Vinnie Pasquantino hits first spring homer in Royals’ win

n”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”type”:”rich”,”width”:550},”type”:”oembed”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”“He’s got that combination of seeing the ball and hitting for power, which is really rare,” manager Matt Quatraro said. “Especially for a big guy. It is impressive.”nnWith the WBC getting started in a couple weeks, participants are ramping up more quickly than under their normal Spring Training schedule. Pasquantino, for example, wanted to get three or four at-bats in on Friday, as well as five innings in the field.nn“I’m going to be sore tomorrow, which is really funny thinking about playing first base being super taxing,” Pasquantino said. “But first day back in spikes, I’ll wear it tomorrow, and we’ll be back Sunday. And I’m trying to take it as seriously as I can to get ready. Because the environment will be completely different once real games start in the WBC. Just game plan-wise about how pitchers are going to attack.””,”type”:”markdown”},{“__typename”:”Video”,”contentDate”:”2023-02-25T01:24:02.48Z”,”description”:”Vinnie Pasquantino and Matt Quatraro talk about Pasquantino’s first home run of Spring Training and more”,”displayAsVideoGif”:false,”duration”:”00:00:26″,”mp4AvcPlayback”:”https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2023/2023-02/24/ea46aacb-e3a34a13-5809d876-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4″,”slug”:”pasquantino-quatraro-on-homer”,”tags”:[{“__typename”:”Tag”,”slug”:”gamepk-718938″,”title”:”2023/02/24 tex@kc”},{“__typename”:”Tag”,”slug”:”teamid-118″,”title”:”Kansas City Royals”},{“__typename”:”Tag”,”slug”:”playerid-686469″,”title”:”Vinnie Pasquantino”},{“__typename”:”Tag”,”slug”:”interview”,”title”:”interview”},{“__typename”:”Tag”,”slug”:”spring-training”,”title”:”Spring Training”},{“__typename”:”Tag”,”slug”:”cactus-league”,”title”:”Cactus League”}],”templateUrl”:”https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/{formatInstructions}/mlb/njrrzemn8lphbbi7td6u”,”title”:”Pasquantino, Quatraro on homer”,”type”:”video”,”url”:”/video/pasquantino-quatraro-on-homer”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”The home run was not the end of Pasquantino’s day. In his second plate appearance, he singled through the right-side gap of the infield, which may have been a groundout prior to the new shift restrictions. In Pasquantino’s third and final plate…