"Spring Training action, though, is still some weeks away. That gives us ample time to speculate: with an unsettled 2025 season, there's all sorts of opportunity for the narrative to take hold while the games don't matter. My memory goes back to "Shuise Control" and the time Jared Shuster and Dylan Dodd dominated - only for that to be largely moot for the season as a whole."
"Me? I want to see the bats do something in Spring Training that suggests they're working on a new offensive approach - basically the opposite of last year's Spring Training, where the bats were mostly just trying to get stuff over with as quickly as possible for whatever reason, with the added facet of using Spring Training as, well, training for what's going to be put in place for the season offensively."
Truck Day has passed and Spring Training remains weeks away, leaving time for speculation to shape preseason narratives while exhibition games carry little consequence. Past Grapefruit League moments like "Shuise Control" saw pitchers Jared Shuster and Dylan Dodd dominate yet produce limited regular-season impact. Expectations for late February and March center on pitcher health, clarity about how Grant Holmes and Reynaldo Lopez fit the staff, and whether the lineup will use Spring Training as actual preparation. The hope is for offensive adjustments rather than hurried, box-checking at-bats, though past patterns make that outcome uncertain.
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