We had witnessed plenty of examples of why the Red Sox were so enamored with first-round pick Nick Yorke, watching the infielder perform both at last summer's alternate site and then in the Grapefruit League this year.
But what about the Red Sox' next pick in last year's MLB Draft, another kid who hadn't even graduated high school at this time a year ago, Blaze Jordan.
While it isn't difficult to find images of Jordan hitting baseballs out of the park thanks to Home Run Derby YouTube clips, we hadn't seen him in action as a member of the Red Sox' organization.
While the rest of the Red Sox' 2020 draft class -- Yorke, Jeremy Wu-Yelland and Shane Drohan -- have been showing their stuff for SIngle-A Salem, Jordan's existence has been as the Red Sox' third baseman in extended spring training.
What that means is that Jordan -- like the other youngsters participating in the activities in Fort Myers, Fla. -- have spent these days playing against their counterparts from the Twins organization, either at an semi-empty JetBlue Park or semi-empty Hammond Stadium.
Well, thanks to the alway excellent Twitter account Red Sox Stats we have evidence of Jordan's existence ...
And in case you want more Jordan, here are some of those YouTube clips were talking about ...