Spring training was over, and David Reid-Foley and Corey Copping were eager to pitch in some games that counted.
Copping, 22, was entering his first full season of pro baseball after the Dodgers grabbed him in the 31st round of the 2015 draft. Reid-Foley, 25, was in the second act of his career. The Dodgers signed him as an undrafted free agent catcher out of Mercer University in 2013, then converted him into a pitcher the following year.
While their peers were shipping out to Michigan, Oklahoma and Southern California to begin the season, Copping and Reid-Foley were grounded in Arizona.