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Add Mike Schmidt to the list of Hall of Famers not impressed with Jose Bautista’s celebratory antics. 

Ryan Braun's back is flaring up late in spring training, causing the Milwaukee Brewers to take him out of the lineup on Thursday. 

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Braun Battling Back Soreness

Thursday, March 24

The Brewers' official Twitter account officially listed Braun as having lower-back soreness.   

Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Homer Bailey is continuing his recovery from Tommy John surgery, which he underwent in May 2015.   

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Colorado Rockies pitcher Jon Gray is uncertain for the start of the regular season, as he is currently suffering from an abdominal strain.

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Latest Timetable for Gray's Return

Thursday, March 24

According to Nick Groke of the Denver Post, Gray is encouraged that the ailment isn't particularly serious:

The baseball season is a little more than a week away, and a number of questions loom over the 2016 campaign.

Can the Kansas City Royals repeat as champions? Who will win the toughest division races? And who is the face of baseball?

Watch Stephen Nelson and Bleacher MLB Analyst Scott Miller play "fact or fiction" before Opening Day in the video above.

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Mark Appel knows all-too-well the answer to this baseball brainteaser: “Who was the lone player taken before 2015 National League Rookie of the Year Kris Bryant in the 2013 MLB Draft?”

If the Los Angeles Dodgers head toward disaster this season, left-handed starter Scott Kazmir won't be driving the car.

Kazmir is like the guy sitting in the back seat on a long road trip. He has no influence on whether or not you get lost and can only make the ride better by cracking jokes. All he can do is make the Dodgers better.

With Opening Day creeping up on the calendar, teams across Major League Baseball are getting close to resolving one of very few things that matter in spring training: position battles.

But rather than wait for official answers, we're going to pretend like we know everything and predict what the answers will be.

We have our eyes on 10 of the spring's most hotly contested position battles. These are the battles where there's not only an important position at stake but also more than one worthy contestant in the running.

Your fantasy baseball draft is quickly approaching its third hour, and while all the preparation you went through has paid off—you're pretty happy with the core of your team—you're at a loss as to who to take in the final few rounds.

All you know is that you're tired, you can no longer stand the sight of your fellow owners and you don't want to sit there anymore. So you start to panic, and in the process, you forget about the late-round sleepers you had targeted weeks ago.

Toronto Blue Jays All-Star shortstop Troy Tulowitzki exited the field during Wednesday's game against the New York Mets after getting hit by a Bartolo Colon pitch on the right hand.

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