One Joe is waiting to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame this summer, and the other is beginning his seventh season as manager of the Yankees with a wildly different cast and revamped roster. But no doubt, Joe Torre and Joe Girardi made their individual impact on the Yankees, combining to guide clubs to five of New York’s 27 World Series victories.

When you have as much perspective as Jose Fernandez, you shrug off talk about jinxes. After all, the Marlins’ ace has endured too many hard life lessons to believe his skills will somehow diminish in 2014 simply because he is entering his second big league season.

Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said Tuesday he has spoken with Hanley Ramirez to ensure the shortstop is focused on playing and not distracted by a potential contract extension.

Red Sox right-hander Jake Peavy was examined by a hand specialist and was assured that there is nothing significantly wrong with his right ring finger, in which he had some soreness last week. Peavy resumed throwing on Tuesday, doing so off of flat ground. He hopes it’s not too much longer before he gets on a mound.

A year ago, the St. Louis Cardinals opened camp hopeful that they could find a strong fifth starter in one of their budding young starters. Now, they have too many.

Infielder Jurickson Profar came to camp with the goal of being the Rangers’ second baseman on Opening Day. Now the goal is just to have him healthy on Opening Day. Profar is dealing with tendinitis in his right shoulder and is still experiencing discomfort. The Rangers are going to curtail his activities until this problem goes away.

Kolten Wong moved into the first round of the 2011 First-Year Player Draft because of scouts’ belief in his hitting ability. His hitting in college made believers out of many, and he looked like a quick-to-the-big-leagues advanced college hitter. He hasn’t disappointed.

Without the eye for talent held by longtime scouts Daraka Shaheed and Joe Siers, the White Sox wouldn’t have Jose Quintana, one of the more underrated No. 2 starters in the American League.

Well, that didn’t take long. Spring Training is only a week old, and already teams are experiencing the rigors and challenges of a long baseball year that they’re hoping will keep going into late October.

Can one player change the look of an entire division race? Could that one player be Ubaldo Jimenez? Could he really mean that much to the Orioles? In a word, yes.

Cubs manager Rick Renteria isn’t expecting miracles but plans to help the team win as many games as they can.

If second baseman Mookie Betts keeps producing like he did in 2013, the Red Sox will find a way to get him into their lineup. With his tools, there’s no reason he can’t.

After a combined 71 years as big league managers, Dusty Baker, Davey Johnson, Jim Leyland and Charlie Manuel are embarking on new adventures.

Rockies outfielder Corey Dickerson, who hit .263 with 23 extra-base hits in a 69-game big league debut last year, gained 15 pounds this offseason and spent time working on fly-ball routes at his former school in Mississippi.

The left calf issue that sidelined Sean Doolittle for a few days is already about to be a non-issue. At least that’s what Doolittle and the A’s are hoping when the southpaw takes to the mound for his first bullpen post-injury on Monday.

All 37 of the Twins’ pitchers and catchers reported to camp Sunday, with the first official workout slated for Monday morning at the Lee County Sports Complex.

Left-hander Franklin Morales, who debuted as a starter with the Rockies in 2007, is back in camp with Colorado eager to compete for a job in the rotation.