Overview
- Mookie Betts debuted in Cactus League action with four innings at shortstop, going 0-for-2 and scoring a run in his first spring game.
- Landon Knack struggled with command, throwing 26 pitches without finishing the first inning and yielding early homers to Vaughn Grissom and Logan O’Hoppe.
- The bullpen steadied the game as Jack Dreyer, Blake Treinen, Kyle Hurt and Alex Vesia each logged scoreless work to keep the Angels off the board.
- Prospect James Tibbs III delivered a two-hit day that included an opposite-field solo shot to tie the game before Los Angeles closed out the 4-3 win.
- Betts said he added javelin throwing to his offseason routine to improve arm action, and multiple projection systems forecast an offensive rebound in 2026.