The official site of the Torch, the student-run newspaper at Glenbrook North High School.

Torch

The official site of the Torch, the student-run newspaper at Glenbrook North High School.

Torch

The official site of the Torch, the student-run newspaper at Glenbrook North High School.

Torch

By the numbers: baseball

29:45

The numbers of hours the GBN baseball team is scheduled to practice from Mar. 3 to  Mar. 8 including a lock-in Friday night. Members of the team are scheduled to spend 20.7 percent of their time over that six-day stretch involved in a baseball-related activity.

$500,000

The amount of money  alumnus Jason Kipnis (‘05) is set to receive, without bonuses or incentives, from his contract with the Cleveland Indians of the MLB for the upcoming season. According to CBS Sports, the Indians have approached Kipnis to work on a contract extension, hoping to lock him up long-term by the end of Spring Training.

$15.5 million

The amount of money  Max Scherzer of the Detroit Tigers is set to receive, without bonuses or incentives, from his contract this upcoming season. Kipnis finished 11th in voting for the American League MVP last season while Scherzer finished 12th.