PT TODAY: Mountcastle returns to O's, Dodgers option Vargas
Jul 10 2023
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NEWS: Baltimore reinstated 1B Ryan Mountcastle from the 10-Day IL and optioned LHP Bruce Zimmermann to AAA-Norfolk.
IMPACT: Low
BHQ SPIN: Mountcastle ended up missing about a month with vertigo, though his absence included a 12-game rehab stint in AAA. While Mountcastle was sidelined, Ryan O’Hearn started nearly every game against right-handed starters and saw the majority of reps in first base. At the moment, it is unclear how the team plans to divvy up the playing time between O’Hearn and the returning Mountcastle but there is a chance that Mountcastle will not have an everyday role, at least to start. We had already been projecting Mountcastle to return from the IL and, given the lack of...
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