PEORIA, Ariz. — Tony Zych didn’t want to be presumptive. Instead of declaring himself ready to pitch in Cactus League games in his recovery from shoulder surgery, the hard-throwing right-hander deferred to those in charge following his second live batting practice session of the spring on Sunday morning.
“I’m just going to leave it up them and what they say,” he said. “They were going evaluate what they’ve seen on this one and take it from there. I feel close. But it’s up to them.”
The evaluation from the assortment of coaches and baseball operations staff watching Zych’s pitch to Mike Freeman came back positive.