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Three Strikes: Scouting report edition

By Jayson Stark

Monday, March 16, 2009

For 2½ weeks now, an army of scouts has been pointing its radar guns -- and its eyeballs -- in the direction of spring training games. Here's a sampling of their observations so far. STRIKE ONE -- THUMBS UP DEPT.: First, some players who have looked better than you might think: Brett Gardner, Yankees (.393, 6 SB): Gardner is involved in a center-field competition with Melky Cabrera. But even though Cabrera is hitting .375, it's Gardner's stock that continues to rise: "If he just does the ...

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