Jesen Therrien had finished his second professional season when he received a call from Eric Gagne, a fellow Montreal native whom Therrien grew up idolizing.
“He said ‘Hey, you want to work out with me in the off-season?’ ’’ Therrien said. “I was like, ‘Hell, yeah.’ ”
Therrien, who joined the Phillies in July and is beginning to show promise in the bullpen, has flown to Arizona to spend parts of the last four off-seasons at the home of Gagne, the former Cy Young closer with the Dodgers. They work out, throw bullpen sessions, and even attend yoga classes.