It's not a big deal, they just hit a few balls off a tee and then the pitching machine an inning earlier or whatever, takes 5 minutes, nothing to see here.
The last interview with Shapiro before the Vlad signing, he said they went over valuations twice already, guess 3rd time was a charm. Certainly an Ed Rogers over step.
Good writeup, fwiw I thought along the same line as yourself. It simply didn't make sense, and talk about killing a rookie's confidence in 2 outings, lol. Poor Fluarty.