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With an age difference of over four years between them, Dalton, 22, and Tristan, who’ll turn 18 this month, have never even played a scrimmage on the same field before.

But that doesn’t mean they haven’t thought about it.

“You know how you’ll see outfielders meet up in centre before a game? I’ve always pictured me and Dalton doing that on a big-league field,” Tristan said. “It won’t be exactly like that since I’m not in the majors, but it’s the next best thing because I’m on my way there and he’s already there.

“Dalton’s excited, too. We’ve talked about it for the past few months. He says he’s going to play in on me, force me to hit it over his head.”

Tristan watched his older brother rise through the ranks of the minor leagues last season, starting in high-A and ending in Toronto as a September call-up.

He travelled to Minnesota’s Target Field with his parents, Ken and Val, to see Dalton play in the Futures Game in July, and two months later, watched from the Rogers Centre stands as Dalton’s dreams became reality.

“I was so happy to see him make it to the big leagues,” Tristan said. “It was amazing.”