{"id":516714,"date":"2026-03-11T08:52:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T08:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/516714\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T08:52:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T08:52:17","slug":"paul-blackburn-delivers-strong-four-inning-spring-outing-for-yankees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/516714\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Blackburn delivers strong four-inning spring outing for Yankees"},"content":{"rendered":"

Observations from Yankees spring training on Tuesday:<\/p>\n

Four scoreless<\/p>\n

Paul Blackburn is back with the Yankees after a rough 2025 split between The Bronx and Queens, and he said he is in a better spot physically than a year ago.<\/p>\n

\"Paul<\/p>\n

Paul Blackburn, throwing a pitch during an earlier spring training outing, threw four shutout innings in the Yankees\u2019 4-2 exhibition win over the Phillies on March 10, 2026. AP<\/p>\n

Up for a multi-inning job, the right-hander threw four shutout innings against the Phillies.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

Up and down<\/p>\n

Luis Gil\u2019s velocity ticked up from his past spring starts.<\/p>\n

His four-seamer, which averaged 96.6 mph in his Rookie of the Year season of 2024 and dropped to 95.3 mph in a less effective 2025 campaign, averaged 95.5 mph Tuesday, his fourth start of the spring.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou feel that you keep getting better and stronger and sharper,\u201d Gil said through an interpreter after the 62-pitch, 3 \u00b9\/\u2083-inning outing.<\/p>\n

\"New<\/p>\n

New York Yankees catcher Payton Henry (79) congratulates pitcher Luis Gil (81) after the first inning against the Boston Red Sox at JetBlue Park at Fenway South. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n

Caught my eye<\/p>\n

Garrett Martin, a 25-year-old outfielder who finished last season with Double-A Somerset, smashed a 110 mph single in the top of the ninth.<\/p>\n

Wednesday\u2019s schedule <\/p>\n

Cam Schlittler will take the mound against the Blue Jays at Steinbrenner Field at 6:35 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Observations from Yankees spring training on Tuesday: Four scoreless Paul Blackburn is back with the Yankees after a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":516715,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[18619,1994,42328,363,56395,188812,8894,115861,99,233667,233668,12404],"class_list":["post-516714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-blue-jays","tag-cam-schlittler","tag-luis-gil","tag-mlb","tag-paul-blackburn","tag-payton-henry","tag-phillies","tag-shutout-innings","tag-sports","tag-spring-starts","tag-the-boston-red-sox","tag-yankees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}