CLEARWATER, Fla. — There is a man in the Phillies’ clubhouse with a World Series ring and $80 million in career earnings and a Hall of Fame case that is at least worth talking about. He has a locker in the corner, near the emergency exit, where he sits among a flock of relievers 10-plus years his junior. What he does not have is a contractual guarantee that he will be on the roster this season, nor even a shot at significant riches should he succeed.
“I take a lot of pride in what I do,” Francisco Rodriguez said on Wednesday morning.