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One of those articles talks about getting him back for the Auburn series. He went 6.2 IP, 4 hits, 3 runs in that series. From the outside looking in, I think it's fair to guess "careful coach" or you wouldn't pitch him into the 7th. But I have no inside information.

Hard to say how serious any of it was. Georgia’s ace and one of the country’s best starting pitchers will sit out a second consecutive series this weekend against Florida due to soreness in his lat muscle. “He's really mad at me because he wants to pitch,” pitching coach Sean Kenny said. “With somebody that talented, it's our job to take the emotion out of it and kind of protect him. I expect him to be ready to roll down the stretch and be as good as he's always been.” https://www.redandblack.com/sports/georgia-baseball-dealing-with-multiple-key-injuries-going-into-series/article_fe954dbc-6d22-11e9-ad38-cf646e8f02ce.html At 7-2 with an ERA of 1.04, Hancock has been one of the best pitchers in the entire country, while Schunk is not only one of the team’s top hitters, but serves as Georgia’s closer with 11 saves on the year. “He’s got an Achilles tendon strain. He was in a walking boot but that was more to keep it mobilized and comfortable,” Stricklin said. “We’re going to sit him (Tuesday), again as a precaution, and we hope to have him back by the weekend. He’s going to get checked out further today, but we don’t think it’s anything further than an Achilles tendon strain.” Stricklin said Schunk suffered the injury during Friday night’s loss to Mississippi State. “It was a play he made. He didn’t limp at all, and he didn’t say anything during the game, but he tweaked it,” Stricklin said. “When he woke up on Saturday morning, he really felt it. He said it was really sore, and he was struggling to put some pressure on it. That’s when it really came to light.” https://uga.rivals.com/news/stricklin-offers-injury-update-on-hancock-schunk

36 is my unofficial, sorta paying attention count, yeah. More to come.

Not a 6 year but the Pirates outrighted James Marvel who had decent AAA numbers in '19. http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?sid=milb&player_id=621086#/career/R/pitching/2019/ALL

Ynoa cleared waivers and will elect free agency.

Cubs added Colin Rea to the 40 man today per MLBTR.

Not responsive to your question but remember these guys are being asked to work on things that wind up driving walks up. “The other thing you see increase with that is walk rate with a lot of guys. Because they are throwing a lot of non-fastballs in fastball counts. So, learning how to command all their other pitches and throwing them in different counts, we’re going to walk more guys because that is just a byproduct of doing some of that work at the minor league level. I’d much rather have them doing it now than trying to figure that out at Triple-A or the big leagues. https://www.masnsports.com/steve-melewski/2019/11/a-look-at-the-pitching-on-the-farm-this-year-with-chris-holt.html

With 40 man rosters set by Nov 20.

Tommy John. Here's a fairly good background for him: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/baseball/iowa-cubs/2019/08/13/colin-rea-iowa-cubs-chicago-cubs-pacific-coast-league-san-diego-padres/1987454001/

1. Adley Rutschman 2. DL Hall 3. Grayson Rodriguez 4. Ryan Mountcastle 5. Michael Baumann 6. Dean Kremer 7. Austin Hays 8. Yusniel Diaz 9. Hunter Harvey 10. Gunnar Henderson 11. Keegan Akin 12. Zac Lowther 13. Adam Hall 14. Alex Wells 15. Drew Rom 16. Cody Sedlock 17. Rylan Bannon 18. L. Rodriguez 19. Toby Welk 20. Johnny Rizer 21. Dillon Tate 22. Bruce Zimmerman 23. Adam Stauffer 24. Drew Fenter 25. Elio Prado 26. Darell Hernaiz 27. Zach Pop 28. Dan Hammer 29. Zach Watson 30. Jake Prizina **31. Harris Yett

Today's interpretation.

Could be. I haven't looked at that.

I don't disagree with that offensively. I think it's fairly reliable with defense.

Some say he was going through swing changes this year.

My guess is there's a lot of movement left to come.

5'11" SS/2B who hit .320 with 26 doubles and 22 home runs in AAA in '19. Thoughts?

I agree and can't find anything showing their contracts or length. Sure hope it works out.

Not on both sides. Only on the foul side.

Gonzalez got a head start on every other major league team and first alerted the Astros of Álvarez's existence. The veteran scout patrols the Cuban market and sees the Astros' top draft picks. He's worked with Luhnow since 2005, dating back to his days in St. Louis. Sure hope Luhnow has ticked him off or all of them. That would be outstanding.

Where does Baumann need improvement? Change and curveball consistency? His fastball command is good, yes? Appreciate information like "he changed how he threw every pitch in 2019".

I agree and some of the boat rocking might not make sense from a production standpoint. One of the points of emphasis is getting full buy in from everyone with the analytics and development programs. It seems possible to me that we might see a trade or 2 of someone who has been mildly productive but isn't fully bought in to the new systems.

Regarding improving, here's a Pete Alonso tidbit: "He would tweet, 'I'm gonna play in Citi Field. I'm gonna make it,'" says the coach. "People called me and were laughing. Just last year people from the Mets told me they didn't think he was ever gonna field in the big leagues." https://www.si.com/mlb/2019/09/05/pete-alonso-new-york-mets

Completely agree. Most people would think that guys with an opportunity to play major league baseball would have a great work ethic and seek improvement anywhere they can. Not true. And not all players buy into instruction or take advantage of information that can help them. From The Athletic: When I asked Cardinals hitters how much they took advantage of the new technology offered them — including Blast motion sensors, K-vests and high-speed video — the reactions seemed to range from outright lack of interest (Harrison Bader) to tepid curiosity (Paul Goldschmidt and Paul DeJong). DeJong toyed with the motion sensors (which fit onto the knob of the bat). Goldschmidt recalled using the K-vests a time or two.

But they improved Altuve. The next early victory came the following year. Altuve had been an All-Star in 2012, his first full season, but even then he’d barely been a league-average hitter. At 22, he’d been named to the team mostly because someone had to represent the woeful Astros. The next season, his bat went backward. The tiny Altuve, who’d signed out of Venezuela for only $15,000 and had never appeared on top-prospect lists, had defied the odds and flummoxed scouts just by getting to the big leagues, but his five-foot-five-ish head seemed to be bumping up against a low power ceiling: Through more than 1,500 MLB plate appearances, he’d slugged just .377. Over the 2013–2014 offseason, he worked with the team to implement a more forceful approach. “That was [hitting coach] John Mallee,” Fast says. “And it was based on data that I shared with him (from his questions) about the value of getting the ball in the air. He told Altuve to meet the ball out front and helped him retool his swing to do that.” Altuve slumped as he perfected the timing of a new leg kick, and at the end of April his slugging percentage still stood in the .370s. After that, though, the new swing clicked: he batted .355 and slugged .471 the rest of the way, winning a batting title, leading the majors in hits, and finishing third in doubles. He was on his way to double-digit home-run totals and a 2017 MVP award. https://www.theringer.com/mlb/2019/6/3/18644512/mvp-machine-how-houston-astros-became-great-scouting

All fair and reasonable points but isn't the analysis whether the O's think they can create more value out of him? Meaning, as Luke suggests, if the O's think they can unlock the curveball and create a pitcher who has trade value in July, maybe it makes sense if you can sign him for $1.5M or $2M. But if that's the idea, you're using the same analysis on every available pitcher and Anderson is going to cost more than others. To me, it's a question of who do you believe you can create value with, whether you have to spend $2M or $800K. I'd agree the O's likely take their chances with minimum cost guys but maybe Anderson has greater upside by July.