Good morning, all! The oh-so-gradual preparations for the 2026 MLB season keep coming along, and today marks another small hurdle. Pitchers and catchers have already been in camp since at least Wednesday, and all position players had to report by yesterday. Well, today is the first full-squad workout.
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It’s OK. You don’t have to get too excited. You just have to hope no one pulls something. That’s the Golden Rule of spring training, after all. Just get to Opening Day with all your limbs intact!
Since the gang’s all here, let’s think about the less-heralded members of the gang who could take major steps forward in 2026. For our question of the day today, who are you eyeing to make said jump?
Hard-hitting Ben Rice and young gun Cam Schlittler stick out as potential quality picks, but maybe you consider them too obvious. That’s up to you! The “jump” doesn’t have to be from the same point of development.
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There are other good young players to consider beyond them too, like 26-year-old offseason trade addition Ryan Weathers, who has shown nasty stuff in earlier years with San Diego and Miami. Fellow aspiring starter Will Warren has the potential for more as well, and reliever Camilo Doval could be a candidate to take a step back forward to his older All-Star form from Giants days gone by. At 28, he’s far from cooked. A number of prospects could be options as well: Elmer Rodríguez, Carlos Lagrange, Spencer Jones, Dax Kilby …. who ya got?
Today on the site, Jeff will tip his cap to former No. 3 overall pick Barry Foote on the Yankees Birthdays segment, and Nick will preview the aforementioned Doval’s 2026 campaign. Kevin will take a deep sigh and look back on the second DJ LeMahieu contract, and how the Yankees kind of shot themselves in the foot multiple times in that effort. Later, Madison will issue the latest mailbag prompt.
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