Baseball is a crazy game. The San Francisco Giants were 3-9 in Spring Training, and facing one of the greatest lineups ever assembled. But in the end, the SF Giants took down Team USA rather easily, cruising to a 5-1 victory at Scottsdale Stadium. Anthony DeSclafani and Sean Manaea worked three effective innings apiece, both exhibiting mid-90s velocity that bodes well for the regular season.

On offense, LaMonte Wade Jr. continues to demonstrate that his knee is doing much better. He's sitting in his legs more in his swing and it showed with a ringing leadoff double against Miles Mikolas. Mitch Haniger, one of the Giants' biggest additions of the offseason, also added two doubles. David Villar collected his first hit of the spring and then launched and impressive opposite-field homer. Luis Matos hit a loud oppo double as well.

In other news, Carlos Rodón is injured. The newest Yankees starter will start the season on the injured list after it was revealed today that he has a mild forearm strain. The SF Giants made headlines again by failing (or choosing not to) re-sign a starting pitcher coming off an ace-caliber season for San Francisco. Pitchers routinely break down and/or become ineffective, and it often happens quickly. Hopefully Rodón is alright, but it's not what Yankees fans want to see after one spring start in his first year of a six-year contract.

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