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SALT LAKE CITY — Much like everyone in the world, last year threw baseball players quite a curveball. Spring training was nearing its end by the time sports shut down over concerns of the coronavirus spreading. When Major League Baseball restarted in the summer, teams were only allowed to have 60 players on their "player pool." There was no minor league baseball. It left guys like Utah native, BYU alumnus and Salt Lake Bees outfielder Brennon Lund temporarily out of a job. For players lucky enough to make a 60-player pool, like Bees outfielder Jo Adell, the experience was also weird. He mad...

SALT LAKE CITY — The Salt Lake Bees haven't played a game in over 600 days but there will be some familiar faces when the team trots out onto the field Thursday. The team on Monday announced its 2021 Opening Day lineup. Among the names: former Angels top prospect Jo Adell, MLB veteran Jon Jay and Utah native and BYU alumnus Brennon Lund. Adell was previously the Angels' top prospect and a Top 10 overall minor league prospect, according to MiLB Pipeline, until he graduated from the list in 2020. Baseball America still lists him as the No. 11 overall prospect in the game. The 22-year-old outf...

Mets' Guillorme draws 22-pitch walk vs. Cards' Hicks With his New York Mets teammates cheering, dancing and going crazy in the dugout, Luis Guillorme stood at the plate for more than 10 minutes against rocket-armed St. Louis reliever Jordan Hicks, eventually drawing a 22-pitch walk Sunday. The Canadian Press This easily could be the most amazin' at-bat of the entire season. Yep, in a spring training game. With his New York Mets teammates cheering, dancing and going crazy in the dugout, Luis Guillorme stood at the plate for more than 10 minutes against rocket-armed St. Louis reliever Jordan Hi...

Yep, in a spring training game. With his New York Mets teammates cheering, dancing and going crazy in the dugout, Luis Guillorme stood at the plate for more than 10 minutes against rocket-armed St. Louis reliever Jordan Hicks, eventually drawing a 22-pitch walk Sunday. “It’s pretty cool,” Guillorme said. Guillorme took a called strike on the first pitch, then swung and missed at the second. Quickly down 0-2, the backup infielder wound up hitting 16 foul balls -- nine in a row with a full count. Pete Alonso, Michael Conforto and the rest of the Mets got more and more animated with every ...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- A few years ago, Sam Long considered moving on from baseball. An 18th-round Draft pick of the Rays out of Sacramento State in 2016, Long pitched in the Tampa Bay organization for three seasons before being unexpectedly released in March 2018. The 25-year-old left-hander returned home to