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Conforto, Kluber, rookie Carroll off to good spring starts
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Conforto, Kluber, rookie Carroll off to good spring starts

  • DAVID BRANDT Associated Press
  • Updated

Michael Conforto’s once-ailing shoulder appears healthy and the veteran slugger is back to mashing baseballs. The Giants have eased the 30-year-old back on the field after he missed all of 2022 following right shoulder surgery. But even in limited at-bats in the Cactus League, he’s hit four homers, which was tied for the spring lead through Wednesday’s games. 

Astros' Alvarez has sore hand, won't take BP for a few days
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Astros' Alvarez has sore hand, won't take BP for a few days

  • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Houston Astros All-Star Yordan Alvarez says he has a sore left hand that will keep him out of batting practice for a few days in spring training. Alvarez told reporters that soreness in the hand was an issue at times in the 2022 season and continued to "flare up a bit at times" during the offseason. Despite the soreness, Alvarez hit .306 with 37 homers and 97 RBIs and finished third in the AL MVP voting for the World Series champion Astros. Speaking through a translator, Alvarez said he told team officials about the sore hand when he reported to camp.