After viewing his out-of-whack delivery, Bettis and then-new pitching coach Steve Foster agreed he wouldn't pitch in Spring Training games until the end, when he made four appearances. But the remedial work and some further retooling in six starts at Triple-A Albuquerque paid off. He received rave reviews when Albuquerque pitching coach Darryl Scott and Rockies bullpen coach Darren Holmes viewed the 2015 tape.
"It was a night-and-day difference, honestly," Bettis said. "It was not necessarily, 'Here's what you're doing wrong.' It's, 'How can you be better at this?'"
Bettis, who turns 27 on April 26, must support his strong finish with more forward steps, which is not necessarily a given.