Joe Saunders lives about a mile from his pitching coach in the offseason, and in January, the Angels' left-hander and Mike Butcher, his coach, went to an empty field to throw -- the Snedigar Sports Complex, in Chandler, Ariz. Sometimes, city employees let them in, nicely, and sometimes, when there was nobody around, the two had to hop a fence. FANTASY ON THE RISE • Clint Barmes, Rockies: Timing is everything for Barmes, who is taking over for the injured Troy Tulowitz ...

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