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"Schoop is pain-free," Anderson said. "He's moving better every day since I've been down here to make sure he gets his at-bats without having to sit around the field for three or four hours, so he can do his individual work. He had 10 at-bats four days ago and was 0-for-4, then four for his next six. A home run, a line drive double, two line drive singles. He had to score from second base on one of them. And Friday he got eight more plate appearances and went 3-for-5 with three walks, so he's getting his at-bats, which is really important, and he's getting them in a short period of time so he's not standing around."

"He does his strength work, sprint work, agility work. He comes out and does baseball work and plays games in the morning, and then we bring him back out at 5 o'clock when it's a little cooler and train him some more. He's doing real well, but it's an injury you've got to be really careful with. He probably initially damaged it getting taken out at second base (at Fenway Park), but the final injury was a non-contact injury. He's a guy with a big future and he's really young and the organization is doing everything it can to take care of him."

Schoop is getting ample work at the plate, but he still isn't playing second base in games.

"His defensive work that's done is more controlled, and you get more work done in a controlled environment," Anderson said. "He takes 25-50 ground balls, he takes BP, he does a lot of running. We push him so can control it where the stakes aren't really high.

"You don't have the luxury of easing into the big leagues. The day you go there you've got to be ready, and especially because of his injury. If it's a strained hamstring or quad, sure, you can limp around. We've all done it. You have to do it. But this is just an injury where it requires extra care."

The Orioles know that a complete tear and surgery would cost Schoop the rest of this season and a large chunk of 2016. They're not taking any chances with him.

"He was slowed down, not sped up," Anderson said. "He was scheduled to be playing in games last Saturday and we backed off that. We increased his training and things that we can control and backed off actual games. But he's getting more at-bats than he would have.

"He's working hard and he's happy with his progress. He seems to be commenting on everything. He feels better."

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Anderson expressed confidence that Schoop will return before the All-Star break that begins July 13.

"I hate predicting," Anderson said. "If it's a hamstring, you can get pretty accurate time predictions, but with Schoop it's a little different. You have to judge what the doctors say, what the trainers say, what you see with your own eyes and what the athlete says.

"I can tell you this, I certainly think he's going to be back before five weeks from now. We're hoping for better than that. There's no doubt about that. And I don't think it's a stretch to say he'll be back in less than five weeks."

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"Complete 100 percent confidence in his sprinting, hitting first base from home to first, cutting from first to second on a double, rounding the bases, taking ground balls where he can go in one direction full speed, stop and redirect without being tentative," Anderson said.

"You don't want to reinjure him and if he can't do those things, he can't perform at the major league level at second base. He's a Gold Glove-caliber defender and if you don't have your agility skills, your strength skills, he's no longer that and you're not getting that player anymore.

"We want to take care of all of our players. When you watch him hit right now, you're like, 'Get him back in the lineup.' Watch him run in a straight line and he's pretty good. Just not quite there yet. And with the injury he had, you don't think he would be expected to be."

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"I can tell you this, I certainly think he's going to be back before five weeks from now. We're hoping for better than that. There's no doubt about that. And I don't think it's a stretch to say he'll be back in less than five weeks."

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"I can tell you this, I certainly think he's going to be back before five weeks from now. We're hoping for better than that. There's no doubt about that. And I don't think it's a stretch to say he'll be back in less than five weeks."

I sure hope so.

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I'm glad the team has put Brady on the case. I have no doubt that when Schoop returns, he will be ready to play.
I was thinking the same thing.
Talk is cheap. Brady is cautious I hope. A healthy and competent Schoop would be huge for this team. But only if he is both.I doit think Richie would allow him less than !00%. We will see.
Correct, however, how many times do we see Brady on-site and coordinating the rehab?
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Lol. Is this the same guy that most of the O/H wanted to replace this past off-season? Are we talking about the same guy?
And half the O/H wanted to send down to AAA, last season.

Yep same guy.

Remarkable what a couple hot weeks with the bat will do.

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And half the O/H wanted to send down to AAA, last season.

I wanted to send him down at one point, but mostly because I did not want him to accrue a full year of service time. In any event, he was hitting much better this year, so that has a tendency to change people's opinions. Small sample size, to be sure, but you do expect players to hit better as they gain experience.

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I wanted to send him down at one point, but mostly because I did not want him to accrue a full year of service time. In any event, he was hitting much better this year, so that has a tendency to change people's opinions. Small sample size, to be sure, but you do expect players to hit better as they gain experience.

I also think the Orioles and their poor defense woke up some folks as to how important great defense can be to a team.

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Funny now, a handful of us fought hard for him last year, Roy comes to mind in the Schoop trenches with me. Good fun. = )

I was all in favor of keeping him in the lineup last season. I respected what value he was bringing to the team with his defense.

Glad to see his early start this season show good improvement, which I hope he can continue, when he returns.

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I thought this was particularly interesting coming from a Baltimore executive, especially based off the slide in question. "He probably initially damaged it getting taken out at second base (at Fenway Park), but the final injury was a non-contact injury."

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