Well, here we are folks, knee deep in spring training. Players we have never heard of are not just wearing the high numbers this year, and Lakeland is busy as everyone scrambles to create meaning from the meaningless in so many ways. Let’s take a look at what’s being bandied about.
After a successful first Grapefruit League outing, Jordan Zimmermann is talking tempo, and hoping the desire of pitching coach Chris Bosio for all his pitchers to work fast is one of the keys that will help him regain some level of success. Zimmermann mentions that he used to be a pretty fast worker, but a groin injury forced him to slow down a few years ago.