CLEARWATER, Fla. – Roman Quinn sat in the Phillies dugout Thursday afternoon, hanging with teammates around the top step as a 6-4 Grapefruit League loss to the Yankees unfolded. The outfielder learned earlier in the day that he would be playing shortstop. But he would not enter the game until the sixth inning. So Quinn waited.
“I would be lying to you if I said I wasn’t nervous,” Quinn said after he survived four innings at shortstop. “There were definitely nerves, especially with the wait. I was like ‘I’m about to play shortstop in a game, a big league game.