10 players who could bounce back in '24

Plus: Could these 9 former prospects blossom?

Sunday, March 03 View In Browser Good morning! Batboy duties come 2nd when dad hits a 408-foot HR. TOP NEWS 10 players who could bounce back in 2024   Spring Training means a fresh start for players whose 2023 seasons did not go as planned, and here are five hitters and five pitchers looking to turn things around this season. Elly belts 470-foot homer to continue torrid spring start Elly De La Cruz is batting .417 through his first five Cactus League games, and his first home run of the spring was majestic. Imanaga strikes out five in Spring Training debut Japanese lefty Shota Imanaga struck out Freddie Freeman during a perfect first inning and bounced back from a second-inning HR to whiff four straight. Acuña has MRI on knee; expected to be ready for Opening Day The Braves are confident that Ronald Acuña Jr. will be ready for Opening Day, but he will have his sore right knee checked out in California. Langford stays hot, mashes two home runs MLB Pipeline No. 6 overall prospect Wyatt Langford followed up his first home run of the spring on Friday with a two-homer game yesterday. Stroman fitting in 'seamlessly' with Yankees Marcus Stroman pitched four shutout innings in his second spring start and has found a kindred spirit in Yankees ace and fellow tinkerer Gerrit Cole. MORE TOP NEWS PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! Quiz: Pick the all-time home run leader from every Eastern state STAFF PICKS These former prospects could blossom in 2024 Some players don't break out until years after they were hyped as the next big thing, so it isn't too late for these nine former prospects who did not live up to expectations in 2023. Spring Training for batboys, too Nick Castellanos' first spring home run turned into a teachable moment when the batboy forgot to retrieve his bat from home plate -- and the batboy was his son, Liam. Wong's career spans generations When Kolten Wong first reached the big leagues, one of his teammates was Matt Holliday. Now he is sharing a clubhouse with Matt's son, Jackson. How 'The Dragon' was born Andrew Vasquez's nickname of "The Dragon" has nothing to do with his look or his pitching arsenal. It's for the sound he makes when he pitches. "It's pretty crazy," catcher Jake Rogers said. 30 Clubs in 15 Days: Yankees and Royals MLB Network has Lauren Shehadi and Cliff Floyd in Yankees camp at 4 p.m. ET, and Greg Amsinger and Yonder Alonso in Royals camp at 7 with interviews, predictions, breakdowns and more. MORE STORIES SCOREBOARD WAS 2 @ BOS 4 PIT 7 @ DET 3 STL 1 @ HOU 7 BOS 3 @ TB 2 MIN 2 @ PHI 3 NYY 3 @ BAL 7 ATL 6 @ TOR 2 NYM 1 @ MIA 4 KC 13 @ CLE 12 CHC 5 @ LA 8 SD 3 @ SF 2 CWS 3 @ TEX 14 ARI 1 @ ANA 4 CIN 4 @ COL 10 OAK 12 @ SEA 8 LA 11 @ MIL 3 © 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@marketing.mlbemail.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.