Josh Donaldson and Brandon McCarthy's Twitter exchange will get you excited for the season

It's always a pleasure to see former teammates still getting along years after they sported the same uniforms. Sometimes we witness this in person -- like that time Craig Biggio and Jeff Bagwell's friendly exchange made us smile in awe. Or, in this case, when Brandon McCarthy and Josh Donaldson entertained us in 280 characters or less.
The two former A's took in a "friendly" exchange on Twitter when McCarthy responded to a couple of photos Marucci tweeted out showing off a custom piece of lumber made for Donaldson:

that’ll look great broken in half above my mantel

— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) February 5, 2018

And yes, the Blue Jays third baseman responded with an idea to make a future at-bat go by faster:

I’m just glad you didn’t say when you break it. We both know how that matchup ends. My guess the manager just tell the ump to put me on first. #yougotjammed

— Josh Donaldson (@BringerOfRain20) February 7, 2018

And so the back and forth continued …

if we face off you'll be "bringing rain" with a high F3 in foul territory and a bat in three pieces

— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) February 7, 2018

And Marucci themselves stepped in just to remind them to get along:

Hey guys... pic.twitter.com/xC66GBJj8g

— Marucci (@MarucciSports) February 7, 2018

The Braves-Jays first matchup of the year is set for June 19th in Toronto (with a few meetups during Spring Training before that). Perhaps then we will know who will win the battle on social media -- and on the field.