
Weathers did not allow a hit in the contest, though he did issue three free passes. He got himself into quite a jam in the opening inning, walking Jurickson Profar, Austin Riley and Matt Olson in succession to start his day. He retired Marcell Ozuna on a fly ball to right though before giving way to Nigel Belgrave who saved him by getting Ozzie Albies to bounce into an inning-ending double play. Weathers returned for the second inning and retired the next six hitters that he faced in order -- half of them via the strikeout. Weathers is locked into a spot in the Marlins' Opening Day rotation and looks like he could be an intriguing late-round option in deeper mixed leagues.
Riley and Matt Olson hit back-to-back homers off Marcus Stroman in the first. Riley has typically hit second this spring, but the Braves backed him up to third with Marcell Ozuna not playing today. The guess here is that Riley will hit second behind Jurickson Profar on Opening Day.
The guess here was the Braves would use some combination of Michael Harris II, Jurickson Profar and Ozzie Albies as their top two hitters to open the season, meaning someone from the Riley, Matt Olsen, Marcell Ozuna trio would be stuck batting fifth. Today, though, it was Riley, Olsen and Ozuna second through fourth, with Harris hitting fifth. Neither Profar nor Albies played, leaving Eli White as the leadoff man. If today's setup holds up, we're guessing it'll be Profar batting first and Albies and Harris in the fifth and sixth spots. That would be particularly good news for Riley, who seemed the most likely candidate to bat fifth in our presumed arrangement, and bad news for Harris.