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Cubs player Javy Baez (left), Christian Yellich (center) photo courtesy of the Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, and Nolan Arenado of the Rockies (right).

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Who Would’ve Bet on the Brewers? team previews

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18 Arizona Diamondbacks 20 Chicago Cubs 22 Chicago White Sox 26 Cincinnati Reds Cleveland Indians Colorado Rockies Kansas City Royals Los Angeles Angels Los Angeles Dodgers Milwaukee Brewers Oakland Athletics San Diego Padres San Francisco Giants Seattle Mariners Texas Rangers

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On behalf of everyone at Arizona KEY Travel Magazine, it is my pleasure to welcome you to Arizona, the Grand Canyon state. Spring Training offers baseball fans a unique opportunity to get up close and personal with the 15 teams that call Arizona their home base for Spring Training. The venues are state of the art, but intimate. The long and arduous road to the “fall classic” all begins here in spring, with the seasoned athletes and fresh faces of the new season ready to play ball.

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ON THE COVER:

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theBREWERS? ‘Next Year’ Couldn’t Have Gotten Here Fast Enough for the Milwaukee Brewers

BY CHARLIE VASCELLARO

PHOTOS BY JOHN ANTONOFF New Spring Training digs solidifies the Brewers’ presence in Maryvale and highlights the team’s place at the center of the Cactus League Universe.

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ne of baseball’s best stories, if not the best story in 2018: who would have thought before the season began that the Milwaukee Brewers would have the best record in the National League and come within one game of reaching the World Series?

Well me actually, that’s why I laid down $20 at the Caesar’s Palace sports book while Las Vegas odds makers still had the Brewers as 40-1 long shot to win the Series, and we did tout the team’s praises here in the pages of Arizona Key magazine’s 2018 Cactus League Spring Training edition.

Credit 32-year-old GM David Stearns with not only assembling a competitive squad at the big league level but also developing a farm system that had the Brewers ranked in the top five in the majors by MLBpipline.com… It should come as no surprise if the Brewers are once again in the thick of the pennant race this year.

The “Brew Crew” took the National League and the Central division by storm engaging in an exciting three-team pennant race with the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals providing the major league’s most interesting story line down the stretch battling the Cubs BRANDON WOODRUFF

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until the teams ended up tied with identical 95-67 records on the last day of the season.

The Los Angeles Dodgers and Colorado Rockies also finished tied for first in the National League West, forcing two onegame playoffs to decide the division winners and wild card spots in a bonus end of the season twin billing on October 1, 2018.

Behind the starting pitching of Jhoulys Chacin, a lockdown performance by the bullpen, and a pair of eighth-inning RBI singles by Lorenzo Cain and Ryan Braun, the Brewers turned back the Cubs 3-1 on their home turf at Wrigley Field in Chicago to capture the NL Central title for the first time since 2011.

Meanwhile the Dodgers defeated the Rockies 5-2 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles to win the NL West setting up the Wild Card play-in game between the Rockies and Cubs and for the second day in a row

the Cubs lost an elimination game at home falling to the Rockies 2-1 in 13 innings. The Rockies advanced to meet the top-seeded Brewers while the Dodgers squared off against the NL East division champion Atlanta Braves in the two NL Division Series.

The Brewers made quick work of the Rockies with a three-game sweep while the Dodgers dispensed of the Braves three games to one setting up the National League Championship Series between Los Angeles and Milwaukee.

Milwaukee employed baseball’s new “bull-penning” strategy to a tee in the first game of the NLCS using seven pitchers in nine innings to edge the Dodgers 6-5. A see-saw battle ensued through the rest of the series before the Brewers lost in seven games falling just one victory shy of reaching the World Series and having a shot at cashing in on those 40-1 odds.

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CHRISTIAN YELICH

Still it was an exciting year of accomplishment for the Brewers and the team’s fans have every reason to be optimistic entering the 2019 season: Newly acquired 26-year-old free-agent outfielder Christian Yelich had a breakout season reaching career-highs with 36 home runs, 110 RBI and led the National League with a .326 batting average, .598 slugging percentage, a 1.000 OPS and 343 total bases, capturing the league’s MVP Award.

Yelich has four years and $51 million left on his contract with a club option for $15 million on the final year.

Nine-year veteran outfielder Lorenzo Cain was also signed as a free agent prior to the season immediately solidifying the center field position. Cain hit a career-best .308 with 30 stolen bases and was elected to his second All-Star game.

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Infielder Travis Shaw knocked 32 home runs with a .825 OPS eclipsing 30 HRs and .800 OPS in his first two seasons with the club after being acquired in a trade from the Boston Red Sox and transitioned from third base to second base after third baseman Mike Moustakas was acquired in a trade from Kansas City in July. In his first year of arbitration eligibility Shaw signed a one-year contract extension of $4.67 million after playing for the major league minimum in each of his first three big league seasons.

In his second season with the Brewers after being selected off waivers from the Cleveland Indians prior to the start of the 2017 season 28-year-old first baseman Jesus Aguilar slugged his way into prominence bashing 35 home runs with 108 RBI and a .890 OPS and was elected to his first All-Star game.

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Free agent signee Jhoulys Chacin anchored the Brewers starting rotation; the well-traveled veteran led the NL with 35 starts and reached a career high 15 wins with a 3.50 ERA. No other Brewers starter reached wins in double figures and the real key to the staff’s success was the team’s bullpen.

In his second big league season hardthrowing left-hander Josh Hader recorded and incredible 143 strikeouts in 81 innings, compiling a 6-1 record with a 2.43 ERA finishing seventh in Cy Young Award voting and was named to his first All-Star team, played at Miller Park in Milwaukee.

Right hander Jeremy Jeffress posted an 8-1 record with 15 saves and a remarkable 1.29 ERA with 89 strikeouts in 76 innings.

Corey Knebel began the season as the Brewers’ closer but struggled out of the gate after injuring his left hamstring in the team’s first home stand that sidelined him for the first month of the season. Upon his return in May he was dominant for two months but fared so poorly in July and August that he was demoted to the minor leagues for a brief twoweek stint. He was promoted back up to the big club in September and was instrumental in the team’s pennant race run making 19 consecutive scoreless appearances before Dodgers shortstop Chris Taylor connected for a runscoring triple in Game One of the NLCS. Knebel recorded five more scoreless appearances in the rest of the series.

It was truly a group effort turned in by a deep Milwaukee pitch staff: Jacob Barnes made 49 appearances with a 3.33 ERA and 47 strikeouts in 49 innings. Rookie Corbin Burns went 7-0 with 35 strikeouts in 38 innings and 2.61 ERA after making his 12

big league debut on July 10.

Brandon Woodruff began the season with the big club after making his big league debut in August of 2017 and was optioned to the team’s Colorado Springs minor league affiliate five times during the season but still managed to appear in 19 games with the Brewers going 3-0 with a 3.61 ERA and 47 strikeouts in 42 innings. The 25 –year-old lefty enjoyed his 15 minutes of fame and became a household name after homering off Los Angeles Dodgers ace pitcher Clayton Kershaw in Game One of the NLCS and also earned the victory striking out four batters in two innings.

With most of the 2018 roster intact and the addition of catcher Yasmani Grandal, and whatever last minute deals GM David Stearns has up his sleeve the Brewers appear poised to make another post-season run.

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The Brewers franchise has not won a World Series in its 50-year existence and has only appeared in one winning the American League pennant in 1982 and losing the World Series to the St. Louis Cardinals.

Members of the 1982 Brewers include Hall of Famers Paul Molitor and Robin Yount, who won the AL MVP Award that year, pitcher Don Sutton and reliever Rollie Fingers who won the AL MVP and CY Young Awards in 1981.

Although the Milwaukee Brewers franchise is still a relative newcomer to the major leagues, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, the city is steeped in baseball tradition dating back to the Milwaukee Braves franchise that relocated from Boston in 1953.

Milwaukee’s first major league franchise drew a National League record 1.8 million fans in the team’s inaugural season and also set new National League attendance records during Hank Aaron’s rookie season of 1954 and the team’s first World Series champion season of 1957.

Aaron moved with the original Braves franchise to Atlanta in 1966 but returned to Milwaukee for the final two years of his career as the team’s designated hitter in 1975 and 1976 and spent his last two spring training seasons with the team in Sun City.

The Brewers are the ancestral offspring of the one-season wonder the Seattle Pilots that joined the American League as part of a fourteam expansion of the major leagues in 1969. The other new teams included the Kansas City Royals in the same newly formed American League Western division and the Montreal Expos in the NL East and San Diego Padres of the NL West.

The Pilots spent their first two spring training seasons and in Arizona at Tempe Diablo Stadium Tempe, enough time for plenty of baseball card photographs to be taken there with the familiar Tempe Buttes in the backdrop.

After struggling to draw fans in the team’s inaugural season at a beat up old minor league ballpark fittingly named Sicks’ Stadium in Seattle the Pilots cash-strapped ownership barely survived through the spring training season of 1970 declaring bankruptcy a week before Opening Day. The franchise was purchased by a car dealer named “Bud” Selig and relocated to Milwaukee with just enough time to change the name of the city on the team’s uniforms which had been packed on a truck with the rest of the equipment parked in Provo, Utah while the drivers waited to hear whether they would continue north to Seattle or east to Milwaukee.

HANK AARON DURING SPRING TRAINING WITH THE BREWERS AT SUN CITY STADIUM (top), SEATTLE PILOTS MANAGER JOE SCHULTS AND COACH FRANK CROSETTI DURING THE TEAM’S INAUGURAL SEASON AT TEMPE DIABLO STADIUM, 1969, credit: Charles Kapner (bottom).

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FEATURE STORY continued from page 14 (top) SUN CITY STADIUM, circa 1973 , (below left) PILOTS BASEBALL CARDS (below right) THREE BREWERS PLAYERS AT COMPADRE STADIUM IN CHANDLER: (L-R) Ben Oglive, Robin Yount and Paul Moliter.

In the spring of 1971 the Brewers returned to Tempe Diablo stadium and again in 1972 before moving into a brand new Sun City Stadium in 1973 where the team would enjoy an affectionate relationship with the senior citizens retirement community for a dozen years.

The Brewers moved the team’s spring training operation from Sun City to Compadre Stadium in Chandler in 1986 and again the team’s fans immediately fell in love with the facility. Located in what was an agricultural area way down Alma School Road among the citrus groves and farmland. Compadre Stadium was the first Cactus League ballpark to include a grassy seating berm beyond the outfield wall and the parking lot was a haven of the Brewers famous tailgate parties with plenty of beer and grilled sausages.

At first Brewers fans were despondent about the team’s departure from Chandler after the 1997 Cactus League season but they eventually warmed up to the new facility in Maryvale and turned the big asphalt parking lot into a big tailgate party with flags flying from the back of cars and trucks that fans use toDODGER identifyMANAGER their friends.

DAVE It’s almost hard to believe theROBERTS BrewersTAKES have SELFIE been springing in Maryvale for 20 years, FAN traditionally been among the lowest and while attendance at the Maryvale BaseballWITH ParkA has in the league, mostly because the surrounding neighborhood never developed in the ways initially foreseen, that is most likely about to change.

RENOVATIONS AT MARYVALE BASEBALL PARK

Coming on the heels of the team’s first NL Central division title in seven years, the Brewers and the newly remodeled Maryvale Baseball Park will be a center of attention for the Cactus League this year. It’s been 21 years since the Brewers moved the team’s spring training operations from Compadre Stadium in Chandler to the Maryvale neighborhood in central/west Phoenix and the ballpark was in dire need of a sprucing up. The Brewers contributed more than $50 million to the ballpark renovations while the city of Phoenix kicked in approximately $10 million and the team signed a 25-year contract extension to remain at the ballpark in Maryvale.

Renovations to the ballpark facility include: A new wide-open entry plaza located directly behind home plate providing a view of the field from the outside of the ballpark that previously did not exist which also allows access to the team store at non-game days and times. Both the home team and visitor’s clubhouses have been renovated and all of the training facilities have been upgraded. Fans will appreciate newly refurbished and expanded parking lots, concession stands, restrooms and a wider concourse as well as newly landscaped exterior.

All of this will make the Maryvale Baseball Park feel brand new again and Brewers fans are expected to flock to Arizona in droves this spring to see the reigning NL Central division champs begin defending the flag.

Appropriately the Brewers and Cubs will pick up right where they left off facing each other at the Cubs Sloan Park in Mesa on Saturday, February 23rd at 1:05 p.m. and again at the Maryvale Baseball Park on March 10. AZ MARYVALE’S IMPROVEMENTS: NEW SEATING (top) NEW ENTRANCE (right inset) VIEW OF HOME PLATE (bottom)

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The writing was on the wall when first base prospect Pavin Smith was assigned the number 44 on his Arizona Fall League Salt River Rafters jersey. Reporters and scouts sitting behind home plate at the Arizona Fall Stars game on November 3, 2018 took notice that Pavin was wearing the same number 44 as Diamondbacks long-time first baseman Paul Goldschmidt and saw it as perhaps a harbinger of things to come.

While Smith is probably not ready for prime time just yet and the Diamondbacks not necessarily in a re-building mode, it is the end of an era just the same.

Fan favorite and perennial MVP candidate Goldschmidt has spent all eight of his major league seasons in Arizona. A six-time All-Star, Goldschmidt has also been a model citizen and become the face of the franchise. After posting another typically consistent season, eclipsing the 30-home run mark for the fourth time in his career, the Diamondbacks picked up the $14.5 million option for the final season of Goldschmidt’s five-year contract on October 29, 2018 and later dealt him the to St. Louis for three youngsters including second baseman prospect Andy Young.

