TAMPA — Adam Ottavino’s signature slider was on display Thursday, when the right-hander worked a simulated game on Field 2 at the Yankees’ spring training facility.
Signed to a three-year, $27 million deal after leaving the Rockies as a free agent, the Brooklyn native faced four batters and blew them all away. The Berkeley Carroll grad struck out Tyler Wade twice and Luke Voit and Gleyber Torres once each.
“It’s not as bad to me, being a left-handed hitter. I can only imagine being a right-handed hitter,” Wade said of Ottavino’s filthy slider.