Baseball:
Smith had the look of an elite arm Sunday.
Before his injury and even last spring, Smith had the fastball and changeup. Everyone knew about those offerings. But he was still having trouble developing the breaking ball. He and pitching coach. Kirk Saarloos worked hard on that in the fall and early this spring, and that hard work has certainly paid dividends. He located the slider particularly well on the outside corner against lefthanded hitters.
“The difference with Russell right now is that he never had a consistent slider before.