Phillies’ Taijuan Walker leans on his slider and blanks Braves for five innings

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Taijuan Walker returned from the World Baseball Classic and got right back to work on his slider. Walker threw 3⅓ scoreless innings in Mexico’s win against Great Britain on March 8 and returned to Clearwater last week after his team’s elimination at the hands of Italy and Aaron Nola. Out of 60 pitches in that appearance, he threw only eight sliders. Instead, he leaned more ...