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Thursday, February 14, 2019
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Harper, Machado, Kimbrel, Keuchel on market as camps open
By RONALD BLUM
AP Baseball Writer
Bryce Harper, Manny Mach-
ado, Craig Kimbrel and Dallas
Keuchel won’t be around when
the bat and ball bags are opened at
spring training throughout Florida
and Arizona this week.
They are among the dozens of
free agents still looking for jobs,
joined by Mike Moustakas, Mar-
win Gonzalez, Carlos Gonzalez
and Gio Gonzalez.
For the second straight winter,
camps are opening with many ros-
ters in exceptional fl ux.
“The market will sort itself
out,” St. Louis Cardinals chairman
Bill DeWitt Jr. said at last week’s
owners’ meetings. “There is a long
time between the end of the season
and spring training, and there’s
maybe not so much a sense of
urgency on whichever side it hap-
pens to be.”
Among the 164 players who
exercised free agency rights at the
end of last year’s World Series, 84
had announced agreements on the
eve of spring training. That is up
from 65 of 166 at roughly the same
AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File
In this Oct. 24, 2018, fi le photo, Los Angeles Dodgers’ Manny Machado,
right, hits a single in front of Boston Red Sox catcher Christian Vazquez
during Game 2 of the World Series baseball game in Boston.
point last season, but down from
105 of 158 two years ago.
Boston added J.D. Martinez last
Feb. 26 and Philadelphia brought
in Jake Arrieta on March 12. All
but 26 of the free agents last off-
season eventually reached deals,
but some with big-money con-
tracts fl opped after late starts: Yu
Darvish joined the Chicago Cubs
on Feb. 13, went 1-3 and didn’t
pitch after May 20 because of arm
problems. Eric Hosmer fi nalized
his agreement with San Diego on
Feb. 19 and hit a career-worst .253
with 69 RBIs. Alex Cobb signed
with Baltimore on March 26 and
went 5-16.
A drawn-out negotiating pro-
cess means clubs have lost time
in marketing new acquisitions,
which seems especially signifi cant
to a sport coming off three straight
years of attendance declines. Aver-
age attendance dropped below
30,000 last year for the fi rst time
since 2003.
“We want players signed, par-
ticularly star players. I wish they
were signed and ready to go,”
baseball Commissioner Rob Man-
fred said Friday. “We got another
week before they have to report.
I’m really hopeful that it’s going
to get resolved during that period.”
Oakland starts workouts Mon-
day in Mesa, Arizona. Seattle
follows Tuesday in Peoria, Ari-
zona, with both teams getting
early starts because they open
the season in Tokyo on March
20-21, a week before other teams
get underway. Every other club
launches practice Wednesday
or Thursday except for Atlanta,
which waits until Saturday.
Six new managers are in charge
and fi ve of them are big league
rookie skippers. Rocco Baldelli
(Minnesota), David Bell (Cin-
cinnati), Brandon Hyde (Balti-
more), Charlie Montoyo (Toronto)
and Chris Woodward (Texas) are
fi rst-timers running a big league
dugout, joined by the Los Angeles
Angels’ Brad Ausmus, Detroit’s
manager from 2014-17.
One of last year’s rookie man-
agers was Alex Cora, who led Bos-
ton to its fourth World Series title
in 15 seasons.
Among the major trades of the
offseason, Philadelphia obtained
catcher J.T. Realmuto from
Miami, St. Louis got fi rst base-
man Paul Goldschmidt from Ari-
zona and the New York Mets got
second baseman Robinson Cano
and closer Edwin Diaz from
Seattle.
In the free-agent market thus
far, Washington added left-hander
Patrick Corbin and the Los Ange-
les Dodgers signed outfi elder A.J.
Pollock, Atlanta got third base-
man Josh Donaldson and Colorado
picked up second baseman Daniel
Murphy.
Place your bets: NASCAR pushes its chips on sports gambling
By DAN GELSTON
Associated Press
DAYTONA
BEACH,
Fla. — Brendan Gaughan
is the son of a casino mag-
nate and has long grasped
the allure of throwing down
a few bucks to wager on a
sporting event.
Heck, Gaughan once bet
on himself in Las Vegas to
win the 2004 Daytona 500.
Gaughan got a stern talking
to from NASCAR back in
the day when gambling was
perhaps the most taboo topic
in sports. March Madness
brackets, Super Bowl prop
bets, they all go hand-in-
hand with the biggest games
as much as the highlights,
but wagers on the upstart
underdog or 5-1 favorite
were saved for Vegas, offi ce
pools and the neighborhood
bookie operating illegally.
But societal attitudes
— and more to the point,
laws — toward betting have
evolved, leading even sports
leagues to loosen their
stances as a new world of
potential partnerships and
revenue streams has opened.
Count NASCAR as the
latest sport racing toward
the gambling industry.
“The more people betting
and playing fantasy games
on your sport, the more peo-
ple watch,” Gaughan said.
“When it comes to fan-
tasy sports and betting on
NASCAR races, there’s
nothing wrong with it.”
NASCAR is on board —
and on the betting boards of
sportsbooks from Nevada
and beyond — with legal-
ized betting in 2019.
NASCAR scanned the
gambling landscape before
implementing
gambling
guidelines in the rulebook
for this season. Among the
new restrictions: drivers and
team members are banned
from betting on races or dis-
closing confi dential infor-
mation. They are allowed to
participate in fantasy sports
relating to the three national
touring series, but may not
accept prizes with a value
of more than $250 in any
games. The bans are in line
with other major sports.
AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack
Drivers sit on pit road while in a rain delay during the NA-
SCAR Clash auto race at Daytona International Speedway on
Sunday in Daytona Beach, Fla.
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