Some details on his outing:
The 22-year-old touched 99.2 mph and averaged 97.1 mph with his 19 heaters, up a tick from his 96.8 average in his previous Desert Dogs outing on June 18. Painter also spun six curveballs in the 80-82 mph range, giving him an option in the lower zone that complemented the rising fastball -- and he didnât need his changeup with eight righty hitters in the Rafters lineup.
But there's also a relatively new pitch in Painter's repertoire that has piqued interest in Arizona -- a sharp upper-80s offering that needs some clarification on its classification.
âIt's a slider,â Painter said. âItâs the same pitch, same grip, just a different thought process. One of them, the slower one, is for a strike most of the time. When I get to two strikes, it's the same grip, but I'm just thinking to go gloveside away to a righty and in on a lefty. I'm just thinking more heater with it. Same grip though.â
Painter was working with two slider types -- one in the upper 80s that bit hard and another in the low 80s with more sweep. Following the top Phillies pitching prospect's rehab work, the sweeper has been left behind.
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