Third baseman Jake Lamb was re-signed to a one-year $4.8 million contract and is slated to replace Goldschmidt at first base. Lamb missed most of the 2018 season with a recurring shoulder injury that required season ending surgery at the beginning of August. The Diamondbacks are banking on Lamb returning to the form that saw him hit 30 home runs with 105 RBI and his first All-Star game appearance while Smith continues to hone his skills in the minor leagues.

The Diamondbacks were part of a heated three team pennant race with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Colorado Rockies in the NL West occupying first place for most of the season and as late as September 1 before being overtaken by both teams simultaneously the next day. The D-Backs fell back into third place and remained there the rest of the way going 8-19 during the month of September.

Veteran right-hander Zack Greinke continued to anchor Arizona’s starting rotation posting a 15-11 mark with a 3.21 ERA in 33 starts spanning 208 innings. Greinke was tied for the team lead in victories with RHP Zack Godley who racked up 15 wins in his third full season with the club.

After making just three starts in April, right-hander Taijuan Walker suffered torn UCL (Ultra Collateral Ligament) requiring Tommy John surgery that will keep him sidelined until at least the All-Star break this season. Considered one of the game’s top pitching prospects since making his big league debut with the Seattle Mariners in 2013, the potential forecast for Walker has yet to materialize. Acquired in a trade for second baseman Jean Segura prior to the 2017 season, Walker has just the 2019 season at $5 million remaining on his contract.

With the team’s roster still in a relative state of flux, the Diamondbacks signed free-agent utility man Wilmer Flores to a one-year $3.7 million contract with an option for a second year at $6 million. In a semi-rebuilding mode it will be tough for the D-Backs to continue to compete with the likes of Los Angeles and Colorado in the NL West.

Prospect to watch: Among the young players emerging from the Bahamas, infielder Jazz Chisholm showed some pop with combined 25 HR with 70 RBI and a .272 batting avg. at single-A Visalia and Kane County.

Arrivals: INF Wilmer Flores, 2B Andy Young 18 Departures: 1B Paul Goldschmidt, RHP Shelby Miller

40-man roster # Pitchers 35 Matt Andriese 61 Silvino Bracho 25 Archie Bradley 40 Andrew Chafin 72 Taylor Clarke 52 Zack Godley 45 Nick Green 21 Zack Greinke 66 Yoshihisa Hirano 56 Greg Holland 29 Merrill Kelly 55 Matt Koch 65 Joey Krehbiel 50 Yoan Lopez 30 T.J. McFarland 64 Joel Payamps 38 Robbie Ray 63 Robby Scott 54 Jimmie Sherfy 70 Bo Takahashi 67 Emilio Vargas 99 Taijuan Walker 24 Luke Weaver

B/T Ht Wt DOB R/R 6’2” 225 8/28/89 R/R 5’10” 190 7/17/92 R/R 6’4” 225 8/10/92 R/L 6’2” 225 6/17/90 R/R 6’4” 200 5/13/93 R/R 6’3” 240 4/21/90 R/R 6’1” 175 3/25/95 R/R 6’2” 200 10/21/83 R/R 6’1” 185 3/8/84 R/R 5’10” 205 11/20/85 R/R 6’2” 190 10/14/88 L/R 6’3” 215 11/2/90 R/R 6’2” 185 12/20/92 R/R 6’3” 185 1/2/93 L/L 6’3” 220 6/8/89 R/R 6’2” 170 4/7/94 L/L 6’2” 195 10/1/91 S/L 6’3” 220 8/29/89 R/R 6’0” 175 12/27/91 R/R 6’0” 197 1/23/97 R/R 6’3” 200 8/12/96 R/R 6’4” 235 8/13/92 R/R 6’2” 170 8/21/93

# Catchers 31 Alex Avila 18 Carson Kelly 36 John Ryan Murphy

B/T Ht Wt DOB L/R 5’11” 210 1/29/87 R/R 6’2” 220 7/14/94 R/R 5’11” 205 5/13/91

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# Outfield 19 Socrates Brito 1 Jarrod Dyson 10 Tim Locastro 6 David Peralta 28 Steven Souza Jr.

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looked locked to win the NL Central for the third consecutive season. Swooping in at the last minute signing free-agent pitcher Yu Darvish to a six-year $126 million contract the Cubs enhanced an already formidable rotation just prior to the start of spring training.

Darvish struggled through his first six starts of the season going 0-3 with a 6.00 ERA and landed on the disabled list with tendonitis in his right elbow on May 23 and did not return for the remainder of the season undergoing a debridement surgical procedure in September.

The Cubs also sputtered out of the gate while the surprising Milwaukee Brewers occupied first place through the first two months of the season. The Cubs battled back and moved into a tie for first with the Brewers just before the All-Star break. The two teams continued to keep pace with each other down the stretch ending up tied for first place on the last day of the regular season.

The Brewers defeated the Cubs 3-1 at Wrigley Field in game 163 capturing the NL Central flag. The Cubs fell into the Wild Card post-season play-in game and lost again at home to Colorado the next day bringing the season to close.

In his third full season with the Cubs second baseman Javier Baez had a breakout year reaching career-highs with 40 doubles, 9 triples, 34 home runs, a .290 batting average and a NL leading 11 RBI. Baez finished second to Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yellich in NL MPV voting and was re-signed by the Cubs to a one-year $5.2 million contract extension for 2019.

Entering his eighth season with the club, first baseman Anthony Rizzo continues to be a cornerstone of the team’s foundation and recent run of success. Rizzo knocked 25 home runs with 101 RBI with a .846 OPS and won his second Gold Glove Award. Rizzo is signed through the 2019 season for $12 million with the Cubs holding a pair of $16.5 million options for 2020 and 2021.

Third baseman Kris Bryant suffered with inflammation in his left shoulder throughout the season and spent two stints on the disabled list and finished the season with career lows across the board with 13 HRs, 52 RBI, and a .272 batting average.

Bryant is also signed through 2019 for $12 million and will become eligible for arbitration in 2020.

The Cubs 3.65 team ERA was second best in the National League behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. Staff ace John Lester led the NL with 18 wins and posted a 3.32 ERA in 181 innings. Lester is entering the fifth year of his six-year $155 million contract with the club holding a $25 million option for 2021.

In his fourth full season, right-hander Kyle Hendricks posted a 14-11 record with a 3.44 ERA in 33 starts spanning 199 innings.

Veteran southpaw Cole Hamels was acquired in a trade from the Texas Rangers at the All-Star break and went 4-3 with a 2.36 ERA down the stretch and is signed through the 2019 season.

With the return of Darvish and the most of the 2018 roster intact the Cubs should continue to contend in the NL Central.

Prospect to watch: The Cubs inked Panamanian Catcher Miguel Amaya to a $1 million signing bonus at the age of 17 in 2016. He was named the best defensive catcher in the shortseason Northwest League in 2017 and knocked 12 home runs with 56 RBI in 116 games at single-A South Bend in 2018.

Arrivals: OF Orlando Guzman, 2B Daniel Descalso 20 Departures: INF Daniel Murphy, LHP Jorge De La Rosa

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# Pitchers B/T Ht 73 Adbert Alzolay R/R 6’0” — Tony Barnette R/R 6’1” 21 Tyler Chatwood R/R 6’0” 41 Steve Cishek R/R 6’6” 11 Yu Darvish R/R 6’5” 32 Brian Duensing L/L 6’0” 6 Carl Edwards Jr. R/R 6’3” — Kendall Graveman R/R 6’2” 35 Cole Hamels L/L 6’4” 28 Kyle Hendricks R/R 6’3” 20 Brandon Kintzler R/R 6’0” 34 Jon Lester L/L 6’4” 36 Dillon Maples R/R 6’2” 24 Alec Mills R/R 6’4” 38 Mike Montgomery L/L 6’5” 15 Brandon Morrow R/R 6’3” 57 James Norwood R/R 6’2” 62 Jose Quintana R/L 6’1” 47 Randy Rosario L/L 6’1” — Kyle Ryan L/L 6’5” — Justin Steele L/L 6’2” 46 Pedro Strop R/R 6’1” 52 Jen-Ho Tseng L/R 6’1” 51 Duane Underwood Jr. R/R 6’2” — Rowan Wick L/R 6’3”

Wt DOB 179 3/1/95 190 11/9/83 185 12/16/89 215 6/18/86 220 8/16/86 200 2/22/83 170 9/3/91 200 12/21/90 205 12/27/83 190 12/7/89 194 8/1/84 240 1/7/84 225 5/9/92 190 11/30/91 215 7/1/89 205 7/26/84 215 12/24/93 220 1/24/89 200 5/18/94 215 9/25/91 195 7/11/95 220 6/13/85 210 10/3/94 210 7/20/94 234 11/9/92

# Catchers 7 Victor Caratini 40 Willson Contreras 53 Taylor Davis

B/T Ht Wt DOB S/R 6’1” 215 8/17/93 R/R 6’1” 210 5/13/92 R/R 5’10” 200 11/28/89

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# Outfield 5 Albert Almora Jr. 8 Ian Happ 22 Jason Heyward 12 Kyle Schwarber — Mark Zagunis

Ht Wt 6’0” 190 6’1” 210 6’5” 230 5’10” 190 6’3” 240 6’3” 210

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Wt DOB 190 4/16/94 205 8/12/94 240 8/9/89 235 3/5/93 215 2/5/93

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chicago white sox

Stuck in a rut the Chicago White Sox have finished in fourth place in the Al Central for five straight seasons losing 100 games last year for the first time in 48 years. The 848 runs scored upon White Sox pitching was tied for second most in the American League with the Texas Rangers and exceeded only by the lowly Baltimore Orioles.

No White Sox starter posted a winning record and RHP Lucas Giolito was the only member of the staff to post wins in double figures going 10-13 with a 6.13 ERA and the doubly dubious distinction of leading the AL I earned runs and walks.

In his third season since being acquired in a trade from the San Diego Padres in June of 2016 “Big Game James” Shields struggled to an American League leading 16 losses with seven wins and a 4.53 ERA in 33 starts spanning 204 innings and the White Sox exercised the $2 million buyout on Shields contract.In his first full season as a starter RHP Reynaldo Lopez posted a 7-10 record with a 3.91 ERA in 32 starts spanning 188 innings.

Closer Joakim Soria recorded 16 saves with a 2.56 ERA in 40 appearances before being traded to Milwaukee Brewers in June and the White Sox employed closers by committee the rest of the way.

First baseman Jose Abreu continues to be the big cog in the White Sox machine but missed a significant amount of time with an infection in his right thigh and saw his previously consistent numbers drop to career lows of 22 HRs and 78 RBI, the first time in five seasons since defecting from Cuba and signing with Chicago. Abreu signed a one-year $16 million extension for the 2019 season.

In his first full season since being traded to Chicago in 2016 after signing with the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent highly touted second base prospect Yoan Moncada hit 17 home runs with 61 RBI and a .235 batting average leading the American League with 217 strikeouts in 149 games.

Moncada also hails from Cuba and left the island nation in 2014 after being granted permission from the government to pursue a career in Major League Baseball.

While the future hasn’t exactly been now on the south side but the team is loaded with prospects providing brightness on the horizon. Tim Anderson was one of those prospects featured in the pages of Arizona Key magazine that has begun to realize his potential. Anderson became the first shortstop in franchise history to hit at least 20 home runs and steal 20 (28) bases in his second big league season last year also reaching career highs with 28 doubles and 77 runs scored.

The White Sox landed six prospects on MLB Pipeline’s top 100 list including No. 3 ranked outfielder Eloy Jiminez, RHP Michael Kopech, RHP Dylan Cease, OF Luis Robert, INF Nick Madrigal and RHP Dane Dunning many or all of whom will be visible at the White Sox Camelback Ranch facility this spring. At the time of this writing the White Sox were also at the center of speculation regarding the signing of free-agent third baseman/shortstop Manny Machado.

Prospect to watch: Outfielder Eloy Jiminez, 22, appears ready for prime time. Jiminez tore up AA and AAA pitching last year hitting a combined .337 with 22 HRs and 75 RBI splitting time equally at AA-Birmingham and AAA-Charlotte. He also hit .448 in a brief stint in the Dominican Winter League.

