Pederson likes the fit of his new uniform this spring, Jack Leiter is literally unhittable, and it’s been 48 years since MLB experimented with orange balls in Spring Training.

The Tigers offense is set to regress to a very modest mean, Tomoyuki Sugano will keep dealing in Japan, and a pair of NCAA coaches wear out the path between the mound and the dugout.

Dylan Bundy sits near the top of a new leaderboard, Pablo Sandoval is mashing like it’s 2012, and baseball players are dipping their toes into the wild new world of NFTs.

The radar gun says Jacob deGrom is ready for the season to begin, a recent investment suggests Fenway Sports Group is outrageously valuable, and Kumar Rocker keeps looking more and more like the #1 overall draft pick.

Welcome to the pilot episode of our short, daily baseball podcast! Today we talk about a flash of power from Giancarlo Stanton, the history of Mets baseball in Flushing, and the countdown to April 1st. Check back next week when we begin daily episodes of The Opener.