A scene at Camelback Ranch on Saturday illuminated the resolve required by Dave Roberts to overcome the blitz of injuries in his first spring as Dodgers manager.
A split-squad day had already cleaved the roster in half. Now an issue with Yasiel Puig's hamstring removed him from the lineup. So, who was starting in the outfield for the Dodgers in the day's first game?
"Who do we got?" he said as he met with reporters in the morning. Trayce Thompson would start in center field and Scott Van Slyke would man left field.