I gotta say, as much as I can't wait to get real games underway I do love the randomness of spring and how the veterans, understandably, don't give a fuck. Colon gave up 5 runs on just 15 pitches yesterday as he was just hucking balls right down the middle of the plate. He clearly could not have been less interested in being in that game.
And then today Harvey pitched in some 10 AM game against a bunch of Cardinals minor leaguers and he gave up like 6 runs, said afterwards he was just treating it like an extended BP and the only goal was to get over 70 pitches as he ramps up for the opener. Yet for those minor leaguers just the chance to step in the box against a guy like Harvey was probably a thrill.
But yeah, real games soon please.
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