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With the halfway point of spring training upon us, the time to take a look around baseball at each team's most pleasant surprises and biggest disappointments has arrived.

Every team has its own needs and expectations of the players it invites to camp, and how those individual storylines play out ultimately helps those clubs make their final roster decisions before Opening Day.

Hall of Fame MLB pitcher Goose Gossage has been a vocal opponent of some of the elements that have seeped into the modern era of baseball.  

New York Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes is nursing a minor hip injury that caused him to miss one of the team's exhibition games. 

Continue for updates. 

Cespedes Dealing with Hip Soreness

Tuesday, March 15

Newsday's Marc Carig relayed the update and cited the injury as the outfielder's reason for missing the Mets' game Tuesday against the Miami Marlins.  

Chicago White Sox first baseman Adam LaRoche wants to retire, per Colleen Kane of the Chicago Tribune.  

According to Kane, the 36-year-old LaRoche will weigh his MLB future in the coming days but is leaning heavily toward walking away from the game.

By virtue of more lenient trade embargo regulations between the United States and Cuba laid forth Tuesday, the door is now open for Cuban baseball players to legally earn salaries as part of Major League Baseball.

The New York Mets reportedly placed infielder Ruben Tejada on waivers Tuesday and could release him if he goes unclaimed by Thursday.

Toronto Blue Jays star Edwin Encarnacion is dealing with an oblique injury, and it is uncertain when he will be able to return to action.  

Continue for updates.

One of the most exciting parts of spring training is that fans get a chance to see some of their favorite team's top prospects.

Reading about a player's impressive tools and big-time potential is great, but seeing them in action alongside established big leaguers gives an entirely difference perspective.

For contending teams, these prospects could provide reinforcement down the stretch as a team looks to make a playoff push. For rebuilding clubs, they represent hope for the future.

TAMPA, Fla. — Pass the sunscreen, it's getting hot here amid the palm trees...

1. The "Rebuild" Begins in New York

Not only is it the most mind-warping number of the winter, but guaranteed you will not find a statistic this summer that trumps it (sorry, meant that apolitically), either.

The Yankees spent zero dollars in free agency.

Nada. Nothing.

There’s a debate that’s raging in my head when it comes to the Blue Jays' otherworldly offensive output in 2015.

I can’t decide which was more shocking: that the Blue Jays dominated baseball in nearly every offensive category, or that, after being traded to Toronto, shortstop Troy Tulowitzki had nothing to do with it.