SCOTTSDALE — Arizona Diamondbacks right-hander Drey Jameson made his first spring-training appearance against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday, which came with mixed results.
Jameson took the bump in the second inning following a scoreless frame from Zac Gallen, and things got off on the wrong foot when he surrendered a double before collecting two outs on a strikeout and a lineout.
Jameson did not shut the door, giving up a walk before Noah Miller hit a changeup down the middle for an RBI single. Two runs scored for the Dodgers, but only one run was earned due to right fielder Druw Jones’ fielding error.
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A three-pitch strikeout of Hyeseong Kim on a backdoor slider concluded Jameson’s outing at 24 pitches.
“After an outing today, even though it’s February something, it’s super early, I probably beat myself up on it a little bit,” Jameson said. “But as I mature and I understand that I’m not going out there trying to throw it as hard as I can every single pitch, and really zoning in on my body and realizing that I have time until Opening Day or wherever I end up to really zone in my stuff and not go full throttle (on) February something.”
Jameson’s control was strong with 15 strikes due in large part to his four-seam fastball topping out at 98 mph. The changeup, on the other hand, is a work in progress considering both of the hits he gave up came on that pitch.
“The main focus for me, necessarily, isn’t the heater,” Jameson said. “I would say it’s getting that changeup with the speed difference to get back to a 7-10 mph speed change. Today, I think it was probably up there.”
Jameson is fighting to have a defined role for the Diamondbacks after undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2023 and being shut down due to elbow discomfort last season.
He’s shown himself to be a capable arm at the major league level to the tune of a 2.65 career ERA in 68 innings pitched as both a reliever and starter.
There’s no time like the present for the 2019 first-round pick to fight for a spot on Arizona’s Opening Day roster, but these past two years have shifted his focus throughout spring training to staying healthy instead of worrying about where he’ll be on March 26.
“I like to try to take control of the things that are in my control,” Jameson said. “My control is to do stuff on the field and do stuff even in the backfields and your work that you put in every single day to be ready for that moment if your name’s called.”
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