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Kris Bryant’s ongoing back issues are affecting far more than just his baseball availability.

The Rockies’ third baseman, on the 60-day injured list with a degenerative back condition, described daily pain so severe that it can be “hard to grab the toothpaste in front of me.”

“Any time my feet hit the ground, I feel like I could probably fall over,” the 2016 National League MVP told reporters Tuesday at Salt River Fields in Scottsdale, Ariz., according to The Denver Post. “It’s unfortunate and obviously not how I want this to go. I’m here to figure things out and find out if there is a way to get better.

“It’s not easy waking up in pain every day, but now we are here. I’m just trying to determine the next step with the training staff and doctors.”

Bryant, 34, has hardly seen the field since signing a seven-year, $182 million contract with Colorado ahead of the 2022 campaign.

The four-time All-Star has endured 10 separate injured list stints with the Rockies, limiting him to 170 out of a possible 648 games over four seasons.

Bryant owns a disappointing .244/.324/.370 slash line with 17 home runs and 61 RBIs in the Mile High City.

Last season, Bryant’s lumbar degenerative disc disease kept him to just 11 games; an injury that he now says feels like “being electrocuted in my whole body.”

“I could never have expected this or seen this coming,” he added. “And now that I’m dealing with it, I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy. It’s miserable.”

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Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer said the organization “supports” Bryant as he attempts to get healthy, but recognizes the reality that, at this stage, he “can’t play baseball.”

“We have to prepare like he’s not going to play,” Schaeffer said. “That’s just the way we have to go about it, hoping that he has a recovery and a breakthrough. But was of now, his back really, really hurts. It’s a real thing. He just can’t play baseball.”

At one point, Bryant — who began his career with the Cubs — seemed to be on the fast track to a Hall of Fame career.

He won the Rookie of the Year award in 2015 before capturing NL MVP honors the following year while leading the Cubs to the franchise’s first World Series in 108 years.

Bryant remained a potent offensive player for the next five seasons, including a brief run with the Giants after a midseason trade in 2021.

While Bryant said he’s weighing the long-term implications of living with a serious back injury, he has not allowed retirement to cross his mind — yet.

“I’m not going to dive deep into that. I don’t want to misspeak,” Bryant said. “I haven’t read the reports. My focus is just to find stuff that will help me wake up, hopefully, in a little less pain than the day before.”

New York Post | Greg Joyce: Aaron Judge’s barking elbow was a major concern for the Yankees last summer, with the ailment costing the captain some time and production in July and August. But after the season, team doctors told Judge he wouldn’t require surgery, and Judge says his elbow is now fully good to go. “It’s feeling great,” Judge said on Monday. “Haven’t had any issues so far. I think we’re ready to go. I’m throwing out there confident”.

New York Daily News | Gary Phillips: It wasn’t too long ago that the Yankees were known for their super bullpens. A decade ago they trotted out the trio of Aroldis Chapman, Andrew Miller, and Dellin Betances, and a few years later they added big signings like Zack Britton and Adam Ottavino to the mix. These days, though, the Yankees don’t spend on top dollar relief pitchers, preferring to stock the bullpen with a mix of trade acquisitions and lower-profile upside arms. Brian Cashman says it’s not team policy to avoid top relievers on the free agent makers, but the proof is in the pudding: the Yankees haven’t made a significant free agent relief signing since giving $27 million to Ottavino seven years ago.

FanGraphs | Eric Longenhagen: We’ve got another Top 100 prospect list for your perusal, this time from FanGraphs. Konnor Griffin comes in at number one, the Pirates infielder solidifying himself as the best prospect in the sport. As for the Yankees, it’s the same story we’ve heard across the board this offseason, as there’s some really exciting premium talent at the top of the farm system, but a lack of depth after that. George Lombard Jr. is unsurprisingly the top-ranked Yankee, though Longenhagen and Co. are a bit lower on him than some other prospect hounds, putting Lombard at 49. Elmer Rodríguez, Dax Kilby, and Carlos Lagrange follow Lombard in short order.

