Spring training to be shortened slightly in 2018

the time of the flight over 2½ hours from 7 p.m.

There are cutouts for Sunday night games broadcast by ESPN and games after June 1 at Texas’ current home ballpark — where the Rangers avoid afternoons for much of the season because of the heat.

For everyone who thinks spring training is too long, help is on the way — a little, anyway.

Spring training will be shortened by two days starting in 2018, when new restrictions in Major League Baseball’s collective bargaining agreement take effect on game times for regular-season Second baseman Logan getaway days. Forsythe has been traded

The voluntary reporting by the Tampa Bay Rays to date for pitchers, catchers the Los Angeles Dodgers for and injured players will be right-hander Jose De Leon. 43 days before the major Tampa Bay also said it league opener instead of 45, had agreed to a $1 million, according to a copy of the one-year contract with free agreement obtained by The agent right-hander Shawn Associated Press. For other Tolleson, who can make an players, the date will be 38 additional $1.15 million in days ahead instead of 40. bonuses.

The change was tied to The 24-year-old De Leon spreading each team’s 162 made his big league debut regular-season games over in September and was 2-0 187 days, up from 183. with a 6.35 ERA in four

Late arrival times ahead starts. He went 7-1 with a of regular-season series 2.61 ERA and 111 strikeouts openers also were addressed. in 16 starts and 86 1/3 innings last year at Triple-A

Starting in 2018, the latest Oklahoma City. possible start time on Forsythe, 30, hit a careerhigh getaway days when either 20 homers last year, team is traveling to a game when he batted .264 with in another city the next day 52 RBIs in 127 games. or a home off day will be The 29-year-old Tolleson calculated by subtracting was 2-2 with 11 saves and a 7.68 ERA in 37 games last year, when his season was cut short by a lower back strain.

“He was an inspiration to every kid,” Santos told The Associated Press, recalling how Ventura took time to meet with members of the Kelly youth team that he once played for and gave them gifts, including uniform T-shirts.

The children talked quietly among themselves as they sat in the patio of the house Ventura bought after signing with the Royals. Inside, friends, family and admirers gathered around his coffin and tried to consoler Ventura’s mother.

“This is very painful for me because he was such a great baseball player,” said his nephew, Yonfer Ventura, an 11-year-old member of the youth team.