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The dynamic 30-year-old outfielder got the Mariners on the board with a game-tying 389-foot (107.1 mph EV) solo shot off of Michael King in the fourth inning. He also reached on an error in the sixth inning and scored on an RBI single off the bat of Mitch Garver. Arozarena finished the afternoon 1-for-5 and is now hitting .242/.380/.425 with six home runs, 21 RBI and nine stolen bases (in nine attempts) through his first 187 plate appearances on the year.

He took Garrett Crochet deep for a 392-foot blast to lead off the game and scored on Ben Rice’s RBI double in his second plate appearance. Lombard’s spring OPS is up to 1.196. He’s not a real threat to break camp with the Yankees, but if he continues playing like this in the minors, perhaps he’ll be a midseason promotion candidate.

Rice upped his spring OPS to 1.138 and crushed a 412-foot no doubter off Justin Slaten that left his bat at 108.8 miles per hour. He added a run-scoring double off Max Carlson. Rice’s ADP seems to have dipped a bit with the news that Paul Goldschmidt would be back, but we’ve got no reason to believe that will seriously impact his playing time. He’s still an easy click in the middle rounds.

Gil’s fastball averaged 95.7 and peaked at 97, in line with his 2025 averages. He’ll likely enter the season in the rotation, but is one of the prime candidates to get bumped when Gerrit Cole and Carlos Rodon return. Still, he does have a bit of a runway here -- perhaps he’ll get back enough of his 2024 form to force the Yankees to evaluate other plans when Cole and Rodon are ready. Gil’s now at a 2.25 ERA in three Grapefruit League starts, striking out 11 in eight innings.

Honeycutt has four plate appearances and four homers for the Orioles in Grapefruit League action. His latest went a whopping 471 feet off Astros reliever Miguel Ullola. It’s one of the few times you’ll see a 5.000 OPS extend beyond a couple plate appearances. Honeycutt struggled mightily last year in A-ball, finishing with a .171/.284/.275 line in 435 plate appearances. But perhaps he’ll make a renewed push towards prospectdom in his third professional season.

He allowed two walks and struck out one. Gordon is on the outskirts of the battle for a back-end rotation spot and, while he has a 1.69 Spring Training ERA, he’s struck out just two in 5.1 innings so far.

Unfortunately, one of the Astros he struck out reached as it was on a wild pitch that scored two of the three runs against him. Baz threw seven sliders -- his first time using the pitch since June 4, 2025 -- and only allowed three hard-hit balls. If he can work the slider into his arsenal, he’ll have an interesting ceiling case this year on what should be an improved Orioles team.

Flores, in an interview with Susan Slusser, revealed that he has had some minor-league offers but has declined them all to this point. The 34-year-old is working out in Florida and staying ready, saying that he plans to play this year. We’ve had no public reports of interest in Flores from a team at this point.

This was a pitch that the Red Sox attempted to teach him last year, but apparently did not stick. Harrison got -6 to -8 inches of induced movement on it against Britain in the exhibition contest, throwing the pitch 10 times. He told reporters that a conversation with Hayden Birdsong led to different grips and eventually he managed to come to the Brewers with the pitch in his pocket. If Harrison can include this pitch in his regular repertoire, it’s possible he overperforms his ADP greatly this season.

He’s still on pace to make his WBC start against Italy. McLean was apparently suffering vertigo-like symptoms, but appears to have shaken his illness. He remains a fine target in the bottom half of the top-100 picks this season.

Jenkins suffered a hamstring injury and wasn’t playing anyway, so off to minor league camp he heads. The 2023 first-rounder has a good chance of being a fantasy force at some point, but will likely head to St. Paul for more seasoning in the minors before he’s ready to debut.