Arrivals: RHP Kelvin Herrera, 1B Yonder Alonso

22 Departures: OF Avisail Garcia, 1B Matt Davidson

40-man roster # Pitchers — Manny Banuelos 39 Aaron Bummer 61 Ryan Burr — Dylan Cease — Alex Colome 68 Dylan Covey 67 Caleb Frare 57 Jace Fry — Carson Fulmer 27 Lucas Giolito 63 Ian Hamilton — Kelvin Herrera 65 Nate Jones 34 Michael Kopech 40 Reynaldo Lopez — Kodi Medeiros 37 Juan Minaya — Ivan Nova 55 Carlos Rodon 66 Jose Ruiz — Jordan Stephens 50 Thyago Vieira

B/T Ht Wt DOB R/L 5’10” 215 3/13/91 L/L 6’3” 200 9/21/93 R/R 6’4” 225 5/28/94 R/R 6’2” 190 12/28/95 R/R 6’1” 220 12/31/88 R/R 6’2” 195 8/14/91 L/L 6’1” 210 7/8/93 L/L 6’1” 190 7/9/93 R/R 6’0” 195 12/13/93 R/R 6’6” 245 7/14/94 R/R 6’0” 200 6/16/95 R/R 5’10” 200 12/31/89 R/R 6’5” 220 1/28/86 R/R 6’3” 205 4/30/96 R/R 6’1” 200 1/4/94 L/L 6’2” 180 5/25/96 R/R 6’4” 210 9/18/90 R/R 6’5” 250 1/12/87 L/L 6’3” 235 12/10/92 R/R 6’1” 190 10/21/94 R/R 6’1” 190 9/12/92 R/R 6’2” 210 7/1/93

# Catchers 21 Welington Castillo — James McCann — Seby Zavala

B/T Ht Wt DOB R/R 5’10” 220 4/24/87 R/R 6’3” 225 6/13/90 R/R 5’11” 215 8/28/93

# Infield 79 Jose Abreu — Yonder Alonso 7 Tim Anderson 10 Yoan Moncada 20 Jose Rondon 5 Yolmer Sanchez

B/T Ht Wt DOB R/R 6’3” 255 1/29/87 L/R 6’1” 230 4/8/87 R/R 6’1” 185 6/23/93 S/R 6’2” 205 5/27/95 R/R 6’1” 195 3/3/94 S/R 5’11” 185 6/29/92

# Outfield — Micker Adolfo — Luis A.Basabe 49 Ryan Cordell 30 Nicky Delmonico 15 Adam Engel 28 Leury Garcia — Jon Jay — Eloy Jimenez 18 Daniel Palka

B/T Ht Wt DOB R/R 6’3” 200 9/11/96 S/R 6’0” 160 8/26/96 R/R 6’4” 195 3/31/92 L/R 6’3” 230 7/12/92 R/R 6’2” 210 12/9/91 S/R 5’8” 180 3/18/91 L/L 5’11” 195 3/15/85 R/R 6’4” 205 11/27/96 L/L 6’2” 220 10/28/91

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cincinnati reds

There’s usually nowhere to go but up when you’re down but the Cincinnati Reds seem to have settled comfortably in last place in the NL Central for the last four seasons averaging 95 losses per season.

The Reds did make some big off-season moves acquiring outfielders Matt Kemp and Yasiel Puig from the Los Angeles Dodgers in addition to LHP Alex Wood and catcher Kyle Farmer as well as some cash in exchange for a pair of minor league prospects and baseball’s most over paid pitcher Homer Bailey. Owner of two major league no-hitters Bailey has struggled mightily since undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2016 posting an abysmal 1-14 record with a 6.09 ERA in 20 starts last year.

In a complex salary dumping move designed to keep the Dodgers under the luxury tax... Stay with me here: The Dodgers sent Puig and Kemp to the Reds, Puig is due $9.7 million in the last year of his contract. Kemp is also in his final year and is owed $21.75 million, $3.5 million of which will be paid by the Dodgers and $2.5 covered by the San Diego Padres from a previous deal. Pitcher Alex Wood is arbitration eligible and will be paid between, $8 -$9 million. Bailey is due $23 million in the final year of the six-year $105 million deal he signed with the Reds back in 2014. The Dodgers were willing to pay Bailey’s salary in order to release him and not have his salary included in the team’s payroll while also ridding the salaries of Kemp, Puig and Wood keeping the payroll below MLB’s luxury tax limit. Get all that?

As far as the Reds are concerned the addition of Puig and Kemp will breathe some excitement into the dormant franchise and Alex Wood should bolster a pitching staff that surrendered the most runs in the National League in each of the previous two seasons. No Cincinnati starter posted a winning record and sophomore right-hander Luis Castillo was the Reds’ hurler to record wins in double figures going 10-12 with a 4.30 ERA in 31 starts spanning 170 innings. The Reds also acquired six-year veteran right-hander Sonny Gray and minor leaguer Reiver Sanmartin in a trade with the New York Yankees for second base prospect Shed Long.

Cincinnati’s 696 runs scored ranked eighth highest among 15 National League teams and just below the league average. This is where the addition of Puig and Kemp should really come into play.

Stalwart first baseman Joey Votto played through pain suffering with a bruised leg and a strained quad missing a handful of games and posting the most unproductive season of his 12-year career, batting .284 with 12 home runs and 67 RBI in 145 games.

Votto still managed to lead the league in on-base-percentage (.417) for the third consecutive season and seventh time in his career. Votto, 35, still has five years and $125 million due on his contract with a club option for $20 million in 2024.

Third baseman Eugenio Suarez proved a bright spot for the Reds posting what can be seen as a break-out season reaching career highs at 34 HRs, 104 RBI with a .892 OPS in his fifth big league season.

There’s still nowhere to go but up for Cincinnati and with a busy off-season the Reds are in good position to finally emerge from the cellar.

Prospect to watch: Multi-sport athlete Taylor Trammell wisely turned down an offer to play football at Georgia Tech when the Reds offered him a $3.2 million signing bonus in 2016. The 21-year old outfielder advanced from low-A Dayton in 2017 to A+ Daytona in 2018 where he hit 8 home runs with 41 RBI and a .277 batting average in 110 games.

Arrivals: OF Yasiel Puig, OF Matt Kemp 26 Departures: RHP Homer Bailey, RHP Tanner Roark

40-man roster # Pitchers 67 Matt Bowman 58 Luis Castillo 28 Anthony DeSclafani 29 Brandon Finnegan 50 Amir Garrett 54 Sonny Gray 49 Jimmy Herget 37 David Hernandez 48 Jared Hughes 26 Raisel Iglesias 72 Jose Lopez 21 Michael Lorenzen 30 Tyler Mahle 63 Keury Mella 53 Wandy Peralta 23 Cody Reed 57 Jesus Reyes 35 Tanner Roark 47 Sal Romano 39 Lucas Sims 62 Jackson Stephens 55 Robert Stephenson 41 Matt Wisler 40 Alex Wood

B/T Ht Wt DOB R/R 6’0” 175 5/31/91 R/R 6’2” 190 12/12/92 R/R 6’1” 195 4/18/90 L/L 5’11” 212 4/14/93 R/L 6’5” 228 5/3/92 R/R 5’10” 190 11/7/89 R/R 6’3” 170 9/9/93 R/R 6’3” 245 5/13/85 R/R 6’7” 240 7/4/85 R/R 6’2” 188 1/4/90 R/R 6’1” 205 9/1/93 R/R 6’3” 217 1/4/92 R/R 6’3” 210 9/29/94 R/R 6’2” 200 8/2/93 L/L 6’0” 220 7/27/91 L/L 6’5” 230 4/15/93 R/R 6’2” 180 2/21/93 R/R 6’2” 229 10/5/86 L/R 6’5” 270 10/12/93 R/R 6’2” 230 5/10/94 R/R 6’2” 220 5/11/94 R/R 6’3” 215 2/24/93 R/R 6’3” 210 9/12/92 R/L 6’4” 215 1/12/91

# Catchers 16 Tucker Barnhart 12 Curt Casali 52 Kyle Farmer

B/T Ht Wt DOB S/R 5’11” 192 1/7/91 R/R 6’3” 235 11/9/88 R/R 6’0” 214 8/17/90

# Infield 2 Alex Blandino 3 Scooter Gennett 17 Connor Joe 9 Jose Peraza 7 Eugenio Suarez 51 Blake Trahan 19 Joey Votto

B/T Ht Wt DOB R/R 6’0” 190 11/6/92 L/R 5’10” 185 5/1/90 R/R 6’0” 205 8/16/92 R/R 6’0” 196 4/30/94 R/R 5’11” 213 7/18/91 R/R 5’9” 180 9/5/93 L/R 6’2” 220 9/10/83

# Outfield 6 Phillip Ervin 27 Matt Kemp 66 Yasiel Puig 43 Scott Schebler 75 Jose Siri 33 Jesse Winker

B/T Ht Wt DOB R/R 5’10” 207 7/15/92 R/R 6’4” 210 9/23/84 R/R 6’2” 240 12/7/90 L/R 6’0” 228 10/6/90 R/R 6’2” 175 7/22/95 L/L 6’3” 215 8/17/93

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cleveland indians

With a third straight first-place finish the Cleveland Indians remain the team to beat in the AL but the window of opportunity for the current Cleveland squad to win the World Series may be closing.

Cleveland grabbed hold of first place on April 21 and never relinquished its lead running away with the division finishing 13 games ahead of second place Minnesota and at 9171 posted the only winning record in the AL Central.

Led by the one-two punch of Francisco Lindor and Jose Ramirez the 818 runs scored by Cleveland were third most in the AL behind Boston and New York. Ramirez, 25, bashed a career-high 39 HRs with a 105 RBI, a .939 OPS, was named to his second consecutive All-Star team and finished third in AL MVP voting.

Lindor, 24, knocked a career-high 38 home runs with 92 RBI and led the American League in plate appearances (745), at bats (661) and runs scored (129). He was named to his third straight All-Star team and finished sixth AL MVP voting.

Lindor avoided arbitration signing a one-year $10.5 million contract for 2019 and will be eligible for arbitration again in 2020.

Ramirez is in the third year of a five-year $26 million contract, (one of the best bargains in the business) with the club holding $11 and $13 million options for 2022 and 2023.

Designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion knocked 32 home runs with 107 RBI and was dealt to Seattle in a three team trade with Tampa Bay that brought first baseman Carlos Santana back to Cleveland.

Santana returns to Cleveland where he spent the first eight seasons of his major league career before being dealt to Philadelphia last year where he hit 24 home runs with 86 RBI. Gone also is first baseman Yonder Alonso who was dealt to the Chicago White Sox for outfielder Alex Call.

Staff ace Corey Kluber reached a career-high 20 wins finishing second in the AL behind Tampa Bay’s Blake Snell (21).

Kluber posted a 2.89 ERA with 222 strikeouts and led the AL with 215 innings pitched, two complete games and one shutout.

At the time of this writing rumors were circulating about Kluber possibly being traded to Milwaukee or the Los Angeles Dodgers but he is still due $17 million in the final year of his contract with the club holding $17.5 and $18 million options for 2020 and 2021. The big four in Cleveland’s starting rotation has remained intact for the past couple of years and should remain at least through 2019.

Nine-year veteran Carlos Carasco posted a 17-10 record with a 3.38 ERA and 231 strikeouts in 192 innings.

Carasco is signed through 2022 with $44 million remaining on his contract and the club holding a $14 million option for 2023.

In his second full season Mike Clevinger was 13-8 with a 3.02 ERA in 32 starts spanning 200 innings and remains under club control. Trevor Bauer posted a 12-6 record with career-best 2.21 ERA in 27 starts and was arbitration eligible at the time of this writing scheduled to receive something between $11 and $13 million.

Prospect to watch: Infielder Yu Chang plays 3rd base and shortstop and hit .337 with four HRs and 17 RBI with a .919 OPS for the Glendale Desert Dogs in 23 AZ Fall League games.

Arrivals: 1B Carlos Santana, 1B Jake Bauers 28 Departures: 1B Yonder Alonso, DH Edwin Encarnacion

40-man roster # Pitchers 56 Cody Anderson 47 Trevor Bauer 57 Shane Bieber 59 Carlos Carrasco 90 Adam Cimber 52 Mike Clevinger — A.J. Cole 46 Jon Edwards 44 Nick Goody 33 Brad Hand — Sam Hentges — Chih-Wei Hu 28 Corey Kluber — Jean Carlos Mejia 49 Tyler Olson 61 Dan Otero 39 Oliver Perez 45 Adam Plutko 58 Neil Ramirez — Jefry Rodriguez 31 Danny Salazar 35 Ben Taylor

B/T Ht Wt DOB R/R 6’4” 240 9/14/90 R/R 6’1” 190 1/17/91 R/R 6’3” 195 5/31/95 R/R 6’3” 212 3/21/87 R/R 6’4” 180 8/15/90 R/R 6’4” 210 12/21/90 R/R 6’5” 238 1/5/92 R/R 6’5” 235 1/8/88 R/R 5’11” 195 7/6/91 L/L 6’3” 228 3/20/90 L/L 6’6” 245 7/18/96 R/R 6’0” 220 11/4/93 R/R 6’4” 215 4/10/86 R/R 6’4” 205 8/26/96 R/L 6’3” 195 10/2/89 R/R 6’3” 205 2/19/85 L/L 6’3” 225 8/15/81 R/R 6’3” 200 10/3/91 R/R 6’4” 215 5/25/89 R/R 6’6” 232 7/26/93 R/R 6’0” 195 1/11/90 R/R 6’3” 225 11/12/92

# Catchers 38 Eric Haase 55 Roberto Perez — Kevin Plawecki

B/T Ht Wt DOB R/R 5’10” 180 12/18/92 R/R 5’11” 220 12/23/88 R/R 6’2” 210 2/26/91

# Infield — Jake Bauers — Bobby Bradley 75 Yu Chang 22 Jason Kipnis 12 Francisco Lindor — Max Moroff 11 Jose Ramirez — Carlos Santana 66 Eric Stamets

B/T Ht Wt DOB L/L 6’1” 195 10/6/95 L/R 6’1” 225 5/29/96 R/R 6’1” 175 8/18/95 L/R 5’11” 195 4/3/87 S/R 5’11” 190 11/14/93 S/R 5’10” 185 5/13/93 S/R 5’9” 165 9/17/92 S/R 5’11” 210 4/8/86 R/R 6’0” 190 9/25/91

# Outfield 1 Greg Allen — Jordan Luplow 13 Leonys Martin — Oscar Mercado 30 Tyler Naquin 4 Bradley Zimmer

B/T Ht S/R 6’0” R/R 6’1” L/R 6’2” R/R 6’2” L/R 6’2” L/R 6’5”

Wt DOB 175 3/15/93 195 9/26/93 200 3/6/88 175 12/16/94 195 4/24/91 220 11/27/92

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colorado rockies

The 2018 Rockies fought tooth and nail with the Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks for most of the season engaging in a spirited pennant race that saw the Dodgers and Rockies tied for first place in the NL West on the last day of the season.

