Butler grad Fennell learns from ex-Bucs Walker, McCutchen
PALM BEACH, Fla. — Mick Fennell received a little extra advice in the batting cage this off-season.
The Butler graduate and St. Louis Cardinals outfield prospect spent some time with former Pittsburgh Pirates Neil Walker and Andrew McCutchen at an indoor practice facility in Mars this winter. Fennell reported to the Cardinals’ spring training facility in Palm Beach March 7.
Fennell’s father, former Butler High School baseball coach Jay Fennell, is still involved in youth baseball instruction and has connections with former Pirates trainer Frank Velasquez. The latter still does some training work with ballplayers in the area.
“Mick was doing some work with him and we found out he (Velasquez) was still doing some things with Neil,” Fennell said. “We asked if he could get them together and it wasn’t a problem.”
Mick Fennell did some workouts with Walker last off-season and the two got together again this winter.
“We hit it off last year and I loved working out with him,” Mick Fennell said. “I asked him if we could do it again.”
To learn more about Mick Fennell, read Tuesday’s Butler Eagle.
