Daily News | Jean Segura, fit and focused, is desperate to end the Phillies’ playoff drought | Marcus Hayes
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Jean Segura showed up at spring training looking like he stole Lou Ferrigno’s quads.
No active player has played more games than Segura’s 1,230 without reaching the playoffs. Neither he nor the Phillies have played in the postseason since he debuted in 2012, but no one is more motivated than Segura. There was no issue. Segura homered in his first at-bat. It was his first spring training home run in four springs with the Phils.“As a player, you have to go and do your job. It doesn’t matter where you hit,” Segura said. “Today, I went and did my job.”“Yes, I want to hit second, but if the manager thinks putting somebody else there benefits the team, I’m here for that,” Segura told me Wednesday as he strode away from batting practice. “I work for the Philadelphia Phillies.
Independent of his playoff exclusion, this rededication to fitness makes sense from another angle. He can be a free agent at the end of this season. Thirty-something ballplayers generally find workout religion right about the time their contract expires.“I’m working harder than any year in the past because team deserves it,” Segura said. And what does he deserve?
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