The Pirates and Phillies got a half-day today. After five innings of play, the Florida rain clouds came pouring in and the rain itself soon followed.
Mitch Keller looked impressive in his second spring outing. Over three hitless innings, Keller struck out two and walked one. More importantly, his stuff looked great. His fastball sat at 98 mph and touched 100. His breaking balls looked sharp. Keller even got the attention of Twitter's favorite pitching guru, Pitching Ninja.
Although Spring Training results are not important, it is at least nice to see that Keller’s stuff has improved since last season.