The Amercian men then built on their momentum when they took the high bar, where a spectacular one-handed swinging rotation by Justin Spring had American fans chanting.

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Coming off their fourth straight losing season, the Mets enter spring training with a projected rotation of Johan Santana, Jon Niese, Shaun Marcum, Matt Harvey and Dillon Gee, a quintet that combined to go 35-34 with a 3.26 ERA last season.

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The right-hander was expected to be a member of the big league rotation this year but pitched so poorly in spring training that he was sent to Triple-A Oklahoma City, where he is 2-2 with a 5.32 ERA in six outings.

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Happ began spring training without a spot in Toronto's projected rotation.

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Yet even in the midst of the spring selloff in telecom, media and technology shares, there was little rotation into the perceived safety of big industrials.

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The coaches on the Big 12's spring teleconference were already talking about the Cotton Bowl having a spot in the rotation as if it was a done deal.

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On the pitching side, fourth starter Hughes is likely to miss the first days of spring, meaning David Phelps and Ivan Nova should slide into the fourth and fifth spots in the rotation, postponing their battle over the final rotation spot, for the time being.

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After a late-spring injury to Jeff Karstens and the release of Jonathan Sanchez, the Pirates needed the help in their rotation.

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