CLEARWATER, Fla. — This wasn’t a story about a drill. It was a story about the videotaping of a drill. Gabe Kapler was telling it to a gaggle of media that had assembled at Spectrum Field in advance of the first official workout of spring training. The first-year manager had been at the Phillies’ offseason headquarters since Feb. 1, working out with a contingent of players that he estimates as representing about 30 percent of his roster.
On Tuesday morning, the workout featured a ball-feeding drill that was the brainchild of first-base coach Jose David Flores, whose duties include overseeing the team’s baserunning and infield defense.