GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Can off-speed pitches be in the best shapes of their lives?
Maybe the shape of a pitch, which is one of the new emphases in pitching circles, can’t fall into the oft-used spring training story lines for players.
For Logan Gilbert and the Mariners, his slider, curveball and change-up, the focus of hours upon hours of offseason work, sure felt and looked that way in his first start of this shortened spring training.
