Elephant Rumblings: Spring Training, more predictions, prospect lists

Happy Monday, Athletics Nation!

With Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX victory complete, and pitchers and catchers reporting this week, we can at last tune out any further distractions and concentrate on the baseball season ahead—setting seismic basketball trades aside, anyway.

Spring Training is indeed nearly underway. A’s battery players report for their first workout on Wednesday, the first full squad workout is next Monday, and the A’s first Cactus League game is scheduled for February 22 against the Padres at Peoria Sports Complex. Martin Gallegos at MLB.com has a handy Spring Training FAQ to help you keep tabs on the upcoming action.

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