DENVER -- Right-handed pitching prospect Ryan Castellani could work his way into the Rockies' pitching plans this year, just three years after the team drafted him out of Brophy College Preparatory in Phoenix. It's good that during his senior year, Castellani's mother allowed him to further his baseball education in a most non-traditional way.
A couple of years before, Castellani's pitching tutor, Chris Sinacori, began making little adjustments in his delivery, such as raising his arms above his head at the start of the windup -- like big league star Max Scherzer. It wasn't until later that Castellani found out Sinacori had trained Scherzer.