SNY | Tom Hanslin: A small but important injury update here, as Cam Schlittler threw a bullpen session yesterday. The right-hander was dealing with a back inflammation last week when he reported to camp and had been throwing off flat ground, so it’s good to see that he’s right back throwing off a mound just a few days later. “Went good. Something we weren’t overly concerned about, just being where we are in the calendar,” Aaron Boone said. “Just wanted to make sure it didn’t turn into something bigger. Everything went well, accordingly.”

PORT ST. LUCIE — Brett Baty’s right hamstring discomfort is reason enough for the Mets to limit his early spring training activity.

For now, that will mean withholding Baty from the early exhibition games and waiting before giving him reps in right field, a position he is adding this season in his shift to a utility role.

Baty’s hamstring discomfort emerged about two weeks ago, according to manager Carlos Mendoza, during offseason workouts.

“He went through the physical and he is fine,” Mendoza said Tuesday. “He’s taking ground balls, he’s doing pretty much everything, but before we put him out there in the outfield, especially, we have time.”

Baty isn’t the only player who will be restricted early. Mendoza said Luis Robert Jr., given his history of lower-body injuries, won’t play in the early exhibition games.

Francisco Alvarez, who played banged up down the stretch last season, will also be withheld from the early exhibition games. All will continue to participate in full-squad workouts.

Brandon Waddell will receive the starting pitching assignment for Saturday’s Grapefruit League opener against the Marlins at Clover Park, according to Mendoza.

The lefty Waddell served as a swingman last season, pitching to a 3.45 ERA in 11 appearances for the team.

Mendoza discounted the notion that Juan Soto is more comfortable this year in spring training than a year ago, when he first arrived to the Mets.

“I see the same guy that we saw last year,” Mendoza said. “We saw a lot of smiles and how much fun they were having in the dugout.

“He knows a lot of the faces already.”

TAMPA — A year ago at this time, Giancarlo Stanton arrived at spring training with two painful elbows that would delay his season until mid-June.

That double elbow tendinitis, he reiterated Tuesday, is “not going anywhere.” But it appears to be in a much more manageable spot at this point for the Yankees’ 36-year-old slugger, clearing the way for him to at least start camp as a full participant.

Now the challenge will be trying to stay healthy throughout the year so Stanton can make his presence felt in the middle of the Yankees’ lineup as much as possible.

“There’s always going to be maintenance,” Stanton said Tuesday after the second full-squad workout. “But [the elbows] didn’t hinder me from any work [in the offseason] and that’s the most important.”

Both Stanton and manager Aaron Boone said the designated hitter has been moving around well in the first few days of camp, with Boone saying he looks “real lean.”

Even still, Boone indicated he would likely slow-play Stanton into Grapefruit League games — possibly delaying his spring debut by a week — to be safe, as he often does with veterans.

That proactiveness will extend into the regular season, with Boone planning to give Stanton semi-regular days off, as he did last year, to give him the best chance to stay healthy over the long season.

“I think we had a good schedule there,” said Stanton, who has a history of soft-tissue injuries in his legs. “There were some times maybe I wanted to be out there, but understand the process and the way we got a good rotation of guys in the offense. So it was good.

“I think it’s a never-ending adjustment of the best way for us to be the best and for me to stay out there.”

At least in Boone’s mind, that also includes keeping the outfield in play for Stanton, who may get some games in the field this spring.

Ideally the Yankees will not have to actually play him there during the season, Boone acknowledged, but they want to have the option, and also believe there is a side benefit to it.

“I think when he is doing his outfield work throughout the year — even at times when he’s going weeks where he’s not playing — when he’s out there and moving around, I think it serves him well,” Boone said.

After being delayed by the elbow troubles, Stanton, who made 18 starts in the field last year — all of them to allow Aaron Judge to DH as he came back from a flexor strain — enjoyed his most productive regular season since 2021.

He hit .273 with 24 home runs and a .944 OPS in 77 games, offering hope for what he could still do over the course of a full season if he avoids the injured list.

That will be especially important this season given how much the Yankees need his right-handed bat in the middle of a lineup dominated by lefty bats.

For now, the goal remains simple as Stanton enters the second-to-last year of his contract, still in search of his first ring.

“The point of being a Yankee is being a champion,” he said. “There’s always going to be the sting there without that.”

