Tanner Rainey’s 2020 campaign ended when the then-27, now-28-year-old right-hander was shut down with forearm tightness, and his build-up this spring was slowed by a minor strain of a muscle around his collar bone, so the fact that he doesn’t quite have the stuff he did in previous seasons right now shouldn’t be too surprising.
Rainey talked after giving up a two-run home run by Pablo Sandoval in a 2-0 loss in the first game of a doubleheader in D.C. on April 7th, about working with what he has now, while he waits to get back to full strength.