JUPITER, Fla. — It took a pitcher to explain a term used by hitters, and according to Cardinals right-hander Miles Mikolas a sizzling line drive snared by an opponent is what they’d call “a good spring training out.” Save anyone’s quota of 86-hop groundball singles and dying-quail base hits for the regular season, Mikolas said, because hitters can measure a spring in hard hits and hard outs.
And then there is the spring Paul Goldschmidt just had.
One inning he’s robbed of a home run.
The next he hits it farther, just to be sure.
“It’s baseball, and things are going to happen,” shortstop Paul DeJong said.