder the Angels nearly acquired in recent days. They also made a run at Austin Jackson, a source with knowledge of the situation told MLB.com.

Francisco Rodriguez pulled into the parking lot at Joker Marchant Stadium on Thursday morning, took his physical, put on a uniform and promptly got to work. His quick, but late report to Tigers camp kind of falls in line with the late-inning work he was acquired to do.

Alex Rodriguez dangled his arms from the roof of the first-base dugout, poured a cup of water over his head and glanced out toward the Yankees’ first batting-practice session of the budding season, allowing himself a moment of reflection.