With baseballs preseason kicking into gear, here are three things well be keeping an eye on around the Danny Manning Jersey baseball world throughout the day today: 1. Baseball is back! Pitchers and catchers are reporting to camp ahead of Spring Training for 18 of the leagues 30 clubs today. When combined with the early reporting dates for the Dodgers and Padres, that means camp will be underway for two thirds of the league by the end of the day. Even as teams begin their preparations for the coming campaign, however, four of the offseasons top 10 free agents remain on the market and the rumor mill continues to buzz with the po sibility of more preseason deals both in free agency and on the trade market. Among the teams reporting to camp today are the Rangers, who enter the 2024 campaign looking to defend the first World Series title in franchise history; the Diamondbacks, who hope to carry over the momentum that allowed that to make a surprise run to the Fall Cla sic last year into the new season; and the Twins, who will look to return to the postseason in 2024 after breaking their record 18-game postseason losing streak and won a playoff series for the first time since 2003. 2. Arraez, Marlins await hearing results: Second baseman is scheduled to go to a hearing against his club today after the sides failed to come to an agreement to avoid arbitration, . Arraez requested a $12MM salary for the 2024 campaign, while the Marlins offered $10.6MM. Arraez won his case against Miami last year, when a panel of arbiters awarded him $6.1MM rather than the Marlins submitted figure of $5MM. Arraezs hearing comes on the heels of a lo s by Rays right-hander , who also against his club for the second consecutive season after winning last years hearing. With five cases as of yet undecided, players have won in seven hearings while teams have won in four. 3. Whats the plan for the Red Sox? Its been a strange offseason in Boston. After a lengthy search for the clubs next chief baseball officer which ended the club hiring , the club made clear that their primary focus this winter would be on bolstering the starting rotation. Since then, the club shipped out longtime ace in a trade that brought second baseman back from Atlanta while landing right-hander via free agency. That series of moves that landed the club a potential regular at a position of need but arguably left the club with a similar lack of rotation depth and a volatile top veteran starter. Since then, club officials have backtracked on previous comments indicating a full-throttle approach to the winter while noting that . That conflicting me saging leaves plenty of uncertainty surrounding the Red Sox as the clubs pitchers and catchers begin to report to camp today. While the club continues to pursue via free agency, its simultaneously outfielder while also such as and . Will the arrival of Spring Training provide more clarity on the clubs direction headed into the 2024 campaign? Serge Ibaka Jersey