Baseball drafts and auctions are fast approaching and, with nearly two weeks of exhibition games in the books, we can safely say there are finally some newsworthy items to be dispensed.
While we make our seasonal switch from the ice to the ball diamonds of Florida and Arizona, we’ll continue with the hockey essentials for the next couple of weeks and cap off the transition with our five-part, player-by-player fantasy MLB preview the final week of March.
— Outfielder Jabari Blash is bashing for the Padres. The 27-year-old career minor-leaguer with the .169 major-league AVG was actually waived by the Pods over the winter, went unclaimed and was re-signed to a minor-league deal with an invite to spring training.