Cactus League record: 13-10-1. Change on 2016: -5.5.
Remember Peter O’Brien? Prodigious power, appalling plate discipline, couldn’t field any position? We ended up trading him to the Royals for a minor-league player in January. Well, guess who is leading all hitters in home-runs this spring? Yep: Peter O’Brien, who hit his seventh of the pre-season off Robbie Ray in the second inning this afternoon. We’ll see whether it lasts - he had five last spring - and he’s still also striking out at a scary rate, with 17 in 45 at-bats.