Next time, it will count. Today, however? Expect a fairly laid-back game, with most of the regulars checking out after a couple of at-bats. Whether you will be able to tell the difference between that and last night’s two-hit shutout, is a valid question. But after today, we can hopefully breathe a sigh of relief at having got through spring without anything too bad in the way of injuries. There were some concerns, most notably Corbin Carroll’s broken hamate bone, but compared to some previous season,
this hasn’t been too bad. The team looks basically likely to go into Opening Day with no further casualties, beyond the ones held over from last season.
Here’s your final pre-season line-up:
Ketel Marte was a late scratch from the originally posted line-up. I did momentarily worry I somehow jinxed the team with the paragraph above… But according to Alex Weiner, “Torey Lovullo said Ketel Marte was scratched due to soreness. No concern for Opening Day.” Phew. Today’s game is a Spanish language broadcast only, on La Campesina 101.9 FM and 860 AM hosted by Oscar Soria and Rodrigo Lopez, so I’ll be seeing if those Duolingo lessons paid off. After Michael Soroka, the only names listed are RHP Andrew Hoffmann and Juan Morillo, so I suspect we’ll be seeing some off-roster players working the later innings.
