• Julian Fernandez, whose favorite clubhouse downtime activity is making up anagrams, will have a lot of time to think up some more (his favorite for "Jorge Mateo" is "Toe jam ogre"), after injuring his lap in a freak collision with a basketball in one of the biggest indoor tennis courts in Washington, and will have to hope he isn't Wally Pipped when his innings are taken by Jake Irvin, who is feeling very open right now because of his quickness drill, and Jackson Rutledge.


• Having Tyrone Taylor in the lineup helps the Mets while they hope Juan Soto comes back strong from his leg and someone can harness Ronny Mauricio's talent.


• And then there are the Yankees pitching questions: whither the funny Camilo Doval? Can Tim Hill, with his fragile hair, and David Bednar step up and produce?


• Stephen Vogt loves the bat of Austin Hedges, but he concedes that he may be forced to move him to first base if he doesn't recover from his torn muscle by spring training.

a day in the life of alex cora

then there's what
Red Sox manager
Alex Cora sees in
    Shane Drohan

after the staff felt
that he turned the corner with a confused winter

 

 

 

 

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