Adam Eaton started Saturday night 5 for 12 (.417/.600/.833) with two doubles, a home run, six walks, three Ks, and one stolen base in seven Grapefruit League games. He was 0 for 2 with a strikeout before he was lifted from what ended up a 2-1 loss to the Miami Marlins.
Eaton talked at the start of Spring Training this year about the joy of going through a normal offseason routine for the first time in a few offseasons.
Eaton, 30, arrived in West Palm Beach a year removed from surgery on his ankle and close to two years removed from a full ACL tear, meniscus tear, and a high ankle sprain suffered on a play at first base a month into his first season in D.