HOUSTON — As he picked up yet another order of Chipotle for perhaps the third time in a day and then sat in Phoenix traffic to deliver it, Reggie McClain couldn’t have felt further from the big leagues. Driving for Uber Eats isn’t exactly how he wanted to be spending his evenings.
But when you’re 26 and going into your fourth professional season never having pitched above the High-A level, sacrifices needed to be made. McClain wanted to spend this past offseason in Arizona, working out with teammates at the Mariners’ facility in Peoria and attending the organization’s “Gas Camp” — workouts aimed at building pitcher velocity.