LAKELAND, FL - MARCH 04: Bryan Mitchell #55 of the New York Yankees throws a pitch during a spring training game against the Detroit Tigers at Joker Marchant Stadium on March 4, 2016 in Lakeland, Florida. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
As the Yankees opened the 2017 Grapefruit league season with their Friday matinee with the Phillies, 25-year-old right-hander Bryan Mitchell got the Pinstripes off to a good start.
Mitchell breezed through his outing setting down all six Phillies hitters he faced in order. Over his two innings of work, Mitchell needed only 27 pitches to retire the side both times in order with one strikeout on his ledger.