Right Field: Mike Yastrzemski For a sixth consecutive season, Yastrzemski will be an Opening Day starter for the Giants. Yastrzemski, the longest-tenured Giants position player, has been consistently solid during his time in San Francisco and is set to become a free agent following the season.

For San Francisco Giants fans who spent all winter waiting for baseball to return, the start of the Cactus League this weekend was a welcome sight — that is, if they flew down to Arizona to see it live.

Verlander said his average velocity in spring training has a tendency to oscillate from year to year. Early in his career, Verlander topped out at 92-93 mph, but would ramp up to triple digits by the time the season started. Other years, Verlander would sit in the mid-90s and maintain into the season.