Los Angeles Angels pitcher C.J. Wilson returned to spring training Friday after heading back to Southern California to spend time with his wife and newborn daughter. He also resumed throwing, as he recovers from elbow surgery and shoulder tendinitis, according to the Orange County Register's Jeff Fletcher.  

The Chicago Cubs rock.

Before Friday’s Cactus League contest against the Los Angeles Angels, shortstop Munenori Kawasaki took the mic and absolutely killed a rendition of Aerosmith’s “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing.”

The Cubs loved it and rocked out—while wearing Japanese headbands:

Ah, spring training.

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New York Mets starting pitcher Jacob deGrom is refusing to sign his contract for the 2016 season as a form of protest due to his disappointment in the salary the team assigned him.

VIERA, Fla. — Stephen Strasburg already knew this year was going to be different. New manager. New expectations. Free agent at year's end.

But a clue as to how strange things could get arrived the other day during a conversation with the new skipper, Dusty Baker.

In this golden age of parity, most Major League Baseball teams look like contenders going into 2016. As for the rest, well, they're trying. They're really trying.

The question that their fans want answered is this one: When is it all going to be worth it?

The Steinbrenner family has been synonymous with the New York Yankees since 1973, something managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner does not see changing anytime soon.   

In an interview this week with ESPN.com's Wallace Matthews, Steinbrenner said he expects the Yankees to remain in the family for many generations to come:

"This is one of the greatest discoveries in the history of our hobby."

That is how Professional Sports Authenticator president Joe Orlando described one family's unbelievable find of seven Ty Cobb cards that are expected to be valued at more than $1 million, per the Associated Press (via Sports Illustrated).

The games may not count, but with the 2016 exhibition season officially underway, baseball has finally returned. Split squads, games pitting professionals against amateurs and a slew of players who have little chance of cracking an Opening Day roster are all on display as we creep closer to the regular season.

For the last seven years, Mark Teixeira has been paid large sums of money to play ball for the New York Yankees. It's good work if you can get it, and the stars are aligned in such a way that 2016 might not be the end of the road.

There probably won’t be many PETA members wearing Yoenis Cespedes jerseys in the Citi Field stands this season.  

The group that advocates the ethical treatment of animals was not pleased with the New York Mets outfielder’s decision to send a pig he recently bought to the butcher, per Mike Puma of the New York Post.