GOODYEAR, Ariz. – Devin Mesoraco stepped to the plate and looked out onto the mound at a right-hander Vladimir Guerrero, the team’s recent import from Cuba. Gutierrez served up a fastball and Mesoraco smacked it down the first base line. The next one was pulled foul.
His timing was off. Facing live pitching for the first time since May shoulder surgery, that was to be expected.
“I definitely feel like my bat speed is increasing and getting back to the way that I kind of used to feel,” Mesoraco said. “Things are really progressing, I think, very nicely.