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With domestic Opening Day less than a week away, let’s try to pick out some of the players whose stellar springs will translate to stellar 2025 seasons.

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Every season, new teams emerge as legitimate postseason threats after missing out the previous year. In fact, 2024 marked the third straight year with six new playoff teams. If things break right for these 10 teams, at least some could find themselves playing October baseball in 2025.

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March 21 is World Down Syndrome Day, and for the first time it has special meaning for Jake Burger and his family.

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