CLEARWATER, Fla. — David Dahl’s swing was brief and sweet Friday evening when he welcomed beat Astros pitching prospect Spencer Arrighetti with a first-pitch RBI twofold down the proper field line.
It was his to begin with at-bat in five days and he clowned a handful of hours afterward that he felt like he was planning to pass out adjusting to begin with base. Dahl, like numerous players within the Phillies’ clubhouse, had managed with an ailment amid the week that kept him off his feet for a few days. Friday was his to begin with amusement activity since Sunday in North Harbour against the Braves. He begun in cleared out field and hit ninth.
Dahl is in camp as a non-roster invitee on a minor-league contract, competing for a last spot on the Phillies’ seat. In the event that Johan Rojas makes the Opening Day list, as it were one seat spot would be open for a gather that incorporates Cristian Pache, Jake Cave, Dahl, Weston Wilson and a couple of other longshots. In case Rojas does not make the group and instep starts the season at Triple A, there would be two seat spots open, expanding the chances somebody like Dahl makes the list.
The lefty-hitting previous Rockies All-Star is 5-for-19 this spring with two homers and a twofold.
“He’s been incredible,” director Ransack Thomson said. “He’s really looked pretty good against left-handed pitching, the couple at-bats he’s had. He’s another profundity piece for us, another option for us.”
Dahl turns 30 on April 1. He hit .297/.346/.521 from 2016-19 with Colorado and made the NL All-Star team in 2019, when he hit .302 in a career-best .877 OPS in 413 plate appearances.
A bear damage changed the course of his career. He battled through the truncated 2020 season whereas managing with it, at that point was non-tendered by the Rockies that December with widespread cost-cutting cited as a calculate.
