Yovani Gallardo hasn't been an Oriole for long — just two weeks to be exact — but manager Buck Showalter already liked what he had seen well before the veteran right-hander took the mound for his first spring training appearance with his new team Wednesday afternoon against the Philadelphia Phillies.
Showalter calls it having a "slow pulse." Gallardo covers his intensity with a blanket of calmness, Showalter said. He looks like he's in control of the situation on the mound. Sometimes, the manager explained, it might come off as being unengaged.