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Sunday, March 2, 2014

Spring training Giants and A's 2014.

         Baseball season is finally here! The teams have set up camp and the east coast teams are in Florida while mostly west coast teams are in Arizona.  My favorite team is the A's  and they're playing in Phoenix this year, but next year  they'll be moving to Mesa. Pitchers and catchers reported on valentines day and position players reported the next week. Some notable new pitchers that arrived in camp were Jim Johnson, Luke Gregerson, Eric O Flaherty, and Josh Lindbloom  who are relievers.Drew Pomeranz, Scott Kazmir are the two main starters that the  A's acquired, The A's also acquired some good hitters. They are Craig Gentry, Nick Punto, Chris Gimenez, and Jake Elmore. The best thing about the off-season was that the A's didn't trade away any of their regulars in the lineup or rotation which is good.The A's also hope that highly touted prospects Addison Russell, Michael Ynoa, Billy McKinney, and Raul Alcantra along with many others make a good impression and enable themselves to come up during the season and help the team out. Spring training games just started this past week and they represent a chance for prospects to show themselves and regulars to get back into the swing of things. I hope that the A's bring home a tittle this year and give Oakland a boost. I also hope that Reddick bat comes back to like and matches his outstanding defense.

    The Giants make their  spring training home in Scottsdale and they have no intention of going anywhere. Their players reported close to the same day as the A's and they made a few major changes to help get their team back into contention for the playoffs. The Giants   signed Tim Hudson a veteran pitcher who they think will bolster their rotation. They also resigned Tim Lincecum, and Ryan Vogelsong to stabilize their rotation. The Giants also signed Michael Morse to play left field and give them power in that position which they haven't had for a while. Like the A's, they brought back their entire lineup and they hope to get a better year from Sandoval and a break through year from Belt. Another thing is that they hope that their two hyped  pitching prospects Edwin Escobar and  Kyle Crick will crack the majors this year along with slugger Mac Williamson. The Giants look to return to the playoffs this year and return to prominence. I look forward to watching a lot of baseball this year and I think that this will be one of the most exciting and awesome baseball seasons ever












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