The are reinforcing their pitching corps with a little help from the Navy.Noah Song, a 25-year-old Naval officer, has been transferred from active duty to the Navy reserves, allowing him to join the Phillies for spring training in .Song's big-league opportunity comes after a years-long approval process to delay his service requirement after attending the Naval Academy in Annapolis, . Initially he was denied a waiver, even after then-Defense Secretary Mark Esper signed a memo in 2019, allowing athletes at military academies to delay service commitments and play professional sports upon graduation.
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