Chris Bassitt

Bassitt started to ramp it up some today; his velocity had been down about three mph from last year in his earlier outings, but it was closer to one mph in his one. He didn't give up a single hard-hit ball, and he struck out four. His spring ERA stands at 1.86.

Most veteran pitchers don't care much about their spring numbers, and Bassitt certainly fits into that group. Still, the four walks today had to bother him some. His velocity was down about two mph from last year, but that's typical for him in Grapefruit League play. Nothing he does this month should move the needle on draft boards.

Bassitt is not one to throw at max effort in spring training, so he was down by about two mph on most of his pitches today. It didn't pose any problems, obviously, as just one batter reached safely against him. He also had to work around an Ernie Clement error in the second.

Toronto's starting pitcher wore a "4-10" jersey while serving as the team's bat boy in their spring training game as a fantasy football punishment.