SARASOTA, Fla. — During spring training, no details are too small or insignificant.

This is the time for the little things — from popups to pickoffs — and to iron out the kinks.

Who is in charge of the music, however, is no small task. The music blasting through the speakers at the Ed Smith Stadium complex helps keep the atmosphere loose and the vibes up throughout practice.

Through the first week of spring training, however, the genre would change from day to day — almost as if different people were in charge of the playlist. Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said Tuesday that a different player is deciding the music each day during camp. That player is then in charge of passing the auxiliary cord to a teammate the next day.

“It’s a domino effect,” Albernaz said.

Kyle Bradish was the DJ for the first workout for pitchers and catchers Wednesday. It was superstar Pete Alonso on Monday for the first full-squad workout, and the “Polar Bear” passed it to rookie Samuel Basallo for Tuesday.

“I think it’s just, you get insight to who the player is,” Albernaz said. “It’s cool to see, like, is it going to be the genre of music that that player loves, or is he going to appeal to the masses? Or it’s going to be both, he’s going to have a bunch of different set lists and playlists. That’s the beauty of it.”

Alonso’s playlist caused a buzz on social media Monday. The slugger went with a rock-heavy playlist, including songs from Nickelback, Creed and 3 Doors Down.

Albernaz didn’t disapprove of the playlist. “I like all music,” he said, adding he’s sure Tyler O’Neill was appreciative of the inclusion of Nickelback since they’re both from Canada.

Basallo’s playlist Tuesday was a Latin-heavy mix. The 21-year-old catcher included songs by Shakira, Marc Anthony, J Balvin, Daddy Yankee and Pitbull.

Craig Albernaz said an Orioles player is deciding the music playlist each day during spring training. They pass the aux to a teammate the next day.

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Albernaz said he only had one request of his players when choosing music.

“The only thing I asked was clean music — trying to make it clean music,” he said. “I heard there was a little bit of a hiccup one day early, we weren’t out here yet, we made the adjustment. But we want clean music.”

If a player handed Albernaz the aux, the Massachusetts native said it would be a “hodgepodge” of old-school hip-hop and electronic dance music.

There’s one problem, though.

“I don’t know if I can find clean stuff,” Albernaz said with a laugh.

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