Tuesday 3/11 Gameday at CHC:
MINOR DETAILS: Over from Minor League camp: INF Filippo Di Turi (94), INF Eduardo García (92), C Eric Martínez (0), 1B Ernesto Martinez Jr. (86), OF Demetrio Nadal (89), OF Kay-Lan Nicasia (88), INF Cooper Pratt (87), 2B/C Anthony Seigler (83), RHP Tyler Bryant (66), LHP Josh Maciejewski (58), RHP Evan McKendry (57), RHP Sam McWilliams (84) and RHP Garrett Stallings (68)
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First day in big-league camp for Di Turi, Nadal and Eric Martinez.
Martinez has spent four years in the complex leagues, three in the Dominican, and 2024 in Maryvale. He turns 21 on April 6th and certainly hopes to be in Carolina for that birthday.
Di Turi K'd in his lone at-bat in the DH spot.
The 20-year-old Nadal pinch-ran, it was his first game action since August 21st, 2023, as he wrapped up an All-Star season in the DSL (.342/.478/.525 - 1.003 OPS). That was his second DSL campaign. The reason for his extended injury absence was not made public.
In his first spring at-bat, the switch-hitting Nicasia pulled a line-drive RBI single to right off the Cubs' fine reliever Porter Hodge.