PORT ST. LUCIE — Luis Robert Jr.’s various lower body injuries over the last two seasons have largely prevented him from maintaining the level he reached in his 2023 All-Star season with the White Sox.

A physical specimen, the 28-year-old outfielder has only once in his first six seasons surpassed 110 games played. All the talk of his new team, the Mets, unleashing Robert’s potential begins with keeping him on the field.

“The more games I play, the more opportunity I have to have success and, yes, for me the ultimate goal is to be able to stay out on the field,” Robert said Tuesday through an interpreter. “And once I am able to stay out on the field, I think things are going to turn out the way that I want.”

The Mets saw enough potential in him to last month trade Luisangel Acuña and Truman Pauley to the White Sox for Robert.

It was a move that caught Robert, who had already begun shipping equipment to the White Sox spring training complex in Arizona, by surprise.

Robert had a dismal first half last season, but began showing life after the All-Star break. The fun was short-lived: By late August he was on the injured list with a left hamstring strain, and he never returned to action for the White Sox.

He appeared in 110 games and produced a .223/.297/.364 slash line with 14 homers and 53 RBIs with 33 stolen bases.

“Once the offseason started the focus was to strengthen the parts of mostly the injuries I have dealt with up until now,” Robert said. “That has been the same focus, to try to strengthen everything and make sure I am ready for the season.”

Robert has gold and silver on his resume. He won a Gold Glove in 2020 and a Silver Slugger in 2023, a season in which he blasted 38 homers and posted an .857 OPS.

“The tools are there — elite power, the defensive speed,” manager Carlos Mendoza said. “When he is healthy, we saw it in 2023, a lot of the things he can do.”

The Mets won’t push him too hard too fast. Mendoza said the plan is to exclude Robert from early Grapefruit League action, allowing him to build up his legs. Robert will still participate in daily workouts with the team.

It’s an approach the team is also taking with Francisco Alvarez and Brett Baty to ensure their health. Alvarez is returning from thumb ligament surgery and Baty reported to camp with hamstring tightness, according to Mendoza.

“I know that’s the type of process that they have,” Robert said. “I trust in them and whatever they have because they want what’s best for me.”

The Mets have other options for center field, most notably top position player prospect Carson Benge and defensive whiz Tyrone Taylor. Benge could win the starting right field job.

Robert was asked the difference between his old surroundings and his new ones.

“It’s just the amount of people that are around,” he said. “When you come to a team like this the expectations are to win. When you have these goals and expectations there are obviously going to be more eyes on the team. I think that has been the biggest difference.”

How did he respond to the news that he had been traded?

“Once I got traded I really can’t explain the emotions that I had,” Robert said. “I was excited, nervous. Sometimes you hear a lot about New York and how big it can be and to play with as many stars as I was going to play with them. I knew I was going to be entering a different stage of my career.”

Javier Báez is taking full responsibility for failing a drug test that will force him to miss the World Baseball Classic. 

The Tigers star is suspended from the tournament after testing positive for marijuana during the 2023 WBC.

“I don’t want to point fingers at anybody because this is all my fault,” Báez said Tuesday, according to The Athletic. “I’m the one that failed the test … It’s just really frustrating that I won’t be able to be there. 

“It really hurts my family, my reputation, but it’s part of it. Other than that, I got a long season to go, and I got to prepare for that.”

Marijuana use is allowed under Major League Baseball’s drug policy, but is prohibited by the WBC’s governing body, the World Baseball Softball Confederation.  

“I understand the rules,” Báez said. “It’s not like I was taking steroids or anything to last longer or whatever. They made that decision. I’m fine with it, I mean, I’m not fine with it. I just keep my mouth shut.”

Báez failed the test during the last WBC in March 2023. 

The loss of Báez is the latest blow to Team Puerto Rico, which will host Pool A of the WBC starting March 5.

Puerto Rico, which has twice finished runner-up in the tournament, previously lost stars Carlos Correa and Francisco Lindor due to insurance issues. 

“One of my dreams is to play in Puerto Rico for Team Puerto Rico with our families, our fans, our island,” Báez said. “Nothing I can do. I’m just happy for all of my teammates that got the chance to represent. I wish them good luck.”

