Obviously nice work with the glove here by Konnor Griffin to get to this ball.
But I'm most impressed by him beginning with his back to first base, setting his feet quickly and squarely and firing an 87 mph seed for the out.
Chase DeLauter has hit safely in each of his four Spring Training games and has an RBI in three straight.
Thank you so much, Anthony. Tell him we’ll keep a chair open for him each week.
It's Jonathan Aranda's time to don the sombrero:
Nacho Alvarez Jr. wears a luchador mask
Choose your fighter from this Mexico-Great Britain matchup:
Harry Ford dons a red coat and bearskin hat with Jazz Chisholm Jr. looking on
That'll play
It's a World Baseball Classic game for Great Britain, so you know Harry Ford is doing something big.
His solo homer ties it up in the sixth inning against Mexico.
Stay for the "changing of the guard" celebration.
Joshua Baez crushes his first Grapefruit League homer of the spring.
110.8 mph off the bat
436 feet to left
Check out this front-door changeup from Luis Gastelum that froze Jazz Chisholm Jr.
82.0 mph
1,693 rpm
17.9 inches of armside break
-0.5 IVB
Jones got home-to-second in 7.89 seconds, according to Statcast. That's the seventh-fastest home-to-second time recorded in Statcast games this spring (including regular Spring Training games).
D-backs prospect Druw Jones gets a grounder through the left side with a 101.1 mph EV and races to second base for a hustle RBI double.
Jones has yet to play above High-A and is here for his glove, but the bat provides impact for the Netherlands in Game 1.
I want to make this clear -- I also have massive enthusiasm for seeing Ryan Rowland-Smith on the Pool A call alongside Tyler. Those two work so well together in the booth, and they care deeply about international baseball. This is a great stage for both.
Tyler Maun and Ryan Rowland-Smith in the WBC booth in Puerto Rico
LOOK WHO IT IS ON TELEVISION
(hint: it's @tylermaun.com)
Goooooooooooooood morning, baseball.
If you thought “that’s a 71 mph changeup, I could hit that,” check out this 3D view of Ondrej Satoria’s K of Aaron Whitefield:
I know Curtis Mead hasn’t fulfilled the promise he showed as a prospect, but he and Bazzana before him are exactly the Australia hitters you can’t gift second chances. Tough break for Czechia on the missed double play at the bottom of the order.
“The Spartans and Scarlet Knights are locked in an interminable battle” both a) makes the delay sound better and b) gives a Big Ten Thursday night game way too much credit.
There should be a word for when multiple Counsells gather in a group.
Give me a minute, I'll come up with something.
Elly De La Cruz says goodbye in Goodyear.
114.5 mph EV, 438 feet out to center.
That's his hardest-hit ball of the spring so far.
Nifty sliding catch by No. 4 Cardinals prospect Joshua Baez in right field:
Stellar outing for Marlins No. 2 prospect Robby Snelling in Jupiter:
3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K
45 pitches, 29 strikes, 8 whiffs
Fastball averaged 95.7 mph and got 7 whiffs on 12 swings.
Strikeouts came against Altuve, Alvarez, Paredes, Diaz, Smith, Meyers.
Cardinals No. 7 prospect Quinn Mathews faced 11 Pirates today and struck out 7 of them.
Was absolutely cruising until he allowed a two-run homer to Alika Williams in his third inning.
Final line: 2 2/3 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 7 K
50 pitches, 30 strikes, 12 whiffs
Screenshot of Luis Perales' Statcast data. Pertinent points: 16 cutters, 8 four-seamers Cutter averaged 90.9 mph, four-seamer, 99.6 3 whiffs on 7 swings against the cutter 0 whiffs on 2 swings against the four-seamer
Spring Training debut for No. 6 Nationals prospect Luis Perales this afternoon.
1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K; 24 pitches, 13 strikes, 3 whiffs
Threw four 100+ four-seamers but mostly used the cutter
All three batted balls had EVs of 95+, but he escaped unscathed
Original sketch for World Baseball Classic logo by Todd Radom, 2005
Original sketch, World Baseball Classic logo, 2005. Everything starts with something, somewhere, somehow. Back then you got a sense of what the event's potential could be, but you had to squint a little bit and project forward, far into the future.
ICYMI: Travis Bazzana hit the first homer by a Top 100 prospect in this year's World Baseball Classic.
And it was a no-doubter for the Guardians second baseman.
A surprise in Surprise:
Five thoughts on the #BlueJays’ farm system:
www.mlb.com/bluejays/new...
Travis Bazzana, who had a note in his phone while a college student outlining his dream 2026 WBC lineup with him leading off and playing second, just laced his first WBC hit.
“Growing up, I always looked ahead and had a vision of things I wanted to do in this game, and this was a big part of it."
