Orioles manager Buck Showalter is the first one to caution when it comes to spring training stats. But when one of your hitter’s production at the plate and the southwest Florida sunshine can be described the same way — scalding — then even the biggest skeptics take notice.
Christian Walker’s powerful spring training continued Thursday at JetBlue Park against the Boston Red Sox, where after a first-inning strikeout he cleared the replica Green Monster in left field with a three-run home run in the third inning of the Orioles’ 9-5 loss.