The Tigers star will instead shift his focus to the MLB season, which kicks off in late March.

Mark DeRosa knew if Team USA could get Aaron Judge in the fold for the 2026 World Baseball Classic, other American position players would come. 

But for DeRosa’s “Dream Team” to fall into place, Judge would first have to agree to play. 

The American manager tried and failed to lure the Yankees superstar outfielder for the 2023 international event, one in which the U.S. fell in a heartbreaking championship game to Japan. In the middle of his long free agency process that saw him end up back in The Bronx and get named captain, Judge decided not to participate. 

This time, though, the recruitment worked out. And Judge became Captain America to boot. 

Back as skipper for Team USA, DeRosa opened up on “The Show with Joel Sherman & Jon Heyman” on Tuesday about his team-building process last spring. He had received some intel from legendary Yankees lefty Andy Pettitte: Judge wanted in if the manager wanted him. 

So the longtime MLB utility player started his recruiting in earnest — one hour after getting the info from Pettitte. 

“I just said, ‘Hey Aaron, I’m not going to bug you throughout the year. … I talked to Andy Pettitte, I’d love for you to be obviously the captain of Team USA and kind of start with you and filter everything around you as the pillar of this thing,’” DeRosa said was his pitch to Judge. 

“He called me back within 48 hours and was like, ‘I’m in, I want to do it.’ … I started it in April, I just started slow-playing and trying to make pitches. I was building a Dream Team at night in my apartment on paper. Trying to make lineups out and pitching staffs. I was just slowly cold-calling people and seeing where their heads were at” 

That next cold call was to Pirates ace Paul Skenes because, in DeRosa’s mind, Team USA has had trouble getting top-flight pitchers to join the tournament. He barely had to make any effort with the 2025 National League Cy Young Award winner, who pitched two years at Air Force and said he wanted to represent his country to honor the troops. 

DeRosa got his two pillars, and the talent followed suit. The U.S. now boasts a roster that includes a combined 65 MLB All-Star selections and six Cy Young Awards. 

“The time is now to do it,” Judge said Monday. “USA came up a little short [in 2023], but it’s an exciting group of guys. [DeRosa’s] got quite a squad he’s put together so far, so I’m looking forward to seeing what’s happened.”

PHOENIX –– Electric.

That was the first word that came to mind for Dodgers catcher Dalton Rushing on Tuesday, when asked to describe how Shohei Ohtani’s first live pitching session of the spring looked from behind the plate.

“He was locating all his pitches, getting the misses that he wanted,” Rushing said. “Yeah, he looked really, really good today.”

When it comes to Ohtani, that has been the common refrain around Dodgers camp in the early days of spring training.

For his time since signing with the team three years ago, the two-way star is coming off a fully healthy offseason, unencumbered by the Tommy John surgery he had at the end of 2023 and the labrum repair he underwent after 2024.

Also for his first time as a Dodger, Ohtani enters this season preparing to play both ways on a full-time basis, setting his sights on not only a fifth career MVP award but also contention for Cy Young honors (something never before won by a Japanese player).

“He seems like he’s on a mission, pitching-wise,” president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said later Tuesday afternoon. “And whenever we’ve seen him on a mission, good things happen.”

Indeed, there seems to be little question this year about whether Ohtani can re-emerge as one of the top pitchers in the sport –– a status he earned by posting a 2.84 ERA over three seasons with the Angels from 2021-2023, then a 2.87 mark in 14 workload-restricted outings in his return from Tommy John with the Dodgers last season.

But, there are still uncertainties over how aggressively the Dodgers will utilize him in 2026, with the club trying to strike a delicate balance between his dueling (and potentially draining) roles on the mound and at the plate.

“Obviously, last year, he was coming back from surgery, and so we were very deliberate about a lot of things,” Friedman said. “This year we will be less so, but still mindful of it.”

This week, the challenges of that process have begun to come into focus.

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Manager Dave Roberts called it a positive sign that Ohtani was already facing hitters on Tuesday, with the right-hander throwing 18 pitches and hitting 98 mph with his fastball over a one-inning outing.

