If Your Birthday is March 24th...

...you share it with Starlin Castro. The sweet swinging middle infielder played on the Cubs 2015 champions before moving onto the Yankees, Marlins, and Nationals, where's he's likely to be the club's main backup at 2nd and 3rd base.

  • Lucas Lutege spent parts of four seasons in the Mariners bullpen, but hasn't worked in the majors since 2015. But some impressive work this spring, coupled with a pair of injuries by other relievers, made him a strong candidate to come north with the Yankees at the end of the month.
  • Corey Hart posted five seasons with 20 or more homers with the Brewers. A knee injury cut his career short, and he's now gone into coaching. He'll be the hitting coach for the Blue Jays' Buffalo farm club this season. 
  • Wilson Alvarez fired a no hitter in his first-ever start for the White Sox, on August 11th, 1991.
  • Garry Templeton, the longtime shortstop who might best be remembered as the man traded straight up in the winter of 1982 for Ozzie Smith. 
  • Bruce Hurst, the Red Sox lefthander who beat the Mets twice in the 1986 World Series. And if not for Boston's collapses in games six and seven, might well have been named that series' MVP.
And we remember the lone Hall of Famer born on this date:

George Sisler, who hit .300 or better in 14 of his big league seasons and was likely the greatest ever to wear a St. Louis Browns uniform.



 

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