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Phillies' Girardi says April pitching to be battle of attrition

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CLEARWATER, FLORIDA - MARCH 19: Manager Joe Girardi #25 of the Philadelphia Phillies enjoys a pregame ceremony prior to the Spring Training game against the Toronto Blue Jays game at BayCare Ballpark on March 19, 2022 in Clearwater, Florida. (Photo b CLEARWATER, Fla. - Philadelphia Phillies manager Joe Girardi says he thinks pitching around the majors in April will be a battle of attrition following the shortened spring training.The Phillies open the regular season at home on April 8 against the Oakland Athletics, the first of 13 straight days of games."I think that’s a pretty good way of putting it, you know," Girardi said Monday before the Phillies played Baltimore in spring training. "It’s a concern I’m sure for every organization in the game, and our situation is tough where it’s 13 in a row.

Just got to find a way through it and keep everybody healthy, that’s the most important thing."Teams are expected to have expanded rosters from 26 to 28 players in April, which would allow Girardi to have 15 active pitchers.Solid defense, always a key, will be magnified with starters still building up and extensive use of bullpens."The most important thing for this team is, secure the baseball, right?" Girardi said. "Plays we need to make we need to make however you make them, too.

You can fall down and catch popups, I don’t care. Just catch them, they count."Zack Wheeler, who went 14-10 with a 2.78 ERA and led the majors with 213 1-3 innings over 32 starts last year, threw live batting last Saturday and will do it again in the next few days.

He experienced shoulder soreness in December but appears on target to be ready for the first week of regular season games."Wheeler is doing great," Girardi said.Wheeler is expected to make.

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