Finally! I made it down to Arizona for the first time this spring. Got to see the Mariners-Brewers game on Tuesday and today, I'm in Surprise to watch the Royals and the Rockies.

One of my favorite things about spring training is being able to see teams, like the Brewers and Rockies, that we don't get to see often up in the Northwest.

Anyway, here are few thoughts and observations:

* Brewers Ben Sheets looks like he's put his arm woes from last year behind him. He threw five shutout and dominating innings against the Mariners on Tuesday and really mowed 'em down (allowed just two hits).

Sheets said he's trying to incoropate a changeup into his arsenal although he said he doesn't worry about it if his curve is working.

* Brewers second baseman Rickie Weeks is a Player with a capital P. Weeks was on his way to a big season last year but a wrist injury sabotaged him and cost him a good chunk of time on the DL. Weeks had two hits, including a double, and scored a run. The knock on Weeks is that his defense needs to improve; Weeks booted a routine grounder against Seattle so I guess he's still working on that.

* Royals rookie Alex Gordon looks as good as advertised. He lined a single in his first at-bat off Colorado pitcher Rodrigo Lopez and then smoked a triple down the right field line in his second.

* Speaking of sharp looking players, Royals pitcher Zach Greinke had a good outing vs. the Rockies. Greinke, who's trying to work his way back from pyschological problems, scattered four hits in four innings and gave up no runs on Wednesday. He struck out six, shattered a bat and had a few Rockies taking awkward swings.