Griff McGarry felt a sense of calm early last week when he walked into the Lehigh Valley IronPigs’ clubhouse for the first time in 2025.

McGarry was at ease when he reconnected with his 2024 IronPigs teammates as well as those who earlier this season came up from Double-A Reading where McGarry was since the end of spring training.

The 26-year-old pitcher most importantly kept that chill feeling after he allowed a home run, hit a batter and walked one in a span of nine pitches in the first inning of Thursday’s start for Lehigh Valley.

“I yanked one on the hit batter,” McGarry said. “I threw a decent one on the homer. He just went down and got it. He’s a decent hitter. I just needed to lock back in and finish that inning. From there on, I did a decent job.”

McGarry finished his 2025 seas

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