Spring training is always the time for optimism. You know the cliché about every team tied for first place with a 0-0 record.

Spring training is always the time for optimism. You know the cliché about every team tied for first place with a 0-0 record.

A.J. Preller stood on the back patio of the Peoria Sports Complex, clad in a plain brown hoodie and baggy sweatpants.

Francisco Álvarez would take the Mets' lineup over the reigning World Series champions Dodgers' any day. Here's what he had to say.

After sitting out the first few months of the winter because of an ownership squabble, the San Diego Padres are using the ...