First Day of 2025 Pictures

[Gwreck]

Some fun photos on Instagram today from pitchers and catchers in Port St. Lucie.

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Players were asked about their favorite player when growing up. Below we review those choices:



Good Choices

Max Kranick: David Wright

Sean Manaea: Johan Santana

Huascar Brazoban: Pedro Martinez

Reed Garrett: Pedro Martinez

Dedinel Nunez: Pedro Martinez



Acceptable

Paul Blackburn: Barry Bonds

Jose Butto: King Felix

Grant Hartwig: Miguel Cabrera

Christian Scott: Jose Fernandez

Luis Torrens: Bonds



Retired before you were born, but ok

Tyler Zuber: Nolan Ryan



Who?

AJ Minter: JB Moss



Makes sense, but unfortunate

Francisco Alvarez: Yadier Molina



See me after class, we need to talk

Austin Warren: Chipper Jones

David Peterson: Jeter

[Edgy MD]

I like that, even though Sean Manea's hometown is in Indiana, the name sounds kind of Samoan to my unsophisticated ear.

[Edgy MD]

Who? AJ Minter: JB Moss

Looking up JB, he was a classmate and BFF of AJ's in Tyler, TX, and they went to Texas A&M together.



JB https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=moss--000jb-peaked in high A back in 2017 and I guess AJ is living the dream for both of them now.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

You can always tell the single guys-- they heart ❤️ hunting and fishing. The married guys ❤️ their Wifeys

[Benjamin Grimm]

Although some of the single guys ❤️ their mom.

[bmfc1]

Oh David Peterson, you really shouldn't have. Read the damn room.