Eovaldi was dominant once again Sunday afternoon in the Yankees' 3-2 win over the Phillies, striking out three and giving up only two hits. In four innings of work at George M. Steinbrenner Field, Eovaldi threw only seven balls. Thirty-eight of his 45 pitches were strikes, and he was in command of all his pitches.
"You can't expect much more," Girardi said. "We're really excited to have him in camp with us as one of our starters. We think he can do a really good job for us."
Eovaldi has done exactly that so far this spring, permitting only one run on seven hits while striking out nine and walking none in nine innings across three outings. He's locating his fastball well and already throwing it in the upper-90 mph range. His offspeed pitches are making opposing hitters swing and miss.
Eovaldi focused Sunday on elevating his fastball when necessary, and it showed in the first at-bat of the game. He threw three pitches to Phillies leadoff man Ben Revere: fastball away for a called strike, curveball for a called second strike and a high heater for a three-pitch whiff.
"I take pride in trying to get better. You don't want to stay the same," Eovaldi said. "Being able to elevate the ball is one thing I struggled with last year. I'd throw it way too high. I'm able to get the ball up in the zone and then also keep it down, and then the offspeed pitches are there, too."
Around the horn
• A day after making self-deprecating comments about his lack of speed, Alex Rodriguez ran hard out of the batter's box, but he couldn't beat out a ground ball to shortstop. Girardi said afterward he had mentioned to Rodriguez that he'll have to run hard at some point this spring to give the Yankees an idea of what they can expect this season.
"Better. Definitely better," Girardi said. "I didn't necessarily mean it had to happen today, but before we leave, the coaches need to know where you're at, because if they're sending him or those sort of things ... but it was good."
• Right-hander Chase Whitley, competing for the fifth spot in the Yankees' rotation, continued his scoreless spring Sunday against the Phillies. He struck out two batters in two perfect innings of work. He's thrown seven shutout innings this spring, allowing four hits and three walks.
"Really good changeup. That's his pitch," Girardi said. "He got some swings and misses on some other pitches, but it's good to see."
• CC Sabathia will make his first start of the spring Tuesday, and the Yankees are anxious to see a healthy Sabathia back on the mound no matter the early results.
"I miss seeing him out there," Girardi said. "I wouldn't make too much of it either way. I just want to see him come out of it healthy."
• Infielder Brendan Ryan (back) will take batting practice at the Yankees' Minor League complex Monday morning. He fielded ground balls and hit in the cage on Sunday and could begin playing in games next week.
• Before Sunday's game, the Yankees held a moment of silence in memory of Al Rosen, the former Yankees president who passed away Friday.
Adam Berry is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @adamdberry. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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