The Rockies 780 runs scored were second only to the team’s NL West division rival Los Angeles Dodgers and it proved to be the last three runs the Dodgers scored during the regular season that knocked the Rockies out first place and into the NL Wild Card game.

After an impressive 91-72 season the Rockies were swept by the red hot Brewers in a quick three-game National League Division Series but have every reason to feel optimistic entering the 2019 season.

Third baseman Nolan Arenado and shortstop Trevor story had similarly outstanding seasons fronting the Rockies’ own “Murderers Row.” Arenado knocked a National League leading 38 HRs, 110 RBI and a .297 batting average with a .935 OPS, leading the league in home runs for the third time in the last four years. At the time of this writing Arenado was on the brink of receiving the largest arbitration settlement ever granted at approximately $27 million for the 2019 season.

Story reached career highs across the board with 37 HRs, 108 RBI, a .291 batting average and a .917 OPS, he also cut down on his strikeouts dropping from a league-leading 191 in 555 at bats in 2017 to 168 in 656 at-bats last year.

Center fielder Charlie Blackmon dropped off a bit from his fantastic 2017 season but still hit 29 HRs and scored a league leading 119 runs while driving in 70 from the leadoff spot in the batting order.

In his first full season with the team newly converted first baseman Ian Desmond knocked 22 home runs with 88 RBI. Second baseman D.J. LeMahieu, the 2016 NL batting champion, dropped off his pace hitting .276 with 15 home runs and 62 RBI but departed as free agent at the end of the season and signed two-year $24 million contract with the N.Y. Yankees.

To offset LeMahieu’s departure the Rockies signed free agent infielder Daniel Murphy, who will move to first base, to a three-year $30 million contract.

The key to the 2018 Rockies’ success was one of the better pitching staff’s in team history that countered the Coors Field effect. The Rockies posted a 47-34 record at home and were 44-38 on the road.

Sophomore southpaw Kyle Freeland recorded one of the best seasons by a Rockies starting pitcher in the team’s history going 17-7 with a 2.85 ERA in 33 starts spanning 202 innings. Right-hander German Marquez was 14-111 with a 3.77 ERA in 33 starts and 196 innings. Middle reliever Scott Oterberg posted an 8-1 record with a 2.45 ERA and 57 strikeouts in 58 innings. Adam Ottavino compiled a 6-4 record with a 2.43 ERA and 112 strikeouts in 77 innings.

The Rockies have yet to win a NL West pennant in the team’s 26-year history but will field a team that has a chance in 2019.

Prospect to watch: MLB Pipline’s No. 9 ranked prospect overall, shortstop Brendon Rogers, 22, was the No. 1 prospect of the 2015 draft and signed for a franchise record $5.5 million.

He hit a combined .267 with 17 home runs and 67 RBI at AAHartford and AAA-Albuquerque in 2018.

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40-man roster # Pitchers 62 Yency Almonte 44 Tyler Anderson 35 Chad Bettis — Ryan Castellani 71 Wade Davis 38 Mike Dunn 54 Carlos Estevez 21 Kyle Freeland 64 Rayan Gonzalez 55 Jon Gray 34 Jeff Hoffman 63 DJ Johnson — Justin Lawrence 48 German Marquez 51 Jake McGee 59 Harrison Musgrave 45 Scott Oberg 18 Seunghwan Oh 52 Chris Rusin 49 Antonio Senzatela 29 Bryan Shaw 74 Jesus Tinoco Catchers # Name 22 Chris Iannetta 23 Tom Murphy 14 Tony Wolters Infield # Name 28 Nolan Arenado 20 Ian Desmond — Josh Fuentes 1 Garrett Hampson 24 Ryan McMahon — Daniel Murphy 27 Trevor Story 4 Pat Valaika Outfield # Name 19 Charlie Blackmon 56 Noel Cuevas 26 David Dahl 72 Yonathan Daza — Sam Hilliard 15 Raimel Tapia 3 Mike Tauchman

B/T Ht Wt DOB S/R 6’3” 205 6/4/94 L/L 6’4” 210 12/30/89 R/R 6’1” 200 4/26/89 R/R 6’4” 220 4/1/96 R/R 6’5” 225 9/7/85 L/L 6’0” 215 5/23/85 R/R 6’4” 210 12/28/92 L/L 6’3” 170 5/14/93 R/R 6’3” 175 10/18/90 R/R 6’4” 235 11/5/91 R/R 6’5” 225 1/8/93 L/R 6’4” 235 8/30/89 R/R 6’3” 220 11/25/94 R/R 6’1” 185 2/22/95 L/L 6’3” 230 8/6/86 L/L 6’1” 205 3/3/92 R/R 6’2” 205 3/13/90 R/R 5’10” 205 7/15/82 L/L 6’2” 195 10/22/86 R/R 6’1” 180 1/21/95 S/R 6’1” 220 11/8/87 R/R 6’4” 190 4/30/95 B/T R/R R/R L/R

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2. CAREFREE DESERT GARDENS – The gardens weave their way along Carefree’s Easy Street among features that include the Carefree Sundial, the Sanderson Lincoln Pavilion, a waterfall, art and sculptures, plus numerous shops and restaurants. Open daily during daylight hours. Enjoy Free WiFi provided by the Town of Carefree.

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4. RARE EARTH GALLERY – A true rarity, this large gallery showcases unique art and treasures from the earth.

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5. HISTORIC SPANISH VILLAGE – Located in the heart of Downtown Carefree along whimsical Ho Hum road, this is one of the first buildings constructed in Carefree and remains a cultural and art hub.

6. RANCHO MANANA GOLF CLUB – Voted one of Arizona’s most scenic golf courses. Book your tee time at this par-70 championship course nestled in the heart of the Sonoran desert in Cave Creek, 480-488-0398.

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8. CAVE CREEK MUSEUM Started in 1968 by a small group of volunteers, the Museum’s mission is to preserve the artifacts of the prehistory, culture and legacy of the Cave Creek/ Carefree foothills area through education, research and interpretive exhibits.

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9. BARTLETT LAKE Located just 20 miles east of Carefree, visitors can drive to Bartlett Lake for a variety of recreational opportunities, including shoreline camping in Arizona’s natural desert terrain. 480-595-3300.

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Just three years removed from the 2015 World Series championship, the dismantled Kansas City Royals bears little resemblance to the squad that made back-to-back Series appearances in 2014 and 2105.

Catcher Salvador Perez, outfielder Alex Gordon and pitcher Danny Duffy are about the only holdovers left from the Royals two AL pennant and one World Series winning team.

Fan favorite and de-facto team captain “Salvy” Perez had his typical season knocking 27 HRs with exactly 80 RBI for the second straight season while being named to his sixth consecutive All-Star team and wining his fifth Gold Glove Award. Perez is signed through 2021 and due $39 million over the next three seasons.

Left fielder Alex Gordon hit 13 home runs with 54 RBI and won his sixth Gold Glove Award in 2018 and has one year at $20 million remaining on his four year $72 million contract with a $23 million option for 2020. The longest tenured player on the Royals, Gordon has spent his entire 12-year career with the club.

In the final year of his contract and eight years as the Royals starting shortstop, Alcides Escobar hit a career-low .231 with four home runs and 34 RBI and was granted free agency at the conclusion of the season.

In his second full season, second baseman Whit Merrifield led the American League with both 192 hits and 45 stolen bases compiling a .304 batting average with 12 home runs and 60 RBI. Merrifield signed a four-year $16.25 million contract extension with the Royals holding a $10.5 million option for 2023.

Third baseman Mike Moustakas hit 20 home runs with 62 RBI in 98 games before being traded to the Milwaukee Brewers for infielder Brett Phillips and pitcher Jorge Lopez.

Right fielder Jorge Soler was off to a good start hitting nine home runs with 18 doubles and 28 RBI before suffering a broken bone in his left foot on June 15 sideling him for the rest of the season.

Acquired from the Chicago Cubs in a trade for Wade Davis prior to the 2017 season, Soler has two years remaining on his contract at $4.3 million per year.

The Royals signed speedy free-agent outfielder Billy Hamilton to a one-year $4.2 million contract with a $7.5 million option for 2020. In six years with the Cincinnati Reds, Hamilton has stolen 277 bases.

No Royals starting pitcher posted wins in double figures and rookie Brad Keller, 22, was the only starter to record a winning record going 9-6 with a 3.38 ERA in 20 starts and 21 relief appearances spanning 112 innings and should have merited some Rookie of the Year consideration.

In his second full season RHP Jakob Junis tied Keller for the team in wins going 9-12 with a 4.37 ERA and led the staff with 30 starts and 177 innings pitched. Eight-year veteran Danny Duffy went 8-12 with a 4.88 ERA in 155 innings and has three years and $46 million remaining on his contract. Twelve-year veteran Ian Kennedy, 33, struggled to a 3-9 record with a 4.66 ERA in 22 starts and is signed for two more years at $33 million.

Wily Peralta assumed the closer’s role after Kelvin Herrera was traded to the Washington Nationals in June. Peralta posted a 3.67 ERA with 14 saves in 37 appearances spanning 34 innings.

Prospect to watch: Outfielder Kahlil Lee is the Royals No. 3 prospect and advanced from high-A Wilmington to AA-Northwest Arkansas hitting a combined .263 with 18 doubles, four triples, six home runs, 51 RBI and 20 stolen bases.

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40-man roster # Pitchers — Scott Barlow — Scott Blewett 41 Danny Duffy — Chris Ellis 49 Heath Fillmyer 33 Brian Flynn — Conner Greene 32 Jesse Hahn — Arnaldo Hernandez 54 Tim Hill 65 Jakob Junis 56 Brad Keller 31 Ian Kennedy 48 Ben Lively 52 Jorge Lopez 61 Kevin McCarthy — Sam McWilliams 68 Jake Newberry — Trevor Oaks 43 Wily Peralta 53 Eric Skoglund 57 Glenn Sparkman — Josh Staumont — Kyle Zimmer

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Wt DOB 215 12/18/92 210 4/10/96 205 12/21/88 205 9/22/92 195 5/16/94 255 4/19/90 185 4/4/95 215 7/30/89 175 2/9/96 200 2/10/90 225 9/16/92 230 7/27/95 205 12/19/84 190 3/5/92 195 2/10/93 215 2/22/92 190 9/4/95 195 11/20/94 225 3/26/93 255 5/8/89 210 10/26/92 210 5/11/92 200 12/21/93 225 9/13/91

# Catchers 36 Cam Gallagher 13 Salvador Perez 72 Meibrys Viloria

B/T Ht Wt DOB R/R 6’3” 230 12/6/92 R/R 6’4” 240 5/10/90 L/R 5’11” 220 2/15/97

# Infield 17 Hunter Dozier — Kelvin Gutierrez 15 Whit Merrifield 27 Adalberto Mondesi 66 Ryan O’Hearn

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# Outfield 38 Jorge Bonifacio 25 Brian Goodwin 4 Alex Gordon — Terrance Gore — Billy Hamilton — Chris Owings 14 Brett Phillips 12 Jorge Soler

B/T Ht Wt DOB R/R 6’1” 225 6/4/93 L/R 6’0” 200 11/2/90 L/R 6’1” 225 2/10/84 R/R 5’7” 165 6/8/91 S/R 6’0” 160 9/9/90 R/R 5’10” 185 8/12/91 L/R 6’0” 185 5/30/94 R/R 6’4” 230 2/25/92

Wt DOB 220 8/22/91 215 8/28/94 195 1/24/89 190 7/27/95 200 7/26/93

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los angeles

The biggest story in baseball last season was the pursuit of Japanese free-agent two-way player Shohei Ohtani and his ultimate signing with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

The cozy little press box at Tempe Diablo Stadium was a standing room only situation with many members of national and international outlets actually sitting on the floor when Ohtani made his spring training debut on Feb. 24, 2018 at the Cactus League’s oldest ballpark.

Ohtani didn’t look incredibly sharp that day but he burst from the gates when the regular season started going 4-1 with a 3.35 ERA in his first seven starts as a pitcher while also knocking six home runs with 20 RBI, a .291 batting average and a .929 OPS in his first 53 games as the team’s D.H. He became an overnight sensation hitting home runs in the second, third and fourth games of the season.

There were concerns about Ohtani’s durability as he had missed a significant number of games during the 2017 season in Japan and was treated with a platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injection procedure on his right elbow in October of 2017.

On June 8, 2018 Ohtani was placed on the disabled list with a sprained ulnar collateral ligament in his right (throwing arm) elbow and received another PRP injection.

While the ligament injury shut Ohtani down for the season as a pitcher he pressed on as the team’s D.H. and occasional pinch-hitter running away with the American League Rookie of the Year Award posting a 4-2 record with a 3.31 ERA as a starting pitcher, while also knocking 22 home runs with 61 RBI and a .285 batting average at the plate.

After undergoing Tommy John Surgery in October of 2018 Ohtani will not pitch again in 2019 but will resume hitting some time during the season.

In spite of all the advanced hype the Angels finished in fourth place in the AL west with an identical 80-82 record as in 2017 and a third straight losing season.

As per usual, center fielder and perennial MVP candidate Mike Trout continued to present his case as the best player in the game, posting a league-leading 1.088 OPS and .460 on-base-percentage and 122 walks. He also hit 39 home runs with 79 RBI and a .312 batting average in 140 games, missing about 20 games with a torn ligament in his left thumb sustained while sliding headlong into second base on attempted steal.

