95-mph fastball? Check. 46-mph eephus? Uhh, check to that, too.

After exiting Wednesday night’s 7-3 win over the Rays with tightness in his left quad, shortstop Xander Bogaerts returned to the Red Sox’s lineup for Thursday afternoon’s series finale.

Red Sox reliever Carson Smith was able to skip a slight step in his rehab program on Thursday, pitching an extended spring camp game in Fort Myers, Fla., instead of a simulated game.

Nationals manager Dusty Baker on Thursday did not seem concerned about the tight left hamstring that forced outfielder Jayson Werth out of Wednesday night’s game.

Major League teams today have sabermetrics, analytics, projections of this and projections of that — not to mention devices in the dugout. The Washington Nationals undoubtedly use those state-of-the-art tools, but they also have Dusty Baker in the dugout. Enough said.

As we get into the latter stages of this opening month of the season, we here at MLBPipeline.com start to catch Draft fever. It’ll be here before you know it, coming June 9-11. Scouts, of course, have been at it for some time now, trying to figure out the Class of 2016 in order to line up their boards. We should have a new Draft Top 100 Prospects list for you at some point next week. In advance of that, it felt right to kick this week’s Inbox off with a couple of Draft-related questions before tackling a couple of Minor League prospect queries.

The Athletics tested Yankees left fielder Aaron Hicks’ arm twice in the fourth inning of Oakland’s 5-2 win on Wednesday, and the result of their second challenge was the fastest throw ever recorded by Statcast™.

Could your fantasy team use more power? Runs? Saves? Steals? Regardless of your needs, MLB.com’s Fred Zinkie has a waiver-wire option who could help.

Allowing one run (unearned) over 6 2/3 innings, Drew Pomeranz set a career high with 10 strikeouts as the Padres defeated the Pirates, 8-2.

Maybe it made the most sense to just listen to the prescient and perfect words of the legend behind the broadcast.

Padres starter Drew Pomeranz — who might be in the best form of his career right now — didn’t need much offensive support on Wednesday night. But the Friar hitters had some fun anyway, scoring eight times in the first four innings, en route to an 8-2 victory over the Pirates at Petco Park.

Left fielder Melvin Upton Jr. made an amazing catch to rob the Pirates’ Matt Joyce of a home run in the ninth inning of Wednesday’s 8-2 Padres victory.

In a pitching battle that lived up to the hype, Zack Greinke got the better of Madison Bumgarner as the D-backs continued their dominance at AT&T Park with a 2-1 win over the Giants on Wednesday.

On Wednesday, a left fielder’s throw traveled faster than any pitch from the mound, a pair of would-be home runs became outs, and that was just the beginning of the defensive wizardry on display.

Rougned Odor hit a two-run home run in the second inning and the Rangers, behind the pitching of Cole Hamels and three relievers, were able to make the early lead stand up in a 2-1 victory over the Astros on Wednesday night. Doug Fister took the loss for Houston.

Orlando Arcia couldn’t have picked a better time to hit his first home run of the season. The Brewers’ No. 1 prospect delivered a walk-off, three-run home run for Triple-A Colorado Springs in the bottom of the seventh inning to beat Nashville in the first game of a doubleheader, 5-4.

A blister may have cut short Joe Ross’ outing after two innings, but not much is slowing down Bryce Harper and the Nationals’ offense lately. Harper laced an RBI double, and Michael Taylor delivered a solo home run on Wednesday night in a 3-1 win over Miami at Marlins Park.