Daily News | What we learned from the Phillies’ spring training opener
won their Grapefruit League home spring opener on Saturday, 7-4, over the Yankees ahead of a sellout crowd of 9,534 at BayCare Ballpark. Playing their first game under MLB’s new rule changes, the Phillies committed no violations. The pitch clock helped speed up the game, especially in the later innings, to a brisk 2 hours, 34 minutes. Here are a few quick observations from Clearwater:Thomson said Andrew Baker, who earned the win on Saturday, was “probably the most impressive pitcher on the day.
“He was excellent,” Thomson said. “And high-end stuff. If he can harness the strike zone, we’ve got something. And he did that today.” Baker is coming off of a strong 2022 minor-league season in which he jumped from high-A to double-A and recorded 3.98 ERA. He allowed only one earned run in 10⅔ innings at double-A Reading last season. He credits a change to his delivery suggested by director of pitching development Brian Kaplan to his success.“I was in the windup, and we banged the whole windup last year and went to stretch, because that’s the simplest delivery,” Baker said. “And that immediately started helping me a lot.
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