(02-08-2017 11:33 PM)BeagleUSM Wrote:  What's the status on Otto? Back by March?

No one has any idea. He could be ready in two weeks, or he could be out the season. He hasn't pitched since the first week of October, though he was lifting weights while we were in Cuba and is apparently pain free. It's some shoulder ailment that doesn't require surgery. My guess is similar to what Jon Duplantier had which put him out his entire Sophomore season. If it is shoulder impingement (rotator cuff and/or bicept tendonitis), which I have suffered through myself, it takes up to 6 months to regain full motion. Duplantier came down with it a couple weeks before opening day, and he didn't feel pain free until late May of that year. As I said, Otto has been on the shelf since mid-October, and is apparently now pain free. So, who knows. Fortunately, this year we do have depth in quality pitching, and many are pitching well this Spring. Having said that, there's no replacing an overpowering, high strikeout frequency guy such as the Otto-man. He's also got the competitive fire that burns in your best closers, not to mention ice in the veins.