Players pick their surprise teams for 2025

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Players pick their surprise teams for 2025

Sunday, March 09

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A graphic showing Brent Rooker and a list of potential surprise teams

Who will be this year’s surprise team? We asked the players

In our survey last season, Major League players picked the Royals to be 2024’s surprise team. After nailing that prediction, here is who they see stepping up this year.

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Abner Uribe points to the sky after recording an out

Spring Training baseball on MLB Network

Watch an afternoon doubleheader as the Jays battle the Rays at 1 p.m. ET, followed by D-backs vs. A’s at 4 (available in D-backs market). Then 30 Clubs in 15 Days presented by T-Mobile continues with Siera Santos and Jake Peavy from Rays camp at 7, and Adnan Virk and Mark DeRosa from Royals camp at 8.

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SCOREBOARD

STL 5
WAS 3

TB 6
BAL 3

BOS 8
MIN 9

TOR 4
PHI 5

PIT 5
ATL 6

DET 0
TOR 5

ARI 8
CIN 9

SEA 8
CHC 9

KC 3
SF 7

KC 3
TEX 5

LAD 2
CWS 5

OAK 8
COL 1

CLE 2
SD 7

LAA 6
MIL 2

ARI 2
OAK 4

NYY 2
HOU 5

NYM 7
MIA 3

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