After 19 years, long-time manager Mike Scioscia has written his last lineup card retiring at the conclusion of the 2018 season. It’s almost hard to believe Scioscia (60), was just 41 when he assumed the skipper’s position in 2000. A disciple of former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda from his playing days as the team’s catcher from 1980-1992, Scioscia’s 1,649 managerial wins ranks 18th all-time, three spots in front of Lasorda’s 1,599. A good candidate for the Hall of Fame as a manager, leading the Angels to six division titles, five in a six-year run from 2004-2009.

Prospect to watch: MLB Pipeline’s number 15 ranked overall prospect, in just his second professional season 19-year-old outfielder Joe Addell hit a combined 20 home runs with 77 RBI and a composite .290 batting average in 99 games at low-A Midland, high-A Inland Empire and AA Mobile.

Arrivals: RHP Matt Harvey, C Jonathon Lucroy

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angels 40-man roster # Pitchers 37 Cody Allen 38 Justin Anderson 51 Jaime Barria 32 Cam Bedrosian 31 Ty Buttrey 53 Trevor Cahill 71 Jesus Castillo 67 Taylor Cole 43 John Curtiss 40 Luis Garcia 33 Matt Harvey 28 Andrew Heaney 36 Williams Jerez 65 Jake Jewell 73 Luis Madero 99 Keynan Middleton 17 Shohei Ohtani 64 Felix Pena 52 Dillon Peters 66 JC Ramirez 24 Noe Ramirez 57 Hansel Robles 45 Tyler Skaggs 72 Jose Suarez 35 Nick Tropeano

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# Catchers 10 Jose Briceno 20 Jonathan Lucroy 44 Kevan Smith

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# Infield 41 Justin Bour 7 Zack Cozart 6 David Fletcher 18 Tommy La Stella 5 Albert Pujols 86 Luis Rengifo 2 Andrelton Simmons 3 Taylor Ward

B/T Ht Wt DOB L/R 6’3” 265 5/28/88 R/R 6’0” 205 8/12/85 R/R 5’10” 175 5/31/94 L/R 5’11” 180 1/31/89 R/R 6’3” 240 1/16/80 S/R 5’10” 165 2/26/97 R/R 6’2” 200 9/4/89 R/R 6’1” 200 12/14/93

# Outfield 56 Kole Calhoun 21 Michael Hermosillo 27 Mike Trout 8 Justin Upton

B/T Ht Wt DOB L/L 5’10” 200 10/14/87 R/R 5’11” 190 1/17/95 R/R 6’2” 235 8/7/91 R/R 6’2” 205 8/25/87

Wt DOB 210 9/19/92 200 6/13/86 230 6/28/88

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los angeles

dodgers

The Los Angeles Dodgers were the odds on favorite to win the National League West and the NL pennant for the second year in a row, which was accomplished, but losing the World Series for the second consecutive season still left the team wanting.

The Dodgers have won six consecutive National League West division titles and had the highest payroll in the major leagues in five of those seasons spending $1.2 billion over that period of time and still do not have a World Series championship to show for it.

A powerhouse Dodgers offense led the National League with 235 home runs and 804 runs scored while a stingy Dodgers’ pitching staff also the NL with only 610 runs scored upon.

While no Dodgers starter had a banner year collectively the staff mowed National League batters down. Rich Hill was the only Dodgers starter to compile wins in double figures posting an 11-5 mark with a 3.66 ERA in just 24 starts.

Rookie Walker Bueler posted an 8-5 record with a 2.62 ERA in 23 starts and 151 strikeouts in 137 innings, finishing third in NL Rookie of the Year voting. Hyun Jin Ryu got off to a great start but was sidelined for three months with a torn groin muscle. He finished strong as well posting a 7-3 record with a 1.97 ERA in 15 starts spanning 82 innings.

Staff ace Clayton Kerhsaw missed the month of May with tendinitis in his left bicep in May and most of June with a herniated disc in his back. He was good when he was healthy going 9-5 with a 2.73 ERA in 26 starts. For whatever reasons Kershaw is just not the same pitcher during the post season; he was 1-1 with a 4.09 ERA in the NLCS against Milwaukee and got lit up in the World Series vs. Boston taking the losses in games one and five he was tagged for nine runs on 14 hits compiling a 7.36 ERA in 11 innings.

Seven Dodgers players hit 20 or more home runs including utility man Max Muncy who emerged from obscurity like Roy Hobbs in “The Natural” leading the team with 35 long balls while filling in at first, second and third base as well as left field.

Former long-time Dodger Matt Kemp was re-acquired in a trade from the Atlanta Braves prior to the season and enjoyed a banner comeback campaign knocking 21 HRs with 85 RBI at a .290 clip. In the winter Kemp was in turn traded to the Cincinnati Reds in a blockbuster trade that included Yasiel Puig and pitcher Alex Wood for a pair of Reds’ top prospects and an enigmatic pitcher Homer Bailey (who was 1-14 with a 6.09 ERA in 20 starts and is due $23 million for the 2019 season).

Four-time All-Star, two-time Gold Glove third baseman and 2019 marquee free-agent Manny Machado was acquired in a trade from the Baltimore Orioles for five minor league prospects just after the All-Star break and delivered down the stretch hitting 13 home runs with 42 RBI in 16 games but will not be back.

Prospect to watch: A defensive specialist behind the plate, 20-year-old Keibert Ruiz was signed by the Dodgers out of Venzuela when he became 16 years in 2014. He hit .268 with 12 HRs and 47 RBI at AA-Tulsa last year.

Arrivals: C Russell Martin, RHP Homer Bailey

48 Departures: INF Manny Machado, OF Yasiel Puig

40-man roster # Pitchers 75 Scott Alexander — Yadier Alvarez 52 Pedro Baez 21 Walker Buehler 47 JT Chargois 54 Tony Cingrani 64 Caleb Ferguson 46 Josh Fields 51 Dylan Floro 63 Yimi Garcia 44 Rich Hill 74 Kenley Jansen — Joe Kelly 22 Clayton Kershaw 18 Kenta Maeda — Adam McCreery 99 Hyun-Jin Ryu 77 Dennis Santana — Josh Sborz — Jaime Schultz 48 Brock Stewart 68 Ross Stripling 7 Julio Urias

B/T Ht Wt DOB L/L 6’2” 190 7/10/89 R/R 6’3” 175 3/7/96 R/R 6’0” 230 3/11/88 R/R 6’2” 175 7/28/94 S/R 6’3” 200 12/3/90 L/L 6’4” 214 7/5/89 R/L 6’3” 215 7/2/96 R/R 6’0” 195 8/19/85 L/R 6’2” 205 12/27/90 R/R 6’1” 220 8/18/90 L/L 6’5” 220 3/11/80 S/R 6’5” 275 9/30/87 R/R 6’1” 190 6/9/88 L/L 6’4” 228 3/19/88 R/R 6’1” 175 4/11/88 L/L 6’9” 250 12/31/92 R/L 6’3” 250 3/25/87 R/R 6’2” 160 4/12/96 R/R 6’3” 225 12/17/93 R/R 5’10” 200 6/20/91 L/R 6’3” 210 10/3/91 R/R 6’3” 210 11/23/89 L/L 6’0” 215 8/12/96

# Catchers 15 Austin Barnes 58 Rocky Gale — Russell Martin — Keibert Ruiz

B/T Ht Wt DOB R/R 5’10” 190 12/28/89 R/R 6’1” 185 2/22/88 R/R 5’10” 205 2/15/83 S/R 6’0” 200 7/20/98

# Infield — Matt Beaty 35 Cody Bellinger 25 David Freese 13 Max Muncy — Edwin Rios 5 Corey Seager 3 Chris Taylor 10 Justin Turner

B/T Ht Wt DOB L/R 6’0” 210 4/28/93 L/L 6’4” 210 7/13/95 R/R 6’2” 220 4/28/83 L/R 6’0” 210 8/25/90 L/R 6’3” 220 4/21/94 L/R 6’4” 220 4/27/94 R/R 6’1” 195 8/29/90 R/R 5’11” 205 11/23/84

# Outfield 14 Enrique Hernandez 31 Joc Pederson — A.J. Pollock 60 Andrew Toles 61 Alex Verdugo

B/T Ht Wt DOB R/R 5’11” 200 8/24/91 L/L 6’1” 220 4/21/92 R/R 6’1” 195 12/5/87 L/R 5’9” 192 5/24/92 L/L 6’0” 205 5/15/96

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Chicago White Sox & LA Dodgers STADIUM ADDRESS: 10710 W. Camelback Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85037 • 623-302-5000

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milwaukee brewers

If the Milwaukee Brewers were flying under the radar as contenders in 2017 and began the season as longshots last year the team will not be sneaking up or surprising anyone this year after coming within one game of winning the National Pennant and reaching the World Series.

A lockdown bullpen and the management of a relatively deep starting rotation were keys to the team’s success as well as standout performances by some newly acquired lastminute additions to the Brewers starting lineup.

Perhaps the busiest and most aggressive general manager in Major League Baseball, 35-year-old Milwaukee Brewers general manager David Stearns spent his first two-anda-half seasons rebuilding the Brewers through a combination of home grown player development and some very smart trades and free-agent signings.

Outfielder Christian Yelich was acquired on January 28, 2017 in trade with the Miami Marlins for four minor league prospects and proved to be the biggest impact player in the National League. At just 26, Yelich enjoyed a breakout season reaching career highs with 36 HRs, 110 RBI, leading the league with a .326 batting average, .598 slugging percentage, 343 total bases and a 1.000 OPS, he was elected to his first All-Star game and walked away with the NL MVP Award. Yellich is signed through 2021 at what looks like a bargain with $36 million remaining on his contract and the Brewers holding a $15 million option for 2022.

Center fielder Lorenzo Cain was signed as a free agent two days before Yelich and brought veteran leadership and World Series experience as recent member of the 2015 World Series champion Kansas City Royals. Cain was instrumental in the Brewers success, anchoring the center field position while hitting a career-high .308 and being voted to his second All-Star team he also finished seventh in NL MVP voting. The Brewers inherited Cain’s contract from the Royals which calls for $15 million in 2019 and runs through 2022 increasing by $1 million each year.

One of the biggest surprises of the season was first baseman Jesus Aguilar who was plucked by Stearns off the waiver wire in February of 2017 after three uneventful minor league seasons with the Cleveland Indians organization. Aguilar played well in a part-time capacity in 2017 but exploded as the Brewers starting first baseman last year knocking 35 home runs with 110 RBI, hitting .274 with a .890 OPS. Aguilar is still playing for peanuts at the major league minimum just over $500,000 and is not eligible for arbitration until 2020.

Well-traveled veteran right hander Jhoulys Chacin was the only Brewers pitcher to post wins in double figures going 15-8 with a 3.50 ERA in 35 starts spanning 193 innings.

Josh Hader and Jeremey Jeffress were both outstanding in relief; Jeffress recorded an 8-1 record with a 1.29 ERA and 89 strikeouts in 77 innings, sometimes serving as the closer with 15 saves. Hader was 6-1 with a 2.43 ERA and an amazing 143 strikeouts in 81 innings.

If there is room for improvement the Brewers could use a front line starter but should be in good position to defend it NL Central flag and another shot at the World Series.

Prospect to watch: Second baseman Keston Hiura was named the top second base prospect in baseball by MLB Pipeline. Hiura hit a combined .293 with 13 home runs and 43 RBI at single-A Carolina and AA-Biloxi in 2018 and tore up the Arizona Fall League hitting .323 with 5 home runs and a league-leading 33 RBI with Peoria.

Arrivals: C Yasmani Grandal, C Tuffy Gosewisch

50 Departures: OF Keon Broxton, OF Domingo Santana

40-man roster # Pitchers 43 Matt Albers 57 Chase Anderson 50 Jacob Barnes 39 Corbin Burnes 45 Jhoulys Chacin — Alex Claudio 27 Zach Davies — Marcos Diplan 41 Junior Guerra 71 Josh Hader — Adrian Houser 32 Jeremy Jeffress 46 Corey Knebel 52 Jimmy Nelson 51 Freddy Peralta — Jake Petricka — Trey Supak 35 Brent Suter — Bobby Wahl — Aaron Wilkerson 54 Taylor Williams 53 Brandon Woodruff

B/T Ht Wt DOB L/R 6’1” 225 1/20/83 R/R 6’1” 200 11/30/87 R/R 6’2” 220 4/14/90 R/R 6’3” 205 10/22/94 R/R 6’3” 215 1/7/88 L/L 6’3” 180 1/31/92 R/R 6’0” 155 2/7/93 R/R 6’0” 170 9/18/96 R/R 6’0” 205 1/16/85 L/L 6’3” 185 4/7/94 R/R 6’4” 235 2/2/93 R/R 6’0” 205 9/21/87 R/R 6’4” 220 11/26/91 R/R 6’6” 250 6/5/89 R/R 5’11” 175 6/4/96 R/R 6’5” 220 6/5/88 R/R 6’5” 235 5/31/96 L/L 6’5” 195 8/29/89 R/R 6’2” 210 3/21/92 R/R 6’3” 190 5/24/89 S/R 5’11” 195 7/21/91 L/R 6’4” 215 2/10/93

# Catchers 10 Yasmani Grandal 15 Erik Kratz 26 Jacob Nottingham 9 Manny Pina

B/T Ht S/R 6’1” R/R 6’4” R/R 6’2” R/R 6’0”

Wt DOB 235 11/8/88 250 6/15/80 230 4/3/95 215 6/5/87

# Infield 24 Jesus Aguilar 3 Orlando Arcia — Mauricio Dubon 14 Hernan Perez 13 Tyler Saladino 21 Travis Shaw — Cory Spangenberg 7 Eric Thames

B/T Ht R/R 6’3” R/R 6’0” R/R 6’0” R/R 6’1” R/R 6’0” L/R 6’4” L/R 6’0” L/R 6’0”

Wt DOB 250 6/30/90 165 8/4/94 160 7/19/94 215 3/26/91 200 7/20/89 230 4/16/90 195 3/16/91 210 11/10/86

# Outfield 8 Ryan Braun 6 Lorenzo Cain — Ben Gamel — Troy Stokes Jr. — Tyrone Taylor 22 Christian Yelich

B/T Ht Wt DOB R/R 6’2” 205 11/17/83 R/R 6’2” 205 4/13/86 L/L 5’11” 185 5/17/92 R/R 5’8” 182 2/2/96 R/R 6’0” 185 1/22/94 L/R 6’3” 195 12/5/91

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Maryvale Baseball Park

Milwaukee Brewers STADIUM ADDRESS: 3600 N. 51st Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85031 • 623-245-5500 TICKETS: 1-800-933-7890 DIRECTIONS: From I-10: Exit 51st Ave. North approximately 2 miles.

