Daily News | Dave Dombrowski: Phillies pitching ‘razor-thin’ as Andrew Painter, Ranger Suárez face long roads
president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski took a deep breath on the last morning of spring training, looked out of the banks of windows that afford a magnificent view of the field, and exhaled.
Ranger Suárez, his left-handed No. 4 starter, didn’t pitch in a single spring game. Andrew Painter, the 19-year-old, 99-mph phenom whom they’d hoped would win the No. 5 spot, hasn’t thrown a baseball since his two-inning Grapefruit League debut March 1. He showed up the next day with a tender elbow that turned out to be a
Instead, Falter and Strahm will start Games 3 and 5 of the season. Plassmeyer, who had two relief appearances for the Phillies as a rookie last season, was optioned to triple-A on Monday and will start the season opener for triple-A Lehigh Valley at Rochester on Friday. He’s the franchise’s insurance policy, an on-call sixth starter.Not all of the starters finished spring particularly sharp.
“Just a little bit out of whack,” Falter said. “Timing wasn’t right. Got squeezed a little bit. I’ll throw a bullpen Thursday, get right back on track.”The next time he pitches, the world will be watching. Falter will start the Phillies’ Sunday Night Baseball game on ESPN at Texas.New Phillie Taijuan Walker wants to go deeper in games, and has a plan for how to do it
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