The result might not have counted toward the standings, but the emotions Félix Bautista felt taking an MLB mound in a game for the first time in 496 days were very real. Bautista, 29, made his first Grapefruit League appearance of the spring Monday,

There’s nothing that matters so much in spring training as having everyone either stay healthy or get healthy. Monday afternoon’s otherwise-meaningless spring training game tie between the Orioles and the Red Sox had one of these key markers in Birdland.