On Saturday afternoon while the big club was taking on the Toronto Blue Jays over at Bright House Field, the final member of that rotation was getting in his first real work on the back fields of the Phils’ minor league Carpenter Complex.
Right-hander Jerad Eickhoff took the mound for two innings of work in an intersquad game, allowing three runs on four hits and two walks. While the results are not what anyone would hope for, they were not nearly as important as his finally getting in the work.
“That’s the biggest thing, getting in a game, getting that adrenaline going, that same feel in the thumb and everything,” said the 25-year old, per Meghan Montemurro of The News Journal and DelawareOnline.