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Spring training is in full effect, with all Major League Baseball teams participating in exhibition games across Florida and Arizona. With that being said, it's time to build the ultimate starting nine. 

Bleacher Report's Adam Lefkoe was joined by National MLB Columnist Scott Miller, as he went position by position in naming the best starting lineup money could buy. 

Houston Astros outfielder George Springer made his anticipated big league debut on April 17 last year. Springer, Houston's first-round pick (11th overall) in 2011, was thrown into the fire immediately and struggled a bit from the start.

Houston Astros star prospect Mark Appel is battling for a spot on the team's 25-man roster and stated he is now able to pitch after deailing with an injury during spring training.

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Baseball fans in Cincinnati were in for a treat Monday morning when the Reds unveiled a "Twitter vending machine."

The 2015 MLB All-Star Game will be held at Cincinnati's Great American Ball Park on July 14. With the Midsummer Classic creating a lot of buzz around town, the team gave fans an unexpected opportunity Monday to win tickets to All-Star festivities.

Ladies and gentlemen, the Twitter vending machine:

Although Major League Baseball spent the offseason looking for ways to speed up games, it didn't come up with a way to prevent bees from taking over stadiums and causing delays.

During Sunday's spring training game between the Kansas City Royals and the Los Angeles Angels at Tempe Diablo Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, a massive swarm of bees showed up and caused a couple of delays.

It seems only a matter of time before the Philadelphia Phillies trade Cole Hamels. As the ace starting pitcher took the mound for the first time this spring, the rumors continued to swirl. Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald tweeted about the most recent buzz surrounding Hamels.

With Opening Day now less than a month away and spring training games officially getting started, fantasy baseball fans are likely gearing up for their respective drafts.

While landing someone like Mike Trout or Clayton Kershaw with your first-round pick is great, it's how you fill out your roster with potential sleepers and high-upside players that usually winds up being the difference between winning and losing.

So, with that in mind, what follows is a look at the top 25 sleepers to target on draft day.

Washington Nationals center fielder Denard Span will miss an undisclosed period after undergoing surgery to repair a damaged right core muscle injury. 

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Well, that escalated quickly.

Only a few weeks into spring training (and a week into the exhibition season), we've already seen a handful of the biggest storylines in baseball begin to change.

Sure, we still have more questions than answers. We don't know who Arizona's starting catcher will be, whether or not Kris Bryant will do enough this spring to force the Chicago Cubs' hand or if a clean Alex Rodriguez can be a productive player. 

Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Pedro Alvarez has been diagnosed with a mild hyperextension of his right elbow. He will be re-evaluated after missing the next "few" games. 

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