Jose Caballero

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Panama scored three times in a miscue-riddled sixth inning for Canada, with all of the runs against James Paxton being unearned. That gave Panama a 4-2 lead, and Bradfield nearly added to it in on Jose Caballero's double in the eighth, only to be thrown out at home thanks to an awesome combined effort from Owen Caissie and relay man Otto Lopez. Canada came back with one in the bottom of the eighth, but it couldn't even the score after a rain delay in the top of the ninth. Panama won for the first time in three games in Pool A. Canada is 1-1 with Puerto Rico and Cuba still on the schedule.

Caballero did some training at Driveline Baseball this offseason, where he focused on increasing his bat speed, Chris Kirschner and Brendan Kuty of The Athletic report.

Caballero's homer to left was projected at 402 feet, which is pretty good for a guy who hit a ball 390 feet only once last season (he somehow yanked a 423-foot homer off Steven Matz in September). Caballero should have shortstop mostly to himself in the Bronx for the first month of the season. If he excels, there might be a chance that he'll fend off Anthony Volpe once Volpe is back from shoulder surgery.

Jos Caballero will start the season as the Yankees' starting shortstop, at least until Anthony Volpe is ready to return from shoulder surgery.