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The 30-year-old Brooks has seen a little major league action the last two years, batting .136/.208/.212 in 72 plate appearances for the Giants and Padres. He’s a career .279/.382/.472 hitter in 468 Triple-A games. Brooks is slated to be the lone foreign position player on Kiwoom’s roster after the team employed Yasiel Puig and Stone Garrett at times last season.

This one was 4-4 after one, 4-4 after five and then 10-7 Boston after six. The Red Sox added one insurance run from there, which proved important when the Jays scored three times in the ninth. Eaton helped a bunch. One of his doubles was a 408-footer to center that would have been a homer in 20 MLB ballparks. He seemed like a non-tender candidate in November, but the Red Sox liked him enough to keep him on the 40-man, even after signing Isiah Kiner-Falefa and acquiring Caleb Durbin to seemingly knock him out of a projected bench role. He still might get one, however, if Romy Gonzalez opens up on the IL.

All four runs came in the first, when Bello was pulled after 24 pitches. He came back out for the second and threw 11 pitches in a scoreless frame then. Bello’s velocity was down about one mph from last year. He threw his remade changeup six times for one whiff and five balls.

The Jays knew they could get away with taking Rodríguez off the 40-man over the winter, but that doesn’t mean they were ruling him out as a contributor. Today, though, he didn’t look like someone who was ready to compete for a spot. He averaged 92.6 mph with his fastball, which is down three mph from last year, and throwing out the six balls in play against him, only five of his remaining 20 pitches were strikes. He was unlucky to give up five hits on the quality of contact against him — just one of the six balls in play was hard hit — but he didn’t resemble a major leaguer.

He actually hit the double 40 feet farther than the homer (398 feet to 357). Jiménez is slated to see some time at first base this spring with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. off playing in the WBC. He doesn’t seem like a fit for Toronto’s roster, but if he performs well, some lesser contender might want to give him a look.

Vasil is battling for one of the final spots in the rotation for Chicago after a very strong rookie campaign working out of the bullpen for the White Sox. This outing didn’t go particularly well, however, as he walked two and gave up three hits before exiting. Vasil is worth monitoring, but can be safely kept off rosters to open 2026.

Walker hustled out an infield single against Mike Burrows in the first inning but was ultimately left stranded there. He then reached on a fielder’s choice in the second and scored on a two-run double off the bat of Yohel Pozo. Walker also drew a leadoff walk in the fifth inning and scored on a ground ball off the bat of Cesar Prieto. The former top prospect needs a strong spring to secure his spot as a regular in the Cardinals’ lineup and Sunday was at least a small step in that direction.

The 28-year-old right-hander punched out three batters on the afternoon and didn’t issue a walk. The only blemish on his day came on a solo home run off the bat of Jack Winkler in the second inning. Aside from that, he was brilliant. Leahy threw 18 of his 29 pitches for strikes, generating four swings and misses and posting a CSW of 34 percent. He appears to be locked into a spot in the Cardinals’ Opening Day rotation and makes for an intriguing late-round option for fantasy purposes.

Winkler, 27, did his damage off of Cardinals’ right-hander Kyle Leahy in the second inning — crushing a 1-0 fastball for a 397-foot (106.5 mph EV) solo shot. With a strong showing in Grapefruit League play, Winkley could push for a utility spot on the Astros’ Opening Day roster, though he’s likely fighting an uphill battle.

Burrows peppered the strike zone in his Astros’ debut, throwing 19 of his 24 pitches for strikes. The only hit against him came on a soft infield single off the bat of Jordan Walker with two outs in the first inning while his two punch outs came courtesy of Victor Scott II and Blaze Jordan. It’s obviously just one start against a Cardinals’ team that was missing many of its regulars, but it was a very strong first impression for Burrows.

Henderson didn’t allow a hit or a walk with no strikeouts. The 23-year-old opens the year as one of the favorites to win one of the final spots in the Brew Crew’s rotation, and there’s more fantasy upside in his right arm than your typical backend option.