Cam Schlittler on track to begin season No. 2 in…
TAMPA — Cam Schlittler pitched to minor leaguers at a largely empty and silent Steinbrenner Field on Monday morning.
Two begins from now, he might be throwing against the Giants at a packed and loud Oracle Park in the second recreation of the season.
On the ultimate “off-day” of Yankees spring training Monday, Schlittler bought his work in by building up to 54 pitches across 4 innings of live batting apply against minor leaguers, maintaining him on track to probably observe Max Fried in the rotation to begin the 12 months.
“Whatever they want me to do, whether I throw that series or not, I’m prepared to do that,” Schlittler said after pitching in entrance of a handful of Yankees personnel, including Hal Steinbrenner.
The hard-throwing right-hander, whose camp ramp-up was barely delayed by mid-back inflammation, ought to be in line to throw around 65-70 pitches in his regular-season debut, as long as his spring finale (doubtless on Saturday) goes according to plan.
There ought to be a lot more adrenaline available for Schlittler’s first start of the season than there was on Monday morning, though he was inspired by how he threw.
Cam Schlittler may begin the season as the No. 2 in the Yankees rotation. IMAGN IMAGES via GWN Connect
“Felt good, felt in control, didn’t have a walk, so that’s a really good feeling,” Schlittler said.
The 25-year-old was pitching the morning after staying up to watch (*2*)Team USA knock off the Dominican Republic in a thrilling WBC semifinal, which included teammates Aaron Judge, David Bednar, Austin Wells and Camilo Doval.
There had been “some conversations” over the offseason about Schlittler probably becoming a member of USA’s roster, he said, but they didn’t go too far because it was “already kind of decided” he wouldn’t take part given that he was coming off a career-high workload last season.
That said, Schlittler indicated he would have an interest in pitching in the event the next time around.
“For sure,” he said. “Just wasn’t an option this year with the workload I threw last year. So hopefully I get another opportunity to do that in a couple years.”
Will Warren is scheduled to make his penultimate start of the spring Tuesday afternoon against the Rays, which may line him up to start the third recreation of the common season.
The right-hander has had one of the strongest springs of any Yankee, pitching to a 1.65 ERA across 4 begins and 16 ¹/₃ innings.
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