There were butterflies the size of pterodactyls fluttering around Lucas Gilbreath’s tummy when he took the mound at Coors Field on Friday night.
Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Lucas Gilbreath smiles while talking with a teammate during the 2023 Colorado Rockies Spring Training at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick on February 23, 2023 in Scottsdale, Arizona. “It was awesome,” the Rockies lefty reliever said. “It’s the closest thing I’ve had since my debut, honestly. It almost felt like a second debut.”
“It was good to see ‘Gilly’ back,” Black said. “The fastball was what he’s been throwing, velocity-wise, in his rehab games — 91 to 93 . The delivery looked good and I thought he threw some good sliders. “I wish I could say I kept the faith the whole time,” Gilbreath said. “It was a difficult road, there is no way to sugarcoat it. For me, having such a smooth Tommy John recovery, and feeling good, and building back up and hitting all of those checkpoints was great.
“The told me that the lat is kind of like the hamstring of the upper body. It stabilizes, it stops, it decelerates — similar to running. And when you’re throwing, it’s a big piece of the machine. So it seemed like it would be good, but then I’d throw a bullpen and it would again. It was so frustrating.”
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