“He’s certainly way ahead of where he was last year on the pitching side,” Roberts said. “That’s a good thing.”

Yet, Ohtani’s return to full-time pitching will still face some workload-related hurdles –– with the Dodgers prioritizing his availability as a pitcher come this year’s playoffs, as well as the long-term health of his now twice-surgically-repaired arm.

“Obviously, we have designs of playing through October this year, and Shohei being a big part of that on the mound,” Friedman said. “That, coupled with the idea that he wants to pitch for the next eight years, and we want him to pitch for the next eight years, (is why we’re) just trying to be really mindful of all of that.”

Right now, the most pressing question has to do with Ohtani’s pitching status for opening day.

Though he won’t pitch in next month’s World Baseball Classic for Team Japan, his absence from Dodgers camp will make it harder for him to stay on a normal ramp-up schedule while he serves as a designated hitter in the international tournament. Roberts said it’s “very unlikely” Ohtani pitches in any Cactus League games before he departs for the event later this month, meaning his first actual game action on the mound might not come until the final week of spring training.

Friedman still expects Ohtani to be ready to make starts at the beginning of the regular season, and said he “certainly wouldn’t bet against” the 31-year-old’s chances in the Cy Young race. 

But he also cautioned that the Dodgers will do a lot of “reading and reacting” to determine Ohtani’s pitching schedule over the course of the season –– acknowledging that “it’s hard to say” whether Ohtani (who is expected to get more extended breaks between his pitching outings than normal starters do, upwards of perhaps 6-8 days on some occassions) will make enough starts to legitimately vie for the sport’s top pitching award.

“It’s a heavy, heavy load that he takes on, that is different from every other player in baseball,” Friedman said. “A lot of it is going to be reading and reacting based on how he’s feeling, how he’s recovering, what the load looks like. But at some point, stepping up that level of aggression (for him as a pitcher) as we get deeper into the season, that will be a little bit different than last year.”

What the Dodgers are most confident in for now is the quality of Ohtani’s stuff.

In the wake of Tuesday’s live session, Rushing said Ohtani’s throwing mechanics already look “cleaner” than when he was returning from Tommy John last year, praising his execution of a sinker/slider/splitter arsenal.

“I think he’s moving down the mound a lot better this year than he had in the past,” Rushing said. “His body is starting to feel recuperated, rejuvenated.”

And when asked about his expectations for Ohtani’s pitching this year, the second-year catcher called his superstar battery mate “limitless,” marveling at the way “he can do basically whatever you ask him to.”

“He is the greatest, and he wants to be the greatest,” Rushing said. “He sets the bar for this clubhouse, the way he works, being obviously as good as he is right now. And he only wants to get better.”

Time will tell how that materializes in his usage plan for 2026.

Former MLB speedster Terrance Gore died in early February from complications following surgery to remove his appendix, according to his wife, Britney.

In a heartbreaking social media post shortly after his death, Britney said the 34-year-old underwent “what was supposed to have been a simple procedure.”

In an interview with WMBB in Florida last week, she explained that Gore initially appeared to be recovering well before his condition suddenly worsened.

“He went in for an emergency surgery. He had his appendix removed,” she said. “He came out of surgery and was doing OK.

“And had some complications after, possibly with the anesthesia, and went into cardiac arrest.”

Gore’s untimely death shook his family and the baseball community.

He is survived by his wife and three children.

“Our hearts are shattered, my babies are shattered,” Britney wrote in her first post on social media following her husband’s death. “Our whole family is lost. This was so unexpected.”

A fan favorite across parts of eight MLB seasons, Gore was remembered fondly for his game-changing speed and role on three World Series-winning teams.

The Macon, Ga., native debuted in the majors with the Royals in 2014, serving as a baserunning specialist for Kansas City’s back-to-back American League pennant-winning teams.

Gore swiped a combined four bases during those two postseasons, including the Royals’ run to a World Series title in 2015.

“Terrance brought a high level of excitement and anticipation to the game,” former Royals general manager Dayton Moore said after Gore’s passing. “He was unstoppable as a base stealer, and he inspired athletes throughout our country to pursue baseball. He was loved and respected by his very special teammates, who will continue to love his family during this time of sadness.

