Shaun Marcum, who didn't pitch in spring training games after March 16, had an MRI of his neck Thursday and was diagnosed with nerve inflammation.

WSJ: Gee pitches well in return but Mets lose to Padres

Granderson, who broke his right wrist when he was hit by a pitch during spring training, was able to remove a stabilizing brace on Thursday and throw.

WSJ: Yankees' Teixeira making solid progress with wrist

One element that the event didn't have: any semblance of the glitz and excess of the networks' spring pitch event.

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