Things worth mentioning…

• BO AND VLAD, VLAD AND BO! Vlad Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette both played today and honestly, it’s hard for Blue Jays fans to contain our excitement. Vlad Jr. played all game, going four for five, all singles, scoring two runs. By the way, he turns 19 next Friday. Bo Bichette came into the game off the bench as a pinch runner and went two for three, hitting two run-scoring singles. He was caught trying to stretch a single into a double in the eighth inning, but it’s spring and the game was well out of reach by that point, so who cares?! It’s so beautiful to hear the crack of the bat and then something along the lines of Bichette cashing in Anthony Alford. #2020
• Speaking of Anthony Alford, he’s a Blue Jay. He showed off his wheels, hitting two doubles and triple (!!), scoring all three times. It’d be so much fun to see him continue Spring Training hot and put some pressure on Kevin Pillar, because he sure as fuck has all the tools to make it happen. Spring is all about the process and you can’t get too high or too low in the first few weeks of March, but what are you guys doing for his Hall of Fame ceremony?

• J.D Davis made a spectacular catch and then doubled off Pedro Alvarez at third base in the second inning, and I’m not sure how that happens at the major league level. The Orioles are in midseason form! Davis led off the fifth inning by getting hit by a pitch, stealing second base, and then getting cashed in by an Alford double. He hit his own double in the ninth to cash Vlad Jr in, finishing a tidy two for four with two runs batted in. Davis isn’t in consideration for a major league job, but it’s still nice to see all that depppptthhhhh.
• Lost in the madness of the young kids showing out this afternoon was that Aaron Sanchez pitched well again. He struggled a bit in the first, a 23-pitch inning that had a couple of hard hit balls and a few close calls down the foul line, but settled in nicely. Sanchez allowed a run over three innings and struck out four. He’s up to nine Ks to just one walk in seven innings this spring.
• Taylor Guerrieri pitched two scoreless innings, striking out three, walking one, and not giving up a single hit. He still hasn’t allowed a run this spring and only two hitters have reached base in 4.2 innings pitched.
• The only good thing about this game not being televised is that we didn’t have to see Baltimore Oriole Colby Rasmus.