The Blue Jays held their annual Truck Day on Thursday morning to pack up all of the gear that will be required during a six-week stay in Dunedin, Fla. The weather outside might suggest otherwise, but Spring Training is right around the corner.

As America observes Black History Month, Willie Horton, an 18-year big leaguer from 1963-1980, is a bridge between generations.

This is the second in a seven-part Mets Spring Training preview. Today’s installment: The new guys.

Former Major League second baseman Homer Bush retired from baseball after the 2005 season, and found success in the financial world working for Merrill Lynch. But the passion for baseball and working with kids never left him.

The Phillies are in the early stages of a massive rebuild, which means there will be plenty of new faces in camp. In the second part of a seven-part series previewing Phillies’ Spring Training in Clearwater, Fla., MLB.com looks at a few of the most notable newcomers in camp.

The Phillies could pack their Spring Training truck blindfolded at this point.

The Mets insist they’re willing to talk about long-term deals with their young starting pitchers. And Jacob deGrom, at least, says he’s prepared to listen.

Prior to his stunning late-career comeback as the surprising World Series-winning manager of the 2003 Florida Marlins, Jack McKeon was known best for one thing: trading future Hall of Fame shortstop, defensive “Wizard” and baseball icon Ozzie Smith to the Cardinals.

The 2015 season was actually something of a bounceback year for offense. But that doesn’t mean that the corner has been turned in what has become an era of increasing pitching dominance.

It seemingly should go without saying that a Hank Aaron statue will sit outside of SunTrust Park when the Braves open the new stadium in 2017. But it’s unclear whether the statue will be the same one that has long rested outside of Turner Field and the site of the former Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.

If they weren’t pumped up before …

Australia and South Africa will meet Friday night in the winner’s bracket of the World Baseball Classic Qualifier for a chance to earn a spot in the final.

You + Schwarber = Ywarber?

It may have been the last pitch of former Major League reliever Clay Rapada’s career: a double off the bat of Australian former big leaguer Trent Oeltjen and into the gap that plated two.

Twins Minor Leaguer James Beresford had four hits and drove in three runs as Australia cruised by the Philippines, 11-1, prompting the mercy rule after seven innings on Thursday in the second game of the World Baseball Classic Qualifier at Blacktown International Sportspark.

Mariners prospect Dylan Unsworth pitched eight shutout innings, scattering two hits, to put South Africa into the winner’s bracket on the first day of the World Baseball Classic Qualifier with a 7-1 win over New Zealand at Blacktown International Sportspark on Thursday.

Spring Training can’t answer all questions, but here’s a spring-specific query for each club on the cusp of camp.