Salisbury: Will the Phillies ride out Mick Abel’s growing pains, or is it time to bring up Andrew Painter?

Not every pitcher is Paul Skenes. Or Jacob deGrom. Or Mark Fydrich. (You’ll be hearing a lot about that last guy a year from now when the All-Star Game returns to Philadelphia.)
Not every pitcher is an overnight success in Major League Baseball. It just doesn’t work that way. The game is too tough. Most young pitchers absorb lots of bruises before they start delivering them with regularity.
Game 1 of Wednesday’s doubleheader between the Phillies and San Diego Padres offered a little case study in it all.
The Padres beat the Phillies, 6-4. Nick Pivetta was the winning pitcher for San Diego. He pitched six innings of one-run ball, walked none and struck out six to run his record to 9-2 and low...