CLEARWATER, Fla. — Noah Music threw and carried out agility drills on a again outfield sporting Philadelphia Phillies shorts and T-shirt, a far totally different totally different uniform for the 25-year previous.
Music had been a flight officer coaching on a U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance plane earlier than transferring from lively obligation to reserves.
“I feel actually an important factor is simply recognizing the truth that I actually get pleasure from each,” Music stated Thursday whereas sitting on high of a picnic desk simply past the left-field fence at Phillies spring coaching camp. “If there’s nothing else to do apart from the navy, that is the place I wish to be. I am really feel actually blessed and actually fortunate that I have never needed to do something that I do not wish to do but.”
Music impressed in his solely professional season, making seven begins for Boston’s Class A Lowell affiliate in 2019, hanging out 19 in 17 innings with a 1.06 ERA. With a fastball within the higher 90s mph, he went 11-1 with a 1.44 ERA and 161 strikeouts in 94 innings throughout his senior yr at Navy.
Music, who’s from California, was taken by the Phillies from Boston within the winter assembly draft for unprotected minor league gamers in December with hopes he would play after navy service.
“We really feel it’s well worth the gamble,” Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski stated. “We felt it was well worth the upside danger. Will have the ability to do it? We’ll see.”
The 6-foot-4, 200-pound right-hander stated his aspiration to succeed in the foremost leagues appeared additional and farther from actuality in the course of the previous few years. Then, the switch request made round 9 months earlier was permitted.
“I don’t assume lots of people might have anticipated it,” Music stated. “However I’m right here now. I don’t actually essentially know what my future or ceiling is perhaps. Simply attempting to determine what it’s, what the brand new one is.”
Music final week had his bullpen session since 2019 final week. He performed catch when he might on open areas at Naval Air Station Jacksonville.
“It felt tough,” Music stated. “Felt like I form of attempting to stroll once more. I used to be form of studying issues.”
Music was chosen by the Purple Sox within the fourth spherical of the 2019 novice draft when Dombrowski headed Boston’s baseball operations. With out the navy committment, Dombrowski thinks Music might need been a first-round choose.
Ought to he make the 26-man lively roster, Music would work out of the bullpen. Dombrowski wouldn’t be stunned if Music appeared in spring coaching video games.
Philadelphia should hold Music on the large league roster all season. To take away him from the roster, the Phillies must supply him again to the Purple Sox.
“Nevertheless, there is a mixture of guidelines right here, too, as a result of there’s not solely Rule 5 choose, there’s the navy checklist rule that will get concerned,” Dombrowski stated. “A few of these guidelines have been written earlier than I used to be born. No one desires to see this child get harm.”
Dombrowski stated the principles have been the identical when Chicago Cubs left-hander Ken Holtzman acquired a go from his navy obligation in 1967, permitting him to make 4 begins that August and September— all wins.
Music stated his remaining navy obligations are 12 years within the reserves, and one weekend and two-week stint a yr. The lieutenant junior grade initially had been scheduled to make his first abroad deployment final month to Japan.
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