SARASOTA, Fla. – For most pitchers, two confident and efficient starts to begin spring training would prompt little more than a shoulder shrug of…
The form will have to be sustained over stouter, lengthier tests of course, but on Wednesday, Kikuchi had a gauge beyond the tidy results.
The Jays have to be quietly pleased with what they’ve seen from Kikuchi thus far, especially given that command was such a persistent issue with the Japanese southpaw last season. They’ve always believed he has quality stuff, however, with the main need for him to get out of his own way. “Last year I was over-thinking too much about my mechanics and that’s just not happening this year,” Kikuchi said. “Everything is cleaner and I’m just more comfortable on the mound.”With the birth of his daughter Emilia taking place in the wee hours of Tuesday and all going well with his new family, catcher Alejandro Kirk is scheduled to make the trip from California and arrive at Jays camp sometime on Thursday.
“It will just be a little bit of a slower – or quicker, whichever way you want to look at it – ramp up for him.”
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