Park located just South of Indian School on the west side of 51st Ave.

Diamond Box

$27

Field Box

$24

Infield Reserved

$18

Outfield Reserved

$14

Lawn

$8

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The BEST independent films from around the world!

Celebrities • Filmmakers • Parties • Workshops • Much more!

February 23 - March 3, 2019 PASSES NOW ON SALE

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Sedona 1. PINK JEEP TOURS – Pink Jeep’s Sedona Jeep Tours have thrilled visitors for over 55 years! The Premier Broken Arrow, Ancient Ruin, and Diamondback Gulch tours take you places you may never imagined existed.

833-314-7465.

2. SOUND BITES GRILL – Known for daily live music with headliners like Esteban, this musical haven also boasts incredible views of Sedona’s red rocks, fantastic fresh seafood options and hand-cut steaks. All this and incredible happy hour deals make this rockin’ place one of Sedona’s favorites. 928-282-2713.

3. TLAQUEPAQUE – Tlaquepaque Arts and Craft Village is home to more than 40 shops and galleries and four restaurants, all enclosed in a compound of Spanishstyle buildings. Known as “The Art and Soul of Sedona,” this is a not-to-be-missed Sedona experience!

928-282-4838.

5. OUT OF AFRICA WILDLIFE PARK – Watch exotic animals roam in spacious habitats plus exciting shows like Tiger 54

Splash & Predator Feed. Use Promo code AZKEY19 for special savings.

928-567-2840.

and of course great slot and table gaming. Voted Arizona’s #1 Casino 18 years in a row!

800-381-SLOT.

6. SEDONA ROUGE HOTEL & SPA – Unwind in spacious, beautifully appointed guest rooms and hotel suites. Feast upon modern cuisine and delicious comfort foods at REDS Restaurant. Relax and rejuvenate your mind & body at the luxurious Sedona Spa. Call 866-312-4111.

8. EXPOSURES INTERNATIONAL GALLERY OF FINE ART – Enjoy a diversity of art including amazing bronze and stone sculptures, original oil and acrylic paintings, fine art jewelry, and an array of glass art. Exposures International Gallery has an impressive 20,000 square feet of art display that includes every style from classical to contemporary. For more info call 800-526-7668.

7. SEDONA AIR TOURS – The most-trusted and well known helicopter and airplane tour company in Sedona.

Take a tour in a jet-powered helicopter to view the fantastic formations of the red rocks of Sedona, or fly to the Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, Lake Powell, Rainbow Bridge, Skywalk in an airplane. 888.866.7433.

8. CLIFF CASTLE CASINO HOTEL – On the way to Sedona, you’ll find this convenient entertainment destination: Cliff Castle Casino Hotel. Enjoy fun for the whole family including Bowling, Kid’s Quest, fabulous dining, newly renovated accommodations

9. SLIDE ROCK STATE PARK – Slide Rock provides a natural water slide that invites everyone to be a kid again.

Shaded by cottonwoods and sycamores along the canyon walls, hikers can explore the trails. 928-282-3034 10. CHAPEL OF THE HOLY CROSS – One of Sedona’s earliest landmarks, the Chapel rises two-hundred feet above ground surface between two red rock formations that accentuate its 90-foot tall cross. Must-see. AZ

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oakland athletics

It took a little while to see if the Oakland A’s were legitimate contenders in the AL West last year. The A’s have a way of sneaking up on the competition every other year or so and suddenly appearing to be the best team nobody thought of or noticed. Oakland played .500 ball through the first three months of the season sitting back in fourth place until June 25 but had already began surging going 17-10 in June, and 17-8 in July quietly remaining in the race with a very respectable 63-46 record five games out of first place on July 31.

Moving into a tie for first place with the Houston Astros on August 18, the A’s kept close on the heels of the Astros down the stretch winning 97 games, finishing six games back but landing in a wild card post season play-in spot. The A’s lost the AL Wild Card game to the New York Yankees 7-2 bringing a close to a remarkable season.

Designated hitter Khris Davis hit a league-leading, career-high 48 home runs with 123 RBI and a .874 OPS. Davis has signed a one-year contract in each of his three years with the A’s and re-signed with the team for another year at $16.5 million.

He is the highest paid player on the team.

In his third season in Oakland, first baseman Matt Olson played in all 162 games on the schedule and knocked a career-high 29 home runs with 84 RBI and won his first Gold Glove Award. Olson is still pre-arbitration eligible and under team control until 2021. Outfielder Steve Piscotty was acquired in a trade from the St. Louis Cardinals and hit a career-high 27 home runs with 88 RBI and is signed through the 2022 season for approximately $30 million with a $15 million club option for 2023. Piscotty’s is the team’s longest and most lucrative contract.

Oakland’s $96 million payroll ranked 28th among 30 major league teams and the most cost effective. The A’s 227 home runs were second only to the Yankees in the AL and five of the team’s regular starting lineup exceeded 20 HRs. In his second full season third baseman Matt Chapman hit 24 HRs with 68 RBI in 145 games and won his first Gold Glove giving the A’s award winners at both corner infield spots.

Second baseman Jed Lowrie hit a career-high 23 HRs with 99 RBI but departed as free agent signing a two-year $20 million deal with the New York Mets.

Sean Manea was the only A’s starter to post wins in double figures going 12-9 with a 3.59 ERA in 27 starts spanning 160 innings. The A’s used 15 different starting pitchers during the season and employed a sturdy bullpen to great effect.

Flying relatively under the radar, closer Blake Treinen was nothing less than spectacular posting a 9-2 record with a remarkable 0.78 ERA and 100 strikeouts in 80 innings. Treinen was named to his first All-Star team, finished sixth in Cy Young voting and 15th for the AL MVP Award.

Prospect to watch: Climbing the ladder, 21-year-old LHP Jesus Luzardo, compiled a 10-5 record with a 2.88 ERA in 109 innings making stops at single-A Stockton, AA-Midland and AAA-Nashville, and could crack the big league roster this year.

Arrivals: SS Jurickson Profa, RHP Joakim Soria 56 Departures: 2B Jed Lowrie, C Jonathon Lucroy

40-man roster # Pitchers 53 Tanner Anderson 40 Chris Bassitt 58 Paul Blackburn 35 Aaron Brooks 52 Ryan Buchter 45 Jharel Cotton 66 Ryan Dull 21 Marco Estrada 50 Mike Fiers 32 Daniel Gossett 16 Liam Hendriks 67 Grant Holmes 75 James Kaprielian 55 Sean Manaea 33 Daniel Mengden 47 Frankie Montas 36 Yusmeiro Petit 56 Fernando Rodney 48 Joakim Soria 39 Blake Treinen 60 Andrew Triggs 62 Lou Trivino 57 J.B. Wendelken

B/T Ht Wt DOB R/R 6’2” 195 5/27/93 R/R 6’5” 220 2/22/89 R/R 6’1” 195 12/4/93 R/R 6’4” 225 4/27/90 L/L 6’4” 258 2/13/87 R/R 5’11” 195 1/19/92 R/R 5’9” 175 10/2/89 R/R 6’0” 180 7/5/83 R/R 6’2” 202 6/15/85 R/R 6’2” 185 11/13/92 R/R 6’0” 200 2/10/89 L/R 6’1” 215 3/22/96 R/R 6’4” 200 3/2/94 R/L 6’5” 245 2/1/92 R/R 6’2” 190 2/19/93 R/R 6’2” 255 3/21/93 R/R 6’1” 255 11/22/84 R/R 5’11” 230 3/18/77 R/R 6’3” 200 5/18/84 R/R 6’5” 225 6/30/88 R/R 6’4” 220 3/16/89 R/R 6’5” 225 10/1/91 R/R 6’0” 220 3/24/93

# Catchers 5 Chris Herrmann 19 Josh Phegley

B/T Ht Wt DOB L/R 6’0” 200 11/24/87 R/R 5’10” 230 2/12/88

# Infield 1 Franklin Barreto 26 Matt Chapman 13 Jorge Mateo 28 Matt Olson 23 Jurickson Profar 10 Marcus Semien

B/T Ht Wt DOB R/R 5’10” 190 2/27/96 R/R 6’0” 210 4/28/93 R/R 6’0” 190 6/23/95 L/R 6’5” 230 3/29/94 S/R 6’0” 190 2/20/93 R/R 6’0” 195 9/17/90

# Outfield 3 Luis Barrera 72 Skye Bolt 20 Mark Canha 2 Khris Davis 11 Dustin Fowler 22 Ramon Laureano 38 Nick Martini 18 Chad Pinder 25 Stephen Piscotty

B/T Ht Wt DOB L/L 6’0” 180 11/15/95 S/R 6’3” 190 1/15/94 R/R 6’2” 210 2/15/89 R/R 5’10” 195 12/21/87 L/L 6’0” 195 12/29/94 R/R 5’11” 185 7/15/94 L/L 5’11” 205 6/27/90 R/R 6’2” 195 3/29/92 R/R 6’3” 210 1/14/91

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Hohokam Stadium - Mesa

Oakland Athletics STADIUM ADDRESS: 1235 N. Center Street, Mesa, AZ 85201 • 480-644-4451

Infield Box

$30+

TICKETS: 877-493-2255

Terrace Box

$28+

Field Level

$24+

DIRECTIONS: Located between Brown Road and McKellips Road in north central Mesa. Center Street is midway between Country Club and Mesa Drive, each of which are accessible from the Superstition Freeway (US-60) on the south, and in close proximity to the Red Mountain Freeway (202) on the north (exit at Country Club Drive).

Terrace Reserved

$16+

Lawn

$10+

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san diego padres

The perennially re-building Padres have finished in last place or next to place in the NL West for the past four seasons and have not reached 80 wins in a season since 2010.

The Padres 66-96 record in 2018 was the second worst in the NL and the most losses by Padres team since 2008.

The Padres will continue to trot out a youthful home grown lineup still maturing at the big league level with a vision of a more stable future on the horizon. Top infield prospects Fernando Tatis Jr. and Luis Urias, will eventually be the Padres double play combo at shortstop and second base. Urias, 21, hit .296 with eight home runs and seven triples in 120 games at triple-A El Paso before making his big league debut with the Padres in late August. Tatis Jr., 20, MLB Pipeline’s No. 2 prospect overall has yet to make his big league debut and will most likely spend another year in the minors after hitting .286 with 16 home runs and 44 RBI at double-A San Antonio.

In the meantime the Padres signed 13-year veteran second baseman Ian Kinsler to a three-year $11 million contract with a club option for third year, giving Urias the starting shortstop’s position.

In his second big league season, center-fielder Manual Margot suffered a bit of a sophomore jinx after bursting on the scene as a top rookie in 2017, hitting .245 with eight home runs and 51 RBI in 141 games.

Left fielder Hunter Renfroe missed significant time with an elbow injury but still managed to be the Padres primary power source, hitting team-high 26 home runs with 68 RBI in just 117 games.

Just prior to the start of the season the Padres signed free-agent first baseman Eric Hosmer to an 8-year $144 million contract. A member of the Kansas City Royals 2015 World Series championship team and four time Gold Glove Award winner Hosmer slumped to 18 home runs and a .253 batting average.

The Padres 767 runs scored upon and the pitching staff’s 4.40 ERA were both the third highest in the league and no Padres pitcher reached wins in double figures or recorded a winning record. Left-hander Joey Lucchesi was the best of the lot going 8-9 with a 4.08 ERA in 26 starts spanning 130 innings.

The team did get some good work out of the bullpen: nine-year veteran Craig Stammen was 8-3 with a 2.73 ERA in 79 middle-relief innings. Kirby yates posted a 2.14 ERA with 90 strikeouts in 63 innings and assumed the closer’s role just after the All-Star break recording 12 saves.

Prospect to watch: Long and lanky son of journeyman/utility player Fernando Tatis, Fernando Tatis Jr, is MLB Pipeline.com No. 2 ranked prospect overall behind only Vladimir Geurrero Jr. In 2017 he became the first 18-year-old player in the single-A Midwest League to hit at least 20 home runs (21) and steal more than 20 bases (29).

Arrivals: 2B Ian Kinsler, RHP Garrett Richards.

Departures: SS Freddy Galvis, LHP Clayton Richard.

