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Utahns in baseball: A look at where players with ties to Utah will start 2016

St. Louis Cardinals' Rafael Ortega (67) is tagged out by Atlanta Braves catcher Braeden Schlehuber, left, while trying to score on a Matt Adams fly ball in the sixth inning of an exhibition spring training baseball game Saturday, March 21, 2015, in Jupiter, Fla. (AP Photo/John Bazemore

Baseball is back and many familiar names with ties to the state of Utah remain on rosters again in 2016, though their surroundings changed from the end of 2015.

For example, former Utah closer turned starting pitcher Tyler Wagner breezed through the minors over the past two seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers, but was traded to Arizona in the offseason.