Andy Painter threw three scoreless innings in an Arizona Fall League (AFL) start on Wednesday. If that sounds familiar, it's because he threw three scoreless innings in his AFL start last week.
Painter's line: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 33 pitches (25 strikes). The velo on his fastball touched 99.1 mph.
Andrew Painter's day is done.
3 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
6 Whiffs (3 on FF, 2 on SL, 1 on CU)
Allowed five hard-hit BBE but the stuff was phenomenal as expected.#RingTheBell pic.twitter.com/AMjYsvPraQ
Here he is getting a strikeout with a fastball:
Andrew Painter's second strikeout on a 94 mph fastball.#RingTheBell pic.twitter.com/ZdTv0Rqqm7
Here he is getting a strikeout with a curveball:
Andrew Painter's first strikeout on a 83 mph curveball.
10-pitch first inning with two whiffs.#RingTheBell pic.twitter.com/F4fke7HAQs
Here he is getting a strikeout with a slider:
Andrew Painter's 3rd strikeout on a 86 mph slider.
2 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 6 Whiffs#RingTheBell pic.twitter.com/F6MpFbzl2C
Here he is getting inducted into the Hall of Fame:
Ok fine, I'll pump the brakes. But you get the idea. The kid looks great.
The young pitcher has thrown ten innings over four AFL starts. He's expected to throw 20 total innings in the AFL before the Phillies organization decides on next steps.
"The main thing is that we want to make sure that he's healthy and that he's ready to go into spring training," said Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski in mid-October. "What I don't know is how many innings we feel comfortable for him to pitch next year. And then we need to have a plan in that regard.
"Does he pitch at the minor league level for a while and then come up? Does he pitch two or three innings in the beginning and add more innings at the back end of the year? Does he have a consistent number of innings all year long?"
Time will tell. But so far, so good for the young flamethrower.