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40-man roster # Pitchers 68 Pedro Avila 65 Jose Castillo 47 Miguel Diaz 41 Robbie Erlin 70 Anderson Espinoza 60 Brett Kennedy 64 Dinelson Lamet 46 Eric Lauer 37 Joey Lucchesi 88 Phil Maton 22 Bryan Mitchell 63 Jacob Nix 59 Chris Paddack 61 Luis Perdomo 72 Gerardo Reyes 43 Garrett Richards 34 Craig Stammen 66 Robert Stock 55 Matt Strahm 57 Brad Wieck 58 Trey Wingenter 39 Kirby Yates

B/T Ht Wt DOB R/R 5’11” 190 1/14/97 L/L 6’5” 246 1/10/96 R/R 6’0” 214 11/28/94 R/L 6’0” 190 10/8/90 R/R 6’0” 160 3/9/98 R/R 6’0” 200 8/4/94 R/R 6’4” 187 7/18/92 R/L 6’3” 205 6/3/95 L/L 6’5” 204 6/6/93 R/R 6’3” 220 3/25/93 L/R 6’3” 210 4/19/91 R/R 6’4” 220 1/9/96 R/R 6’4” 195 1/8/96 R/R 6’2” 185 5/9/93 R/R 5’11” 160 5/13/93 R/R 6’3” 210 5/27/88 R/R 6’4” 230 3/9/84 L/R 6’1” 214 11/21/89 R/L 6’3” 185 11/12/91 L/L 6’9” 255 10/14/91 R/R 6’7” 200 4/15/94 L/R 5’10” 210 3/25/87

# Catchers 62 Austin Allen 18 Austin Hedges 27 Francisco Mejia 21 Luis Torrens

B/T Ht Wt DOB L/R 6’2” 220 1/16/94 R/R 6’1” 206 8/18/92 S/R 5’10” 180 10/27/95 R/R 6’0” 175 5/2/96

# Infield 67 Ty France 5 Greg Garcia 8 Javy Guerra 30 Eric Hosmer 3 Ian Kinsler 9 Luis Urias

B/T Ht Wt DOB R/R 6’0” 205 7/13/94 L/R 6’0” 190 8/8/89 L/R 5’11” 155 9/25/95 L/L 6’4” 225 10/24/89 R/R 6’0” 200 6/22/82 R/R 5’9” 185 6/3/97

# Outfield 33 Franchy Cordero 16 Travis Jankowski 7 Manuel Margot 4 Wil Myers 71 Edward Olivares 2 Jose Pirela 10 Hunter Renfroe 32 Franmil Reyes

B/T Ht Wt DOB L/R 6’3” 175 9/2/94 L/R 6’2” 185 6/15/91 R/R 5’11” 180 9/28/94 R/R 6’3” 205 12/10/90 R/R 6’2” 186 3/6/96 R/R 6’0” 220 11/21/89 R/R 6’1” 220 1/28/92 R/R 6’5” 275 7/7/95

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Peoria Sports Complex

San Diego Padres & Seattle Mariners STADIUM ADDRESS: 16101 N. 83rd Ave., Peoria, AZ 85382 • 623-773-8700

Infield Box

$29+

Club Seat

$25+

TICKETS: 1-800-677-1227 or 623-773-8720

Upper Box

$23+

Outfield Box

$21+

DIRECTIONS: From 101 loop: Exit Bell Road, East to 83rd Ave., South 1/4 mile.

Bleacher

$16+

Lawn Seating / GA

$7+

* $2 discount for advance purchases for all ticket levels

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Phoenix, Scottsdale & Central AZ 1. MIM – Explore an amazing collection of instruments from every country in the world and from the likes of Elvis, John Lennon, and many more at the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix. Guests wear wireless headsets to hear the sounds of the instruments as they approach different displays.

480-478-6000.

2. HOT AIR EXPEDITIONS – Embark on an unforgettable journey as you soar over the gorgeous Sonoran desert in a Hot Air Balloon! Daily balloon flights available with Hot Air Expeditions 480-502-6999.

3. RUSTY SPUR SALOON – Enjoy great live country and western music daily in a historic building in Old Town Scottsdale that used to be a bank! Walk through the swingin’ doors at the Rusty Spur Saloon for a good time with great music, 480-425-7787.

4. HALL OF FLAME MUSEUM – America’s largest firefighting museum.

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8. SCOTTSDALE’S MUSEUM OF THE WEST – This must-see attraction features regularly changing exhibits of Western art, Old West artifacts and historic Native American objects on loan from some of the world’s foremost collectors and institutions, 480-686-9539.

tell the story of firefighting in America and Great Britain.

602-275-3473.

5. TALKING STICK RESORT – a luxurious Four-Diamond Scottsdale Resort where fun is limited only by your imagination. Enjoy Vegas-style entertainment, panoramic views at Orange Sky Restaurant, 36-holes of championship golf, relaxing spa treatments and fabulous live entertainment.

480-850-7777.

6. SHOP TIL YOU DROP – Discover the finest in Native American Art and Jewelry at Gilbert Ortega Gallery - 480990-1808. Looking for unique southwest gift items? Visit Bischoff’s Shades of the West 480-945-3289.

7. STELLAR ADVENTURES – Get ready to explore the unique Sonoran Desert with ATV & UTV adventures, Hummers, 4x4 Jeeps, Shooting, plus Stargazing with Night Vision! Land & Lake 1/2 Day Excursion now available.

Your adventure begins where the pavement ends!

602-402-0584.

9. SCENIC BOAT CRUISES – Enjoy a 90 minute cruise on Saguaro Lake with Desert Belle Cruises - 480-9842425. Explore Canyon Lake with Dolly Steamboat on a 90 minute cruise, Call to book: 480-827-9144.

10. THE PHOENIX ZOO – Home to more than 1,400 animals including more than 30 different endangered or threatened species from around the world.

602-286-3800. AZ

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20 new species, including 3 new Rhinos!

Zoo, aquarium and safari park with 6,000 animals, 8 shows daily, tons of rides, a thousand thrills and a million smiles. All in One Day!

Arizona’s Ultimate, Year-Round Family Fun Destination.

Arizona’s Largest Collection of Exotic Animals.

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san francisco

It was déjà vu all over again for the Giants and the team’s fans at the end of the Cactus League season last year. Staff ace Madison Bumgarner was on the hill making his last start of the spring season. It had been a good spring for Bumgarner and he and the Giants were feeling optimistic entering the 2018 season after missing half of 2017 recovering from an injury to his left throwing arm sustained in a motorcycle accident the previous April. And then bam! It happened again. A line drive off the bat of the Kansas City Royals Whit Merrifield hit Bumgarner in his pitching hand sidelining him for two months and setting a dismal tone and a running theme at the start of the season.

Bumgarner returned to action on June 5 and posted a 6-7 record with a 3.26 ERA in 21 starts and is signed through the 2019 season. Rumors of Bumgarner possibly being traded to Milwaukee were circulating during the off-season. At 28, Bumgraner has spent all 10 years of his big–league career with the Giants and has become a face of the franchise.

Just about the entire Giants pitching staff was decimated by injuries; number three starter Jeff Samardzija missed the start of the season with a straned pectoral muscle and spent three stints on the disabled list, going 1-5 with a 6.25 ERA in 10 starts. Samardzija has two years and approximately $40 million remaining on his contract.

Number two starter Johnny Cueto was 3-0 with a 0.84 ERA in his first five starts before a right elbow strain landed him on the disabled list for two months. He never fully recovered and suffered through five more starts in July and opted for Tommy John surgery that will keep him out of the rotation until at least September this year. Cueto is signed through 2021 at $21 million per year with a club option of $22 million for 2022 or a $5 million buyout.

Chris Startton was the only Giants pitcher to reach wins in double figures going 10-10 with a 5.09 ERA in 26 starts.

The Giants 603 runs scored were the second fewest in the National League exceeding only the lowly Miami Marlins. Newly acquired third baseman Evan Longoria led an anemic Giants offense hitting a team-high 26 home runs with 54 RBI and a .244 batting average.

Center fielder Andrew McCutcheon, acquired in a trade from Pittsburgh, was a disappointment hitting 15 home runs with 55 RBI and a .255 batting average before being traded to the NY Yankees on August 31.

Catcher Buster Posey suffered through the worst season of his 10-year career, hitting just five home runs with 41 RBI and a .284 batting average before hip surgery brought an end to his season in late August. Posey is signed through 2021 at $22 million per season with a $22 million club option of $3 million buyout for 2022.

Barring any unforeseen miracles the Giants will have a tough time competing with Dodgers, Rockies and Diamondbacks in the highly competitive NL West and will be in a relative rebuilding mode hoping for the healthy return of the team’s pitching staff.

Prospect to watch: Named the top catching prospect in by MLB Pipeline and the Giants number one prospect by Baseball America, Joey Bart hit a combined .294 with 13 home runs and a .925 OPS at in the Arizona Rookie League and single-A Salem Keizer.

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40-man roster # Pitchers B/T Ht Wt DOB — Melvin Adon R/R 6’3” 235 6/9/94 38 Tyler Beede R/R 6’3” 211 5/23/93 — Travis Bergen L/L 6’1” 205 10/8/93 50 Ty Blach R/L 6’1” 213 10/20/90 62 Ray Black R/R 6’5” 225 6/26/90 40 Madison Bumgarner R/L 6’4” 242 8/1/89 — Sam Coonrod R/R 6’2” 225 9/22/92 47 Johnny Cueto R/R 5’11” 229 2/15/86 49 Sam Dyson R/R 6’1” 212 5/7/88 45 Derek Holland S/L 6’2” 213 10/9/86 41 Mark Melancon R/R 6’2” 215 3/28/85 54 Reyes Moronta R/R 5’11” 241 1/6/93 32 Steven Okert L/L 6’2” 202 7/9/91 61 Josh Osich L/L 6’3” 232 9/3/88 — Drew Pomeranz R/L 6’6” 240 11/22/88 57 Dereck Rodriguez R/R 6’1” 215 6/5/92 29 Jeff Samardzija R/R 6’5” 240 1/23/85 13 Will Smith R/L 6’5” 248 7/10/89 34 Chris Stratton R/R 6’2” 211 8/22/90 59 Andrew Suarez L/L 6’0” 187 9/11/92 — Pat Venditte L/S 6’1” 185 6/30/85 56 Tony Watson L/L 6’3” 218 5/30/85 — Logan Webb R/R 6’2” 220 11/18/96 # Catchers 16 Aramis Garcia 28 Buster Posey

B/T Ht Wt DOB R/R 6’2” 220 1/12/93 R/R 6’1” 210 3/27/87

# Infield 46 Abiatal Avelino 9 Brandon Belt 35 Brandon Crawford 19 Alen Hanson 14 Ryder Jones 10 Evan Longoria 12 Joe Panik 48 Pablo Sandoval — Breyvic Valera

B/T Ht Wt DOB R/R 5’11” 195 2/14/95 L/L 6’4” 235 4/20/88 L/R 6’2” 227 1/21/87 S/R 6’0” 170 10/22/92 L/R 6’2” 221 6/7/94 R/R 6’1” 215 10/7/85 L/R 6’1” 200 10/30/90 S/R 5’11” 268 8/11/86 S/R 5’11” 160 1/8/92

# Outfield — John Andreoli 6 Steven Duggar — Drew Ferguson 26 Chris Shaw 53 Austin Slater — Mac Williamson

B/T Ht Wt DOB R/R 6’1” 210 6/9/90 L/R 6’2” 189 11/4/93 R/R 5’11” 180 8/3/92 L/R 6’3” 226 10/20/93 R/R 6’2” 197 12/13/92 R/R 6’4” 237 7/15/90

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Scottsdale Stadium

San Francisco Giants Lower Box

$32-125

Upper Box

$28-105

TICKETS: 877-473-4849

Reserved Grandstand

$21-85

Line Box

$21-80

DIRECTIONS: From the 101 loop: Exit on Indian School, Go WEST on Indian School (toward Downtown Scottsdale). SOUTH on Drinkwater Blvd. Stadium is on the corner of Osborn & Drinkwater Blvd.

Outfield Box

$18-68

Bleachers

$10-49

Lawn

$12-60

STADIUM ADDRESS: 7408 E. Osborn Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85251 • 480-312-2586

*Dynamic ticket pricing will vary by game.

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Grand Canyon The

“The Grand Canyon fills me with awe. It is beyond comparison--beyond description; absolutely unparalleled throughout the wide world .... Let this great wonder of nature remain as it now is. Do nothing to mar its grandeur, sublimity and loveliness. You cannot improve on it. But what you can do is to keep it for your children, your children’s children, and all who come after you, as the one great sight which every American should see.” — President Theodore Roosevelt

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Plan Your Trip to the Grand Canyon 75 miles

Phoenix

218 miles

Lake Powell

147 miles

Kingman

175 miles

Grand Canyon North Rim

217 miles

Sedona

150 miles

Tucson

334 miles

Williams

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Individual interests, available time, weather, and health considerations can influence your visit to the South Rim. Before heading out, visit www.nps. gov/grca/ to help plan your trip. Once you arrive in the park, talk with the rangers for up-to-theminute information. ell Kingman Grand Canyon North Rim Elevations along the rim vary from 6650 feet (2030 m) at Hermits Rest to more than 7400 feet (2260 m) at Desert View near the East Entrance.

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The Bright Angel and South Kaibab trails descend steeply into the canyon.

