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MLB Spring Training: Harper’s hit checks out; Myers springs into action

By Bill Felber

CLEARWATER, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 25: Bryce Harper #3 of the Philadelphia Phillies in action during the spring training game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Spectrum Field on February 25, 2020 in Clearwater, Florida. (Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images)
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 25: Bryce Harper #3 of the Philadelphia Phillies in action during the spring training game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Spectrum Field on February 25, 2020 in Clearwater, Florida. (Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images) /
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MLB Spring Training Recap: March 4

Winner: Bryce Harper, Philadelphia Phillies outfielder

Harper’s spring is only just beginning. But in only his spring workout Wednesday, Harper gave the Pittsburgh Pirates a lesson in what he can do.

With a runner on base in the first, Harper shot a  two-run home run over the right-field wall, over the berm beyond the wall, over the back screen and into some palm trees. He homered again in the fourth, another two-run shot but this time onto the berm in left-center.

Those four RBIs gave the Phillies a solid leg up on their eventual 9-7 victory.

Loser: Austin Meadows, Tampa Bay Rays outfielder

The Rays are touted as a serious threat to the Yankees in the American League East in large part due to guys like Meadows, a leadoff hitter with potential.

As they have much of the spring, the Rays got along well Wednesday vs. Toronto, even though Meadows continued his slow spring. It was a fully frustrating afternoon: three strikeouts in three at-bats, stranding four baserunners.

Meadows is now batting .059 for the spring. The good news is that the number will reset when the regular season begins.

Loser: The top of the Chicago White Sox batting order

The White Sox enter 2020 with one of the more set lineups they’ve fielded in years: Yoan Moncada leading off, then batting champion Tim Anderson, then Jose Abreu.

But the MLB spring training has not been good to any of the three. Wednesday against the Milwaukee Brewers, the Sox rolled up 11 base hits and a 5-1 win, and they did it despite getting a collective goose egg from those three key stars.

Of the three, Anderson is the leading hitter, at .200. Moncada is off to a .125 start, and Abreu is hitting .188.  When those three begin to hit, the Sox will be scary.

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