Many MLB managers like to ease their veteran star players into spring training and limit the amount of game time they see. Warming up athletes while simultaneously mitigating their risk of injury is a hard balancing act to perfect.

The pitch was called a ball, but it was close, right on the edge of the strike zone. For an instant, Diamondbacks pitcher Corbin Burnes and catcher Gabriel Moreno just stood there, looking at each other.

Corbin Burnes started his Diamondbacks tenure by striking out the side in the first inning of Friday's Cactus League opener against Colorado.

H ome runs by Jordan Lawlar and Corbin Carroll during a second inning where the D-backs sent eleven men to the plate, w