Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Evan Phillips appears to be recovering well from Tommy John surgery.
Phillips, who will miss the first half of the season or so due to the surgery, participated in his first bullpen session with a squatting catcher of spring training on Tuesday, Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic reports.
Phillips missed much of last season due to injury, but the team still brought him back on a one-year, $6.5 million deal.
Even though he pitched only 5.2 innings across seven games in 2025, he’d handled much larger workloads in 2022, 2023 and 2024, with 64, 62 and 61 appearances, respectively.