Paxton, who is competing for the fifth spot in the rotation, struggled Monday as he allowed four runs and seven hits in three innings with one strikeout and no walks.
Paxton threw 25 pitches in the first inning but needed only seven to get out of the second inning. He threw 47 total, 33 for strikes. He's battling Nate Karns for the last rotation job. Paxton's fastball was 90-92 mph, but he said he intentionally did not crank it up his usual mid-90s because it is early in spring training.