Daily News | Jake Cave trying to show Phillies ‘everything I can do’ in bid for bench role
FORT MYERS, Fla. — It was a day for Jake Cave to catch up with a few old friends.in December, is vying to win a job as a left-handed hitter off the bench. Facing his former team, the Minnesota Twins, in a ballpark where he spent the last five spring trainings, he belted a two-run home run Wednesday in the direction of a highway that runs beyond the right-field fence.
So, while Cave understands that he’s competing with fellow left-handed hitters Darick Hall and Kody Clemens and outfielder Dalton Guthrie for the final two spots on the Phillies’ bench, he believes the most significant aspect of spring training will be staying healthy. Being able to play center field appears to be a prerequisite for one of the final two bench spots. Ideally, the Phillies may want a right-handed hitter to spell lefty-swinging Brandon Marsh in center field. But they also don’t intend to platoon Marsh. And two right-handed hitters — infielders Edmundo Sosa and Josh Harrison — already have spots on the bench locked up.
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