Spring training has begun for Major League Baseball and there are still some solid major leaguers available through free agency for teams looking for role players and veteran leadership. Pitching staffs always have minor and major problems as spring training progresses, and when a big-name pitcher goes down the result is a panic buy of the best available free agent. Five Well-Known Free Agent Pitchers That Will Land on a Team in 2011 Pitching is always a valuable commodity in Major League Baseball and these five pitchers will quickly hear their phone ringing...

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Brian McNamee spent two hours in a batting cage Friday night, tinkering with the swings of Anthony Aueletta and Matthew Piccione. A former strength coach with the New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays, and former personal trainer to Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte and other major leaguers, McNamee tutored the pair of 14-year-old New Yorkers at Baseball Plus, an indoor sports facility on Long Island.

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Yovani Gallardo is firm. Even if he's fortunate enough to make the All-Star team again next summer, he'll skip it. "If the game is in Arizona, I will totally boycott," the Milwaukee Brewers pitcher said Monday. A year before Phoenix is set to host baseball's big event, the state's new immigration law kept drawing the attention of major leaguers.

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