Second baseman Bryson Stott has missed his third consecutive flyball when right fielder Nick Castellanos finally loses patience. The morning is still cool, but these four Philadelphia Phillies are coated in sweat as they sprint and dive across a back field at spring training Sunday, working toward what they hope will be a third straight playoff appearance. Their bats and gloves are back in the clubhouse, though. They are armed only with pickleball paddles and half a dozen balls.
Castellanos invokes Stott’s double play partner. “If I was Trea [Turner], I’d be yelling at you!” he chirps.
Stott makes the next play, and they eventually beat their opponents, designated hitter Kyle Schwarber and utilityman Weston Wilson. “Good boy,” Castellanos congratulates Stott. “F---,” Schwarber laments.
