The Guardians are now 4-0 so far in Spring Training after beating the Diamondbacks today. Overall record doesn’t mean much in Spring Training, nor does player performance but I’m never going to complain about Guardians players playing well, and today was pretty eventful when you look at which players performed well.
First and foremost, the lineup today had us Guardians fans dreaming about a potential DeLauter-José 2-3 combo for the next 5+ years. It started when DeLauter roped a 101.2 mph double down the right field line on a 96 mph sinker that was way up and in on his hands. The fact he was able to hit that ball as hard as he did just goes to show how special Chase DeLauter really is. José followed that by knocking in DeLauter with a ground-rule double the very next at bat. José would later go on to hit a 3 run home run in the bottom of the 5th, which is just a great sign to see him doing this in February.
We saw some other solid performances today:
Tanner Bibee: 2.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
Jaison Chourio: 2-2, RBI, R
Bo Naylor: 2-3, double
Johnathan Rodriguez: 1-2, BB
Overall it was a very fun game for the Guardians. As a big Minor League Baseball fan, I love Spring Training, because you get to watch players from nearly every level of the organization.
The Guardians take on the Dodgers Tuesday at 3:05 PM ET. It will be Gavin Williams vs Gavin Stone, and this one WILL be televised! Yay!