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This is a good exercise. I think you’ve oscillated a little bit with adding in floors (over ceiling alone), but I like the idea. Here’s mine: C - Rutschman 1B - Mancini/Mountcastle 2B/SS/UTIL - Hall/Henderson/Carmona 3B - Encarnacion LF/RF - Diaz/Santander CF - Hays DH - Mountcastle/Mancini Backup C - Severino 4th OF - McKenna Bench - Stowers Rotation: Hall GrayRod Peralta Kremer Akin Pen: Castro Givens Scott Bundy Baumann Harvey Lowther

6 shutout innings for Lowther today. 6 IP, 0 runs, 2 hits, 3 walks, 4 K’s Drops his season ERA to 1.68. Career ERA now below 2, at 1.95!

The Keys are tweeting that Bishop is pitching. Not sure what happened with Hall..

Has he struggled with injuries? GP by year (all levels). 2015 - 106 2016 - 48 2017 - 68 (plus 9 in the Dominican Winter League) 2018 - 83 2019 - 12 (so far) OPS by year: 2015 - .738 (minors), ,712 majors 2016 - .655 (minors), .720 majors 2017 - .545 (minors), .629 majors 2018 - .613 majors 2019 - .695 majors Honestly, I don't see a ton above a .700-.750 OPS catcher based on stats. Injuries could affect that. But he's gotta be a better bet to be a long-term piece that Severino or Sucre. Best case, he's a piece, and that's more valuable. I'd keep one of Sucre/Severino, try to develop Swihart, and see where it goes. Worst case we go back to Severino and Sucre in 2 months. Again, best case, we develop a .700-.800 OPS catcher who has a decent bit of trade value in the next year or two.

Just hit a home run against North Carolina!

They've got to play him, right? With Bowie in the playoffs, why would you call up their best player to ride the pine? I realize the major league club is most important, but the only reason it makes sense to call him up is to play him.

One of the guys I'm excited to track this year is Castro. I know the O's said they'd send him to Bowie, but I haven't heard anything since, he hasn't pitched (that I know of), and he's not listed on the Baysox roster. Does anyone know what's going with him and when we'll see him?