GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- North Carolina native Rookie Davis has always wanted to meet fellow Tar Heel Madison Bumgarner. Davis may not meet him on Friday, but he will start opposite the 2014 World Series MVP in the Reds’ Cactus League opener.
Bumgarner won’t face all of the Reds’ regulars, with Bryan Price starting the season alternating his veterans in the lineup for the first part of spring training games.
Teams are required to send at least five “significant” players to spring training games so fans can see a “representative lineup.” With the Reds’ ongoing youth movement, that can be tough.