“There have been very few players who can take over a baseball game,” Moore added in an interview with the Royals team website. “That’s exactly what he did. He became a fan favorite. He was beloved by his teammates. And he was just fearless and impactful on the bases but also off the field.”

After spending his first five years in Kansas City, Gore won another pair of championships with the Dodgers (2020) and Braves (2021).

Despite notching just 85 plate appearances in 112 regular-season games, Gore stole 43 bases in 52 attempts, including five in the postseason.

He finished his MLB career with the Mets in 2022, recording three steals and one hit over 10 games.

The Richard R. Robinson Funeral Home Eastside Chapel in Macon will hold a visitation on coming Friday, with a celebration of life the following day at Jones County High School Gym in Gray, Ga.

TAMPA — Anthony Volpe woke up from surgery in October to a surprise, but not an excuse.

Speaking Tuesday for the first time since going under the knife to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder, the Yankees shortstop still refused to use the injury as an explanation for his poor play last season, despite the damage being worse than tests had suggested as he played through it.

“I know I could have played better,” Volpe said Tuesday after the Yankees worked out at George M. Steinbrenner Field. “I felt strong and good enough to go. If I didn’t, I wouldn’t have. But you definitely learn a lot about yourself. Then when you see what ended up happening and having to get surgery, you learn a lot about the mindset and how you got to be self-aware and aware of certain things going on. If you’re going to play through it, how to perform and do the best you can.”

It remains impossible to determine just how much the ailing left shoulder impacted Volpe’s play after he initially injured it on a dive on May 3, 2025.

He said Tuesday that “it just didn’t feel like my right shoulder — my left side didn’t feel like my right.”

But the end result was his worst year in pinstripes on both sides of the ball.

The 24-year-old struggled defensively, especially during the summer months, and was far less dependable than when he won a Gold Glove as a rookie in 2023. Offensively, it was more of the same inconsistency as he hit just .212 with a .663 OPS and 19 home runs.

Now, after three full seasons in the big leagues, Volpe is still facing questions about his future, and exactly what the Yankees have in him, though he will not get a chance to show it until late April or early May after starting the season on the injured list to finish off his rehab.

“The chip I’ve had on my shoulder has been there for my whole life, my whole career,” Volpe said. “I just can’t wait to go back out there and play and feel good and perform and help the team win. At the end of the day, if I do that and I play the way I know I can play, everything will take care of itself. 

“I appreciate everything — I appreciate the accountability, I appreciate everything that comes with being the shortstop for the New York Yankees. I wouldn’t trade it for the world. That’s why I just can’t wait to get out there.”

Volpe will just have to wait a little longer for that to happen. He began his hitting progression Monday with dry swings — which will soon be followed by hitting off a tee — but otherwise is a full go defensively besides diving, which will be the last step in his recovery before he is cleared.

The rehab process has been a painstaking one, with Volpe describing the first half of it as feeling like “rock bottom” physically.

“But I really wanted to make sure the rest of my body was ready to go and ready to play 162,” Volpe said. “Probably at the turn of the new year is when I started to feel good and started to do baseball activity. That was definitely nice.”

During the first few days of spring training, Volpe has been throwing, taking ground balls with the rest of the starting infield and going through defensive and baserunning drills. Before camp is over, he will likely advance to hitting on the field and perhaps playing in Grapefruit League games

José Caballero is expected to start the season at shortstop until Volpe returns, but once he does, it will be a critical year for the homegrown player trying to prove he still has a place in the organization’s future.

“There’s been a lot of positives in the whole process, just slowing stuff down and working literally from the ground up,” Volpe said. “So to take those things and go from there has been nice.”

After an offseason full of turmoil with the Brewers’ broadcast plan, the team has a new home on Brewers.TV, an offshoot of MLB.TV, which is now owned by ESPN as part of the league’s new media agreement.

While the team has not yet announced local carrier information — you can keep track of that here — the team has announced their spring broadcast schedule, with most games available for listening via radio or MLB audio and a handful of games on Brewers TV.

I’ve also included the team’s two Spring Breakouts (prospect showcases), their exhibition against Great Britain’s World Baseball Classic team, and their two exhibitions against the Reds leading up to the regular season in late March.

