Eleven days (at most, and likely way fewer) until A-Rod returns:
Alex Rodriguez will DH on Friday for Class-A Tampa, and if all goes well, he will play 3B there on Saturday.
— Peter Botte (@PeterBotte) August 30, 2012
The Yankees need to get healthy, and getting A-Rod back will be a nice boost. Especially if he can come close to the hot streak he had before his injury.
The Royals and Rangers played the first game of spring training today. A few other teams (the Red Sox, Tigers and Twins) played or are currently playing college squads, but Kansas City-Texas is our first matchup of big league teams. Baseball’s back, baby! And you know what baseball means?
Kansas City’s Jorge Soler, who hit 48 homers last year to lead the American League, offered us the year’s first glimpse at recreational baseball murder when he took Kolby Allard out over the left field yard.
Dingers are BACK. 😍
Thanks, @solerpower12. 💪 pic.twitter.com/J6EGgZkFkv
— MLB (@MLB) February 21, 2020
Mmm. That’s the good stuff. Here’s to eight and a half months more of that. Bring me the dingers.