PHILADELPHIA — J.T. Realmuto stood up from his crouch after catching the last pitch of the sixth inning Thursday and pointed his mitt at Zach Wheeler. His body language couldn’t have been clearer.
That’s more like it.
For Wheeler? No doubt. In his fourth start of the season, after not pitching a major-league spring training game, the Phillies ace threw six one-hit innings in a 7-1 rocking of the Colorado Rockies. His command wasn’t as precise as usual. (He walked four batters.) His velocity ticked up again, though, and well, he dominated.
