SURPRISE, Ariz. – Clearly, the voters in the Surprise Recreation Campus Hall of Fame balloting are not small Hall folks. And, yes, there is such a thing.

On Sunday, five individual members of the 2023 Rangers were inducted into the Hall. Then, for good measure, the entire Rangers roster was inducted, too. Oh, and Bruce Bochy was inducted into the Cactus League Hall of Fame.

The emotions of the ceremonies apparently took a toll since the Rangers and Giants then played to a scoreless tie. It was the Rangers’ first scoreless tie in Arizona since March 2, 2019. Also against the Giants.

But just because there were no runs doesn’t mean there weren’t observations. Here are three VERY IMPORTANT observations from Sunday’s game:

Scariest moment: If there is a concern about Evan Carter against left-handed pitchers, it’s not his ability to get on base, but rather how often he gets hit by pitches. He left Sunday’s game after getting hit by a fastball in the left forearm from lefty Kyle Harrison in the first inning. Exhale, X-rays showed no fracture.

But Carter has been hit by lefties eight times in 281 professional regular-season at-bats. It’s a lot of plunking. He took a pitch off his wrist in the minors last year and later missed some time after getting hit on the left wrist last year by a pitch and then by an errant pickoff throw.

Best reunion: As currently constructed, the Rangers are a little thin on multi-inning relievers. Adrian Sampson, who pitched for the club in 2018-19, might be worth a look. Sampson, 32, spent the last two seasons with the Chicago Cubs organization after a 2020 season in Korea. He put together a 3.03 ERA over 2021-22 in 139.2 innings in the majors but missed most of last year with a knee injury.

In his first outing back with the Rangers, he worked two crisp innings against the Giants, allowing only a walk to the first batter he faced, then retiring the next hitters. He struck out two. Sampson doesn’t have overpowering stuff, but he throws strikes and pitches with conviction. There’s a bit of Rick Helling, an oft-overlooked, but fearless and valuable Rangers pitcher of the past, to him. Sampson’s on a non-roster deal.

Worst flashback: The Rangers had the potential winning run thrown out at home to end the bottom of the eighth. Davis Wendzel was called out on a tag play, trying to score from second on a single by Elier Hernandez. If they had replay at Surprise Stadium, it might have gotten overturned.

Instead, it was just a reminder the Rangers had too many guys thrown out at home last year: 16. It was tied for the seventh-most in the majors. There were times when third base coach Tony Beasley may have been too aggressive, but this was not one of those times. First of all, it’s just the third game of spring training. Second, the game situation suggested going for the winning run. If anything, it was just a reminder that speed/baserunning is not one of Wendzel’s tools. The No. 41 overall pick in 2019 has just eight steals as a pro and has been caught seven times. If Wendzel is going to make it to the big leagues, it will be on the strength of his bat.

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