Daily News | Phillies prospects update: Offseason plan for Andrew Painter; Griff McGarry still a starter
’ top prospects have been at Citizens Bank Park over the past few days as a part of the team’s “PDP prospect program.” The idea is to make the transition to the big leagues as seamless as possible. The prospects are shown housing in the area, get to know the team and its staff, are given media training, and are even shown where to park at the ballpark.
“We think the changeup is an above average pitch we feel for him,” Mattingly said. “It’s just getting him comfortable with using that because we think at the upper level, we still have to really use all four of his weapons. It’s not going to be just the fastball, slider. So changeup development, I think just getting more comfortable throwing it, would probably be the biggest thing, because we think he already has a pretty good one.
“The stuff got a lot better, just like pure velocity,” Mattingly said of Painter. “Seeing him last year in the instructional league, it was more in that 92 to 95 [mph] range. And this year when I saw him it was 95 to 100. So obviously the jump in velocity is impressive, and then, the command honestly got better as he went up to higher levels, which was pretty impressive.
“Obviously, when you have a blister that keeps recurring it probably is in the back of your head,” Mattingly said. “I can’t speak for Griff and what he was thinking, but I think that may be a little bit of a factor. “Griff McGarry is a starting pitcher 100%. We view that as an organization,” Mattingly said. “This was more of a little bit of a way to keep his innings under control, while also exposing him to a different role, but Griff is 100% a starting pitcher moving forward.
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