Not much to report from the complex today.
It was a bullpen day so the majority of the group was hidden from view. Similar to yesterday, the groups remained the same and rotated through stations. Bunting and fielding drills continued.
The one aspect that was different was a focus on running (In general and on the bases). It was a derby of sorts on the practice field with all the pitchers running laps around the bases. Sometimes they were required to leg out a double, then a triple, and finally pull a “Huff.” There was running on the outfield, running on the warning track, and running for shelter from autograph seekers.
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The catchers repeated yesterday’s drills as well, and obviously caught the bullpen sessions. Then they too ran.
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New additions to field work included Nate Schierholtz & Andres Torres. They seemed to begin the day before gates opened and were finishing up by the time I got there. You guessed it, they were running.
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[Brandon Belt (1B)], [Conor Gillaspie, Mark DeRosa, Ryan Rohlinger (3B)], [Mike Fontenot, and Nick Noonan (SS)] participated in some infield drills on the practice field. Just simple grounders to get back into throwing to specific bases.
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Freddy Sanchez played catch today with Torres. Just as with last year’s injury, Freddy looks to be doing all that he can to get back to being game ready as soon as possible. From the throws I saw, he looked to be making good progress, possibly ahead of schedule.
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Lastly, here’s something a little different (for this site anyway). A link to some shaky, blurry, low resolution video from today’s practice. The best part of the whole thing is probably when a kid shouts “Look at that one!” after Posey crushes a ball. I’d have to say, taking your kid to watch Buster take BP midway through a school day qualifies you as an ideal parent.
View it here
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