TAMPA, Fla. — Juan Soto has an incomplete set, one thing that the Yankees outfielder hopes to rectify this season.
Soto has hit regular-season homers in 24 of the present 30 Main League stadiums. Now that he’s within the American League, he’ll have the chance to start chipping away on the ones he has missed, starting on Opening Day.
“I need to end all 30 ballparks, to hit a homer in all 30 ballparks,” Soto — who belted a two-run double in Monday’s 9-2 Grapefruit League win over the Twins — mentioned, in accordance with the YES Community. “That’s my aim for this yr.”
Soto’s tour might start on March 28 at Minute Maid Park in Houston, the place he performed three video games final season and was held to 2 hits in 10 at-bats. Then once more, Soto homered at Minute Maid twice throughout the 2019 World Collection (off Gerrit Cole and Justin Verlander), in order that field might be already checked.
The others on Soto’s want listing are Progressive Discipline in Cleveland (April 12-14, no profession video games), Angel Stadium (Could 28-30, three profession video games), Assured Charge Discipline in Chicago (Aug. 12-14, 5 profession video games), Globe Life Discipline in Arlington (Sept. 2-4, three profession video games) and T-Cellular Park in Seattle (Sept. 17-19, 4 profession video games).
“I get pleasure from each second,” mentioned Soto, who has one homer and 5 RBIs by his first two spring video games.
Manny Machado and Giancarlo Stanton are the one gamers to have homered in every of the 30 present Main League stadiums.
Again on the bumpFor many in attendance throughout Sunday’s 12-6 Yankees victory over the Blue Jays, the visiting sixth inning appeared uneventful — a scoreless body round two walks, with two strikeouts. It meant far more to Anthony Misiewicz.
The looks marked Misiewicz’s first in a sport scenario since final Sept. 16, when the left-hander was struck within the head by a 100.6 mph line drive throughout a sport at Pittsburgh’s PNC Park. The ball, hit by Ji Hwan Bae, ricocheted off the hurler’s head and landed in proper discipline for a single.
“Anytime one thing like that occurs to you, you by no means know what to anticipate the subsequent pitch you throw,” Misiewicz mentioned. “I’m simply grateful to get the chance to get again on the sector. I felt good; a little bit fired up on the market, nevertheless it did really feel good to face hitters in a sport setting.”
Misiewicz ended the season on the concussion injured listing and mentioned that it “took a little bit of time” to recuperate, with a part of his offseason spent performing mind workout routines. He’s grateful that his cranium was not fractured, and that he’s experiencing no lingering results.
“I positively wished to return again right here,” mentioned Misiewicz, 29, a non-roster invitee to camp. “I’m glad they threw my identify within the combine.”
Step forwardNestor Cortes got here away happy from his first begin of the spring, because the left-hander mentioned he was pitching at about 90 p.c effort in opposition to the Twins whereas specializing in command. Cortes scattered seven hits over 2 2/3 innings, allowing two runs whereas hanging out 4.
“I really feel like I hit each spot for probably the most half, and the physique feels good,” mentioned Cortes, who frolicked on the injured listing final season with a strained left rotator cuff. “With the workload rising now, we’re going to see the place we’re at. However as of now, I really feel like I’m bouncing again fairly good and again to my regular self.”
Dangerous bounceDJ LeMahieu was hit within the face by a floor ball within the third inning Monday on what went as a run-scoring single for Jair Camargo. The ball was deflected first by LeMahieu’s glove, and he remained within the sport, although he’s now sporting a small bruise close to the bridge of his nostril.
“It was good to be on the market at the moment,” LeMahieu mentioned. “I really feel good operating, really feel good swinging, simply shifting higher. I really feel ready, and I’ve basis. I’m able to maintain constructing and able to construct for the lengthy haul.”
Swinging awayJasson Domínguez took about 20 right-handed swings off a tee Monday at Steinbrenner Discipline, the outfielder’s first time doing so since present process Tommy John surgical procedure final September. Domínguez is scheduled to take action once more Wednesday, supervisor Aaron Boone mentioned.
