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Ben Rice ‘pleased’ with progress as Yankees’ first-base experiment gets underway

SEATTLE — No matter how much work Ben Rice did at first base on the backfields of Tampa or before games — and there was plenty — none of it could quite make up for the experience he gets there during ...
The New York Times

How Mariners helped Mets with Jorge Polanco’s transition to first base

Jorge Polanco had 87 starts as Seattle's designated hitter and 34 at second base in 2025. Vaughn Ridley / Getty Images Jorge Polanco has never logged a major-league inning at first base, where the New ...
Sports Illustrated

Rangers OF Brandon Nimmo Explains Why He Sprints to First Base After Walk

Corey Seager knew enough about Brandon Nimmo to poke fun at him in an early spring training game this season in Surprise, Ariz. In one of Seager’s earliest at-bats in spring training he drew a walk.
Awful Announcing

Jorge Polanco wants to pick Keith Hernandez’s brain about playing first base

The New York Mets are not trying to replace Pete Alonso in the aggregate, but they’re attempting to teach Jorge Polanco first base. If you ask Ron Washington, it’s “incredibly hard,” but unlike Scott ...