Austin Barnes pulled up a chair beside Yasmani Grandal's locker on Friday morning. They are united but divided, competitors aligned as a duo, and so they swapped strategy on receiving and framing and blocking. At one point, Grandal hopped up to pantomime a peg to second base. Barnes rose from his own seat to mimic his teammate.
The conversation lasted 15 minutes as teammates filtered through the clubhouse at Camelback Ranch. Then they dressed for a workout, moving one day closer to the start of the regular season, when the question might finally be answered: Who is the Dodgers' starting catcher?