Adam Ottavino passed his test. The Colorado Rockies right-handed reliever threw 21 pitches at Coors Field, with his full arsenal, in a major move back toward the big leagues.
Adam Ottavino’s next step in a long climb back from Tommy John surgery was to buckle somebody’s knees. But he needed a right-handed hitter, somebody to point a slider toward before it broke back out of view.
So in stepped Vinny Castilla, owner of 1,884 career hits. The Rockies assistant coach hit off multiple hall of famers in a 16-year career. So why not a little batting practice on a sunny spring morning?