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share-square-729875 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Brandon Crawford’s decorated resume includes two World Series rings, two All-Star Game selections, three Gold Glove Awards and a Silver Slugger Award, but the veteran shortstop still arrives at Spring Training every year feeling like he has something more to prove. “I think I’ve always kind of done that throughout my whole career,” Crawford said during a Zoom call with reporters on Friday. “Trying to prove doubters wrong, prove people wrong. Th...

It wasn’t difficult to sell Curt Casali on the Giants. Casali is close friends with former Vanderbilt teammate Mike Yastrzemski, who shared a rental home with the veteran catcher in Old Town Scottsdale last spring. He knows third baseman Evan Longoria from his days with the Rays. He caught right-handers