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Among the busiest major league teams during the off-season, in what general manager Jerry Dipoto has referred to as a “step-back” season, the Mariners will be fielding a re-vamped lineup loaded with budding major leaguers and prospects with an eye on the future and foothold in the present.

In what can also be seen as a payroll clearing measure, Seattle sent number one starter LHP James Paxton to the New York Yankees in exchange for pitching prospect Justus Sheffield, ranked #45 in MLB Pipeline’s top 100.

Closer Edwin Diaz and second baseman Robinson Cano were dealt to the New York Mets in exchange for journeyman outfielder Jay Bruce and a handful of prospects including RHP Justin who also cracked MLN Pipeline’s top 100.

Perhaps the game’s premier reliever in 2018, Diaz had a remarkable season leading the American League with 57 saves and 65 games finished posting a 1.96 ERA with 124 strikeouts in 73 innings.

In the fifth season of his 10-year $240 million contract Cano’s season was abbreviated by an 80-game suspension after testing positive for a banned substance. Cano began serving his suspension on May 14 and returned on August 14, finishing the season with 10 home runs 50 RBI and a .303 batting average. The Mariners will continue to pay $20 million of the $120 million remaining on his contract which does not count against the team’s payroll.

Well-traveled shortstop Jean Segura has proven to be a hitting machine at every stop. In his second season in Seattle since being acquired from Arizona in a trade for pitcher Taijuan Walker Segura hit .304 with 10 HRs, 63 RBI and was voted to his second All-Star team.

With four years and $59 million remaining in his contract Segura was traded to Philadelphia as part of a three-team trade that brought young shortstop J.P. Crawford and 1B/D.H. Edwin Encarnacion to the Mariners. At the time of this writing it was not certain whether the Mariners intended to keep Encarnacion but he seemed to a suitable replacement for Nelson Cruz who departed as a free-agent after four stellar seasons in Seattle.

Catcher Mike Zunino was sent to the Tampa Bay Rays in a multiplayer deal that brought dynamic center fielder Mallex Smith who hit .296 with 40 stolen bases and led the American League with 10 triples in his first full season.

Age seems to be catching up with Former staff ace “King” Felix Hernandez, who struggled through the worst season of his 14-year career going 8-14 with a 5.55 ERA in 28 starts spanning 155 innings missing a few starts with some minor injuries.

The Mariners made a big splash signing Japanese free-agent left-handed pitcher Yusei Kikuchi to a four-year $56 million contract with options extending through 2025 and a possible total value of $109 million. At 27, Kikuchi is seven-year veteran of the Japanese Pacific League posting a career record of 74-48 with a 2.81 ERA and appears to be approaching his peak years coming off two outstanding seasons.

Future Hall of Famer and Mariners legendary hitting machine Ichiro Suzuki, 45 was extended a spring training contract creating the possibility that he will participate in the Mariners opening series taking place in Japan against the Oakland A’s on March 20 and 21.

Prospect to watch: LHP Justus Sheffield, 22, compiled a 7-6 record with a 2.48 ERA in 116 innings at AA-Trenton and AAA- Scranton/Wilkes Barre and made his big league debut with the Yankees in September.

Arrivals: 2B Robinson Cano, SS Jean Segura 66Departures: LHP Yusei Kikuchi, OF Mallex Smith

40-man roster # Pitchers 56 Ruben Alaniz 53 Dan Altavilla 37 Shawn Armstrong 46 Gerson Bautista 60 Chasen Bradford 65 Brandon Brennan 55 Roenis Elias 67 Matt Festa 35 Cory Gearrin 7 Marco Gonzales 34 Felix Hernandez 18 Yusei Kikuchi 8 Mike Leake 49 Wade LeBlanc 59 Zac Rosscup 52 Nick Rumbelow 47 Ricardo Sanchez 33 Justus Sheffield — Hunter Strickland 50 Erik Swanson 30 Anthony Swarzak 26 Sam Tuivailala

B/T Ht Wt DOB R/R 6’4” 219 6/14/91 R/R 5’11” 200 9/8/92 R/R 6’2” 225 9/11/90 R/R 6’3” 195 5/31/95 R/R 6’1” 229 8/5/89 R/R 6’4” 220 7/26/91 L/L 6’1” 205 8/1/88 R/R 6’2” 195 3/11/93 R/R 6’1” 205 4/14/86 L/L 6’1” 195 2/16/92 R/R 6’3” 225 4/8/86 L/L 6’0” 194 6/17/91 R/R 5’10” 170 11/12/87 L/L 6’3” 205 8/7/84 R/L 6’2” 220 6/9/88 R/R 6’0” 190 9/6/91 L/L 5’11” 215 4/11/97 L/L 6’0” 200 5/13/96 R/R 6’3” 225 9/24/88 R/R 6’3” 235 9/4/93 R/R 6’4” 215 9/10/85 R/R 6’3” 225 10/19/92

# Catchers 36 David Freitas 22 Omar Narvaez

B/T Ht Wt DOB R/R 6’3” 225 3/18/89 L/R 5’11” 220 2/10/92

# Infield 1 Tim Beckham 3 J.P. Crawford 23 Joey Curletta 9 Dee Gordon 27 Ryon Healy 39 Shed Long 25 Dylan Moore 45 Kristopher Negron 15 Kyle Seager 20 Daniel Vogelbach

B/T Ht Wt DOB R/R 6’1” 205 1/27/90 L/R 6’2” 180 1/11/95 R/R 6’4” 245 3/8/94 L/R 5’11” 170 4/22/88 R/R 6’5” 225 1/10/92 L/R 5’8” 184 8/22/95 R/R 6’0” 200 8/2/92 R/R 6’0” 190 2/1/86 L/R 6’0” 210 11/3/87 L/R 6’0” 250 12/17/92

# Outfield 5 Braden Bishop 32 Jay Bruce 17 Mitch Haniger 16 Domingo Santana 0 Mallex Smith

B/T Ht Wt DOB R/R 6’1” 190 8/22/93 L/L 6’3” 225 4/3/87 R/R 6’2” 215 12/23/90 KEY R/R 6’5” 220 8/5/92 L/R 5’10” 180 5/6/93

# Designated Hitter B/T Ht Wt DOB 10 Edwin Encarnacion R/R 6’1” 230 1/7/83

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Continuing in a free fall from the heights of two consecutive AL West division championships in 2015 and 2016 to the depths of 95 losses and a second straight last place finish the Texas Rangers are a perfect example of how quickly a team’s fortunes can turn in the major leagues. The 848 runs allowed by Rangers’ pitching was tied with the Chicago White Sox and exceeded only by the lowly Baltimore Orioles.

Southpaw Mike Minor was signed as a free agent before the season and was the only Rangers starter to record a winning record and reach wins in double figure going 12-8 with a 4.18 ERA in 28 starts spanning 157 innings. Minor is signed through 2020 at $9.8 million per season.

Ageless wonder Bartolo Colon made 28 starts and pitched 146 innings at the age of 45 and raised his career wins total to 247 the most in major league history by a Latin American born pitcher. At the time of this writing Colon was an unsigned free-agent but had expressed a desire to continue playing.

Veteran southpaw Cole Hamels was 5-9 with a 4.72 ERA in 20 starts before being traded to the Chicago Cubs just after the All-Star break. Yovani Gallardo was 8-8 with a 5.777 ERA in 18 starts and was granted free agency at the end of the season. Martin Perez was and abysmal 2-7 with 6.22 ERA in 15 starts at seven relief appearances. Doug Fister was almost as bad going 1-7 with a 4.50 ERA in 12 starts.

All but Minor are gone and the Rangers will make a go at it with an almost completely new starting rotations that includes; right-handers Lance Lynn, Shelby Miller, Shawn Kelley, and Jesse Chavez as well as LHP Drew Smyly and righty Edinson Volquez who was signed as a free-agent last spring and is returning from Tommy John surgery.

The reincarnation of Dave Kingman or perhaps the modern prototypical slugger, Joey Votto knocked 40 home runs for the second year in a row in his second full season with 92 RBI and a .206 batting average he hit 41 with a .209 average in 2017.

The marvelous and wonderful Adrian Beltre padded his Hall of Fame resume and his case for the greatest third baseman of all-time increasing his career home run total to 477 and RBI to 1,707. A four-time All-Star and five time Gold Glove Awrd winner in 21 seasons, at the time of this writing the 39-year old Beltre remained an unsigned free-agent. The Rangers announced that the team will retire his number “29” sometime this season.

Designated hitter Shin Soo Choo knocked 21 HRs with 62 RBI and is signed through 2020 at $21 million per year. Right fielder Nomar Mazara has hit exactly 20 home runs in each of the previous three seasons and signed a one-year $3.3 million contract for 2019.

Second baseman Rougned Odor hit 18 HRs with 63 RBI in 129 games and is in the third year of a six-year $49.5 million contract with the club holding $13.5 million option for 2013.

The Rangers signed free-agent utility infielder Asdrubal Cabrera as a possible replacement for Beltre at third and to fill in at short and second.

Prospect to watch: The Rangers gave 21-year-old Cuban phenom outfielder Julio Pablo Martinez a $2.8 million signing bonus. Martinez has been playing professionally in Cuba since he was 16 and is ranked No. 2 ON MLB Pipelin’e International Prospect list. Martinez hit .333 with six home runs and 24 stolen bases in 61 games with Guantanamo and Camaguey last year.

Arrivals: RHP Shelby Miller, INF Asdrubal Cabrera

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40-man roster # Pitchers B/T Ht 75 Kyle Bird L/L 6’2” 76 Brock Burke L/L 6’4” 53 Jesse Chavez R/R 6’2” 60 Luke Farrell L/R 6’6” 45 Nick Gardewine R/R 6’1” 73 Taylor Hearn L/L 6’5” 72 Jonathan Hernandez R/R 6’2” 77 Wei-Chieh Huang R/R 6’1” 57 Ariel Jurado R/R 6’1” — Shawn Kelley R/R 6’2” 25 Jose Leclerc R/R 6’0” 35 Lance Lynn S/R 6’5” 74 Brett Martin L/L 6’4” 31 Chris Martin R/R 6’8” — Zach McAllister R/R 6’6” 65 Yohander Mendez L/L 6’5” 19 Shelby Miller R/R 6’3” 23 Mike Minor R/L 6’4” 62 Joe Palumbo L/L 6’1” 64 C.D. Pelham L/L 6’6” 78 Jordan Romano R/R 6’4” 59 Connor Sadzeck R/R 6’7” 33 Drew Smyly L/L 6’3” 54 Jeffrey Springs L/L 6’3” 36 Edinson Volquez R/R 6’0”

Wt DOB 175 4/12/93 200 8/4/96 175 8/21/83 210 6/7/91 179 8/15/93 210 8/30/94 175 7/6/96 170 9/26/93 180 1/30/96 237 4/26/84 190 12/19/93 280 5/12/87 190 4/28/95 215 6/2/86 240 12/8/87 200 1/17/95 225 10/10/90 210 12/26/87 168 10/26/94 235 2/21/95 200 4/21/93 240 10/1/91 190 6/13/89 180 9/20/92 220 7/3/83

# Catchers 9 Isiah Kiner-Falefa 2 Jeff Mathis 71 Jose Trevino

B/T Ht Wt DOB R/R 5’10” 176 3/23/95 R/R 6’0” 205 3/31/83 R/R 5’11” 211 11/28/92

# Infield 1 Elvis Andrus — Asdrubal Cabrera 11 Ronald Guzman 12 Rougned Odor 21 Patrick Wisdom

B/T Ht Wt DOB R/R 6’0” 200 8/26/88 S/R 6’0” 205 11/13/85 L/L 6’5” 225 10/20/94 L/R 5’11” 195 2/3/94 R/R 6’2” 220 8/27/91

# Outfield 5 Willie Calhoun 17 Shin-Soo Choo 3 Delino DeShields 13 Joey Gallo 85 Scott Heineman 30 Nomar Mazara 15 Carlos Tocci

B/T Ht Wt DOB L/R 5’8” 187 11/4/94 L/L 5’11” 210 7/13/82 R/R 5’9” 200 8/16/92 L/R 6’5” 235 11/19/93 R/R 6’1” 215 12/4/92 L/L 6’4” 215 4/26/95 R/R 6’2” 160 8/23/95

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2019 Fan Scouting Report

SCOUT THE TOP PROSPECTS Baseball Fans... here’s your chance to test your scouting skills. Below you will find the Top Prospects for each Cactus League Team. Watch the player, make your notes, and then see if you can get an autograph. Take a picture of your “Scouting Report” and post it on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram using #KeyScout. Play Ball!

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS Top Prospect Jazz Chisolm Date: ____________ Stadium: _________________________ Notes: ____________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Autograph: _________________________________________

CHICAGO CUBS Top Prospect Miguel Amaya

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CHICAGO WHITE SOX Top Prospect Eloy Jimenez Date: ____________ Stadium: _________________________ Notes: ____________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Autograph: _________________________________________

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2019 Fan Scouting Report CINCINNATI REDS Top Prospect Taylor Trammell

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CLEVELAND INDIANS Top Prospect Yu Chang

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COLORADO ROCKIES Top Prospect Brendan Rodgers

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KANSAS CITY ROYALS Top Prospect Khalil Lee

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2019 Fan Scouting Report LA ANGELS Top Prospect Jo Adell

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LA DODGERS Top Prospect Kiebert Ruiz

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MILWAUKEE BREWERS Top Prospect Ketson Hiura (AFL MVP 2018)

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2019 Fan Scouting Report SEATTLE MARINERS Top Prospect Justus Sheffield

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TEXAS RANGERS Top Prospect Juan Pablo Martinez

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