Spring Training games mean the first look of the year at Statcast data for a lot of key players and top prospects, as many teams play in parks equipped with Hawk-Eye tracking.
After a week of action, there’s already plenty worth highlighting.
Here are 10 standout numbers from the first week of Spring Training games.
Ken Griffey Jr.’s seven RBIs in a game in the inaugural World Baseball Classic in 2006 is still a record, and here are some other marks for players to shoot for in this year’s tournament.
Crash Davis once told Nuke LaLoosh to hold the ball like an egg. The Twins took that advice to another level by competing with each other in an egg toss.
Because Edwin Díaz is two and a half years older than brother Alexis, the closers have never played on the same team. That will change when they play for Puerto Rico in the World Baseball Classic.
Ahead of this year’s London Series between the Cardinals and Cubs, cricket star Harry Brook paid a visit to Cards camp to exchange notes with some of baseball’s best.