5 Key Takeaways from Week 1 of Spring Training

First, the standard caveats. It’s only spring training. It’s a small sample. Blah blah.

Baseball is back and it’s all I’ve got to write about right now. So here goes.

Justin Verlander isn’t too old to still pitch

Maybe we think he’s just supposed to be good....Forever. Even after two years of not pitching and one Tommy John surgery later. So 4.2 scoreless innings with four strikeouts and plus velo during Spring Training might not impress you much, but you can be sure if he pitched like Brandon Bielak did last night (2 IP, 4 ER, 6 hits) there’d be loads of buzz about how the Astros blew wads of cash on a washed-up has been.

2. Yuli Gurriel isn’t too old to hit

In two games Yuli is 3-5 with two…