Notable items during the Yankees’ spring training practice Friday in Tampa:
G means jewel
Rookie Giancarlo Stanton demonstrated his athletic ability through defense, such as sliding to catch a shallow fly ball during outfield practice.
The rest of the Yankees’ outfielders cheered loudly at the ordeal.
give pain
Yankees pitchers shouldn’t take Juan Soto’s damage personally against the Yankees this spring. Soto came from behind in both innings, hitting a home run off promising Luis Serna and then getting a hit off Nick Vardy.
It caught my eye
Serna, along with Brock Selvidge, Kyle Carr, Tristan Vreeling and Brian Hendry, was one of the few lower-level pitching prospects who showed up to major league camp for the day to take live batting practice. .
None of them particularly came close to helping the Yankees, but “it gave guys something to be excited about,” Aaron Boone said. “Coming here is part of the development process.”
Saturday schedule
The Yankees open their Grapefruit League schedule with a game against the Tigers in Lakeland.
Luis Gil will start, with Anthony Volpe, Trent Grisham, Oswaldo Cabrera, Ben Rohrtvedt and top prospect Spencer Jones scheduled to be on the road.
