"He has healed and is just doing a couple of days of BP work," Hinch said Monday. "The stitches are out and he's progressing back to baseball stuff. He did the defending stuff the last few days, he's throwing. Now he's added hitting to it."

One strikeout shouldn’t be taken as a sign of things to come, especially for such a gifted hitter like Arenado. Even should he struggle at the dish to start his campaign in St. Louis, he’s still arguably the best defensive third baseman in the game.

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The NBA’s Suns followed with 1,500 fans each for three home games at the recently renovated Phoenix Suns Arena downtown, doubling capacity to 3,000 as of Feb. 16. San Francisco Giants face coverings

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With the way their roster is set up, the Giants need Dubon to transition back to the infield part-time. They have their six infielders, and Crawford and Dubon are the only good options at short. Dubon almost certainly is their second-best right-handed-hitting defender at third, and he'll get reps there this spring. Second base will always be in his bag, although Tommy La Stella, Donovan Solano and Wilmer Flores all will play there more often.  San Diego Padres face coverings

Scott: The most polarizing early-round pick this year is probably Adalberto Mondesi. His OBP is lousy but I’m not sweating the average like some others are — do you realize he’s batted .265 since 2018? In this roto racket, we need to mind the gap between real life and fantasy life. If the Royals aren’t in a hurry to bench Mondesi, that’s good enough for me. We’re only in this for the numbers. A full season will bring some power and, of course, 40-60 steals. He’s the new Jon Villar (Editorial note: Do not draft the old Jon Villar.) Arizona Diamondbacks face coverings