FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Jake Odorizzi was barely perturbed when he strode off the Hammond Stadium mound on Sunday, after having allowed five runs while recording just two outs -- he walked over to the bullpen to get the rest of his work in, and dominated imaginary hitters in his bullpen session.

"Absolutely," he joked. "Just a no-hitter in the bullpen."

At this point in the spring, Odorizzi is focused on consolidating the mechanics that he tweaked during the offseason, and the consistency of his secondary pitches -- notably, the cutter and curveball. That's what he sought out to accomplish in his second start of the spring in the Twins' 10-1 loss to the Blue Jays on Sunday, and getting hit around didn't bother him one bit.

"I’m not going to my good stuff that I know well while in Spring Training, when I want to work on getting the other stuff that’s not as good up to that," Odorizzi said. "I could have very easily started throwing my pitches how I would have in the game, but that’s not going to make you any better."

That targeted work began in October, after he didn't feel right mechanically during an inconsistent 2018 -- in which Odorizzi recorded a career-worst 4.49 ERA and 70 walks.

During the offseason he followed the example of teammate Kyle Gibson, and worked to fix his mechanics at the Florida Baseball Ranch in Plant City, Fla., making the 40-minute drive from his house twice a week to work on using his lower half more effectively. He was also able to use the Rapsodo pitch-tracking technology and cameras to better collect instant feedback during his bullpen sessions.

Those have been noted focuses for other pitchers in Twins camp this spring with new pitching coach Wes Johnson's emphasis on biomechanics and data, and Odorizzi feels ahead of the curve on adjusting to Johnson's approach.

"I think it’s kind of a head start for me," Odorizzi said. "Whereas some of these guys are kind of learning it right now, [Johnson is] adapting it to people’s bullpens and trying to get them to work on it."

His stated goals now are to be more consistent in the shape of his new cutter, and to work more effectively down in the zone with his curveball.

Last season, Odorizzi worked with both a slider and a cutter that he would throw at different points in the count, but found the pitches morphing into each other as the season progressed. During the offseason, he decided to scrap the slider and focus more on the cutter.

"I wanted to focus on one pitch and give all my effort to that, instead of spreading it out where you have two average pitches and maybe one's even below-average," he said. "You take that away, and just focus on one and make it as best as you can. It's worked out really well for me so far."

That transition has also helped teammate Martín Pérez, whose new cutter Odorizzi has helped with this spring. Odorizzi said that talking through his mindset while teaching the pitch has helped, and Pérez has also reaped the benefits, generously mixing in his cutter throughout his most recent two scoreless starts this spring.

With a busy offseason behind him, Odorizzi feels that his fastball velocity is up from where it would normally be at this point in the spring, and his offspeed pitches feel sharper, closer to where they were when he felt he was at his best in 2015 and '16.

Just don't expect to see him flash his regular-season form yet.