Kelly pitched the final two innings of Wednesday's 3-0 win over the Pirates. He allowed one run without a walk or a strikeout to pick up the win.

EDGE Analysis

Kelly has fallen out of the eighth-inning role, perhaps temporarily, because of a subpar final two weeks of spring training. The right-hander threw a respectable 17 strikes in 27 pitches and didn't a walk a batter Wednesday. That's a step in the right direction for Kelly, who needs to prove he's commanding consistently for Farrell to entrust him as a lock-down eighth-inning reliever.