1 surprise roster candidate for each team

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1 dark horse candidate to make each Opening Day roster

As teams spend the spring piecing together their Opening Day rosters, here is one player on each club who is on the outside looking in, but could change that with a strong performance.

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Dustin May was glad to be back on the mound and glad just to be alive after a freak injury while eating last year put him in the hospital with a torn esophagus and ended his season.

While speaking at Bucknell, Alex Rodriguez had the chance to win $10,000 for a student by making a half-court shot and showed that he apparently isn’t only good at baseball.

Plenty of baseball players have autograph collections, but Twins third baseman Royce Lewis’ is unique. When Lewis signs for a young fan, he asks for the child’s signature in return.

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