N&N: Shane Bieber was having a fantastic spring training

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These are my favorite from the old journalist. From Terry Pluto:

OK, here are some scribbles left over from Goodyear that actually have to do with baseball:

1. The two best pitchers I checked out were Aaron Civale and Shane Bieber. That’s important, especially Civale. Bieber threw 7 2/3 scoreless innings this spring, two hits, one walk, nine strikeouts... looked like an All-Star Game MVP, as he was last year.

2. Civale pulled a groin muscle in spring training, something he told me that he’s dealt with before. He allowed one run (one hit) in five innings, nine strikeouts. Civale said…