Victorino is serving as a guest instructor at spring training. His message to the precocious Rojas: Slow down
BRADENTON, Fla. — Two hours into his weeklong stint as a Phillies guest instructor, Shane Victorino pulled up a chair in the batting cage next to Johan Rojas. Class was in session, and the lesson could be summed up in one word in Rojas’ native language.Slow down, Victorino advised, knowing firsthand how difficult that is for a 23-year-old making his way in the majors.
“Being a Rule 5 guy, I got to learn for three months , and then I went back to the shuffle. The toughest part for Johan is he’s going to have to learn in the big leagues.” In the same game, Rojas led off the sixth inning by taking second base on a hard-hit ball up the middle when the center fielder retrieved it slowly. But his alert baserunning was wiped away when he got thrown out trying to steal third.
“His bunting is not going to be the element of surprise,” Victorino said. “It’s going to be, ‘OK, you want to crash down and ? I know that I can still put down a fundamental bunt in a four-foot radius, and good luck running in and making this play as I burn down the line.’ Now, they just threw it in the seats, and I’m on second and here we go.”
“He always says, ‘Don’t let the game rush you. Play at your pace,’ ” Rojas said through a team interpreter. “I sit and listen to him because I know what he says is going to help me, especially in this stage of my career. He was a tremendous player, so it’s good to have him around.”
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