JUPITER, Fla. -- As he looks at his Grapefruit League numbers with less than a week to go in camp, Stephen Piscotty prefers to do so through a Machiavellian lens: The end, he believes, will justify the means.
With a 1-for-4 game in Sunday's 3-0 win over the Marlins, Piscotty is now slashing .143/.250/.184 this spring. It's not exactly the production everyone hoped to see from the right fielder, who was projected to open the season as the team's cleanup hitter.
That early-season spot in the lineup, however, might be shifting as a result.