Here’s the schedule, including game times and where to watch/how to listen (note: 620 WTMJ is the Brewers’ flagship radio station, though all games on WTMJ are broadcast across the Brewers Radio Network):

• Saturday, February 21: vs. Cleveland @ 2:10 p.m. (620 WTMJ)
• Sunday, February 22: @ White Sox @ 2:05 p.m. (Brewers TV)
• Sunday, February 22: vs. Royals @ 2:10 p.m. (94.5 ESPN Radio)
• Monday, February 23: @ Padres @ 2:10 p.m. (Brewers TV & 620 WTMJ)
• Tuesday, February 24: @ A’s @ 2:05 p.m. (MLB Brewers Audio)
• Wednesday, February 25: vs. Giants @ 2:10 p.m. (620 WTMJ)
• Thursday, February 26: @ Rangers @ 2:05 p.m. (MLB Brewers Audio)
• Friday, February 27: vs. White Sox @ 2:10 p.m. (620 WTMJ)
• Saturday, February 28: vs. Reds @ 2:10 p.m. (Brewers TV & 620 WTMJ)
• Sunday, March 1: @ Royals @ 2:05 p.m. (MLB Brewers Audio)
• Tuesday, March 3: vs. Great Britain @ 2:10 p.m. (MLB Brewers Audio)
• Wednesday, March 4: vs. Cubs @ 2:10 p.m. (Brewers TV & 620 WTMJ)
• Thursday, March 5: @ Rockies @ 2:10 p.m. (No TV or Radio)
• Friday, March 6: vs. D-backs @ 2:10 p.m. (620 WTMJ)
• Saturday, March 7: @ Angels @ 2:10 p.m. (620 WTMJ)
• Sunday, March 8: vs. Mariners @ 3:10 p.m. (620 WTMJ)
• Monday, March 9: vs. Dodgers @ 3:10 p.m. (Brewers TV & 620 WTMJ)
• Wednesday, March 11: @ Reds @ 3:05 p.m. (MLB Brewers Audio)
• Thursday, March 12: @ Guardians @ 8:05 p.m. (MLB Brewers Audio)
• Friday, March 13: vs. A’s @ 3:10 p.m. (620 WTMJ)
• Saturday, March 14: vs. Rockies @ 3:10 p.m. (94.5 ESPN Radio)
• Sunday, March 15: @ Giants @ 3:05 p.m. (94.5 ESPN Radio)
• Monday, March 16: @ Dodgers @ 3:05 p.m. (620 WTMJ)
• Wednesday, March 18: @ Mariners @ 3:10 p.m. (Brewers TV)
• Wednesday, March 18: vs. Angels @ 3:10 p.m. (620 WTMJ)
• Thursday, March 19: vs. Rangers @ 8:10 p.m. (94.5 ESPN Radio)
• Friday, March 20: @ D-backs @ 3:10 p.m. (MLB Brewers Audio)
• Friday, March 20: Spring Breakout vs. Mariners @ 4:10 p.m. (MLB Video)
• Saturday, March 21: vs. Padres @ 3:10 p.m. (Brewers TV & 620 WTMJ)
• Sunday, March 22: @ Cubs @ 2:05 p.m. (Brewers TV & ESPN Unlimited)
• Sunday, March 22: Spring Breakout @ A’s @ 3:05 p.m. (MLB Video)
• Monday, March 23: Exhibition vs. Reds @ 6:40 p.m. (94.5 ESPN Radio)
• Tuesday, March 24: Exhibition vs. Reds @ 4:10 p.m. (94.5 ESPN Radio)

Good evening, folks. I hope today was a good one for you. Here’s a random clip:

Back-to-back World Series champions puts you in rarified air.

Winning three in a row, that makes you immortal.

That’s what the Dodgers are chasing this year.

On one end is a dynasty close to ending if they come up short in the Fall Classic. On the other, with the trophy in hand and champagne spraying, is history and immortality.

However, that journey begins in Arizona where the Dodgers are spending spring training at Camelback Ranch in Phoenix.

Here is The California Post daily gallery of the Dodgers at spring training. Check back every day for updates.