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Thursday, February 22 View In Browser Good morning! Start hitting the gym if you want arms like Randy's. TOP NEWS The must-watch player in every division this season   We're talking here about the stars you can't miss seeing, the ones who might do something at any given moment -- with the bat or the glove, with their legs or their arm -- that could make your jaw drop. The Top 100 results are in! MLB Network concluded its countdown of the Top 100 Players Right Now with the 10 best last night, and Atlanta's Ronald Acuña Jr. took the top spot. Ohtani's plan to be ready for Opening Day Shohei Ohtani says he'll need 50 at-bats in order to be ready for the Opening Series in Seoul on March 20, and he's got a plan to get there. How popcorn helped Gorman prepare for '24 Nolan Gorman led the Cards in homers in 2023, but back problems prevented the slugger from reaching his full potential. Offseason adjustments, including a new snack, got him ready for a new season. Senga dealing with arm fatigue, misses team workout The Mets endured their first injury scare of 2024 on Wednesday when Kodai Senga skipped the team's workout due to what manager Carlos Mendoza termed "overall arm fatigue." Schwarber in a 'way better spot' heading into 2024 Kyle Schwarber has high expectations for the Phillies this season and is ready to help the club meet them. The DH's performance will depend on his health and his approach at the plate. Swanson better prepared for second time around with Cubs Dansby Swanson fought through what was a challenging first season in Chicago. As a result, the shortstop feels he's better prepared for what's ahead as one of the team's veteran leaders. MORE TOP NEWS PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! STAFF PICKS Feel the breeze: The pitches that get the most extreme whiffs All whiffs aren't created equal. It's one thing to miss a bat by inches, and another thing entirely to miss one by feet -- to fool a batter so badly that it's not so much that the batter couldn't get the stick there in time as it is that he was going after a pitch that simply wasn't there. Spanish class is in session for Ohtani and Yamamoto Teoscar Hernández took it upon himself to give a few lessons to his new superstar teammates, Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who appeared to be fast learners. The top power-hitting prospect for each team Power is one of the last tools to fully develop, but these prospects -- one from each organization -- have a knack for mashing the long ball. When the offseason is definitely bulking season Randy Arozarena's star has been ascending ever since his incredible World Baseball Classic showing, but there's one big change he's made heading into what he hopes will be another revelatory season. Asked to throw a coin across a river, Walter Johnson delivered Feb. 22, 1936, marked the 204th anniversary of the birth of George Washington, and Fredericksburg, Va., planned to commemorate the date by recreating a legendary feat of the Founding Father: throwing a silver dollar across the Rappahannock River. MLB Network Special: 2016 World Series Game 7 Bob Costas and Tom Verducci sit down with Joe Maddon and Terry Francona at 8 p.m. ET to discuss the Cubs winning their first World Series title in 108 years. MORE STORIES © 2024 MLB Advanced Media, L.P. MLB trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball. Visit MLB.com. Any other marks used herein are trademarks of their respective owners. Please review our Privacy Policy. You (gahleexholly.hdhask@blogger.com) received this message because you registered to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com. Please add info@mail.mlblists.com to your address book to ensure our messages reach your inbox. If you no longer wish to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com, please unsubscribe or log in and manage your email subscriptions. Postal Address: MLB.com, c/o MLB Advanced Media, L.P., 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.