Phillies Notebook: Phillies' Delmon Young to have ankle evaluated

BRADENTON, Fla. - Delmon Young won't be in camp Tuesday. He will be in California.

Young, who has yet to take the field for the Phillies, is scheduled to see a Los Angeles doctor on the status of his rehabbing right ankle. Young had microfracture surgery in November and hasn't participated in practices, let alone games, since arriving in camp over 2 weeks ago.

Assistant GM Scott Proefrock said it wouldn't be fair to place a timetable on when Young could get on the field this spring until Young gets evaluated.

"It really depends on what the doctor says and how he progresses once he is cleared for baseball activities," Proefrock said. "To guess, it would just be a pure guess."

Young hasn't been inactive in his first 2 weeks in Clearwater. The 27-year-old former first-round pick has been hitting off a tee, playing long toss and going through normal rehab exercises.

But with Opening Day less than 4 weeks away, it's unclear if Young get on the field before the Grapefruit League season ends. Aside from getting healthy, it probably would do Young some good to gets reps in rightfield.

Upon signing Young to an incentive-laden, 1-year, $750,000 deal in January, general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said the veteran would ideally be the team's everyday rightfielder. But Young, a below-average outfielder in 2012 while with Detroit, where he was mostly used as a designated hitter, hasn't played rightfield since he was with Tampa Bay in 2007.

Proefrock, who was in Tampa's front office when the team selected Young with the first overall pick in the 2003 draft, doesn't think the transition back to becoming an everyday outfielder is an issue.

"The one thing about him is he's a baseball player," Proefrock said. "I don't think it's going to be that big of a transition for him. When we signed him in Tampa, he was playing centerfield. And I know he's played a lot of leftfield, in Minnesota because they had [Michael] Cuddyer, and then DH'd in Detroit because of his ankle. But he's been an above-average outfielder when I saw him. I was gone from Tampa when he got to the major leagues, I was in Baltimore, but I saw him and he was an above-average outfielder."

The Phils also have been pleased with Young's conditioning; he reportedly has dropped 10 pounds since he signed 6 weeks ago.

If it weren't for Travis Snider's two-out double in the first inning, Raul Valdes would have taken the mound in the ninth inning with a chance to close out a no-hitter.

Four Phillies pitchers - John Lannan, Mike Adams, Adam Morgan and Valdes - held the Pittsburgh Pirates to one hit in a 5-0 win at McKechnie Field. Lannan earned his first win of the spring, allowing three baserunners on the double and two walks in three innings.

"I just felt like I had a good rhythm today," said Lannan, the team's new fifth starter. "My fastball felt good and I had a good mix with [catcher Humberto] Quintero back there. I wish I didn't walk the two guys, but that's just something I can improve on."

Adams, the other new member of the pitching staff, was dominant in his second spring appearance. Facing the middle of Pittsburgh's order - Alex Presley, Snider and Gaby Sanchez - Adams threw a perfect fourth inning, with one strikeout.

"I think our pitching, we've got some guys who have looked sharp, Adams being one of them," manager Charlie Manuel said of his new setup reliever. "He's close to being ready. That's kind of what it's all about."

B.J. Rosenberg was on tap to pitch on Sunday in Clearwater. But his name was literally scratched out from the schedule posted in the home clubhouse at Bright House Field. Proefrock said Rosenberg had been experiencing "tenderness" and was held back as a precaution.

"It's OK, no big deal," Rosenberg said of the pain in his triceps. "I'm throwing a bullpen today and I'll get back into a game in another couple of days."

Rosenberg, 27, has pitched in two games. His most recent came last Wednesday in Fort Myers against Minnesota, when he allowed three runs on three hits and two walks in one inning.

In total, Rosenberg has allowed six runs (five earned) on eight hits and three walks in three innings this spring. Rosenberg, one of the hardest throwers in camp, hasn't struck out a batter.

The Phils scored three times on bases-loaded walks in Monday's 5-0 win. Michael Young (2-for-4, two RBI) and Ben Revere (2-for-3, RBI, walk) highlighted the offense. Revere is hitting .346 (9-for-26) in eight games with a .393 OBP. Yuniesky Betancourt, who started at shortstop, also had two hits . . . The Phillies will host the Dominican Republic's World Baseball Classic team Tuesday at Bright House Field. Cole Hamels is scheduled to start against Jose Reyes, Hanley Ramirez and Co. Wednesday's game might top that, however. The defending NL East champion Nationals are making a rare spring trip to Clearwater. The scheduled starters? Roy Halladay and Stephen Strasburg.