One news item: Oneil Cruz is out with “lower body discomfort.” He’s expected back soon. That probably means very soon. The team could have put him on the minor league seven-day injured list, effective April 14, but instead reassigned him to extended spring training to create roster space for Nick Franklin. That should mean they expect him back, or at least hope to see him back, before he would have returned from the IL.
One other note: I’m going to start trying more to point out when the opposing starters in these games are real prospects.