Turnbull, set to make his Phillies debut on Tuesday, has to be flexible at this point in his career. He thought that meant switching to the bullpen, but for now he’s back in the rotation.
The Phillies signed Spencer Turnbull to provide pitching depth. For now, that means he'll be in the rotation in place of the injured Taijuan Walker.pitcher Spencer Turnbull asked Jeff Hoffman for advice. Hoffman was drafted as a starter but had since transitioned to the bullpen. At age 31, Turnbull was going to do the same thing. He was nervous.
Turnbull is back in the rotation now, and is scheduled to make his first start with the Phillies on Tuesday against the Reds. But Hoffman’s words still apply. He is at a point in his career when he has to be flexible, and that includes pitching out of the bullpen. This is new territory for him. He had pitched just one inning as a reliever since his big league debut in 2018.
And then, on March 23, about an hour and a half before the Phillies’ Grapefruit League game against the Yankees, pitching coach Caleb Cotham approached Turnbull, who was about to start his pregame routine.Taijuan Walker was supposed to start but came down with an injury. Turnbull ended up throwing three innings, allowing just three hits and one hit batter, with five strikeouts. He leaned on his sweeper, a pitch he tinkered with in the offseason, but refined over the course of camp.
“Obviously, you don’t want to get an opportunity because somebody gets hurt,” Turnbull said. “You feel that for that player. But, also it is part of the game. You’ve got to be ready. And baseball is such a game of what have you done for me lately, anyway. And I’ve been on the good side of that, and the bad side of that. So, I know how that feels.
Things did not go according to plan. Turnbull fractured his neck early in the season. He tried to push through it, but was placed on the injured list on May 12. He didn’t throw a big-league pitch for the rest of the season.
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