Cherington: Jones will have a bullpen session on Tuesday
Below are updates from Ben Cherington during his weekly appearance on the team produced radio show:
• Jared Jones will have a bullpen session on Tuesday in Pittsburgh, then the team will make a determination if he's activated this week. Cherington on whether Jones is a starter or reliever: "As we've talked about before, Jared is a starting pitcher... that's how we see him. It certainly could mean to start the games, but we have 13 pitchers to think about and we want to keep thinking about what's the best group of 13 pitchers on the team."
• On managing Braxton Ashcraft's inning count, Cherington mentioned the team will start to monitor more closely over the next few weeks. "The actual innings total, the number of innings, it is a bit arbitrary number," Cherington said. "We want to look at a lot more information. How a pitcher is holding stuff outing to outing. How they're recovering."
• Ryan O'Hearn will be re-evaluated when the team returns to Pittsburgh this week.
• No change on Joey Bart's return with the infection.
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Cherington: Jones will have a bullpen session on Tuesday
Below are updates from Ben Cherington during his weekly appearance on the team produced radio show:
• Jared Jones will have a bullpen session on Tuesday in Pittsburgh, then the team will make a determination if he's activated this week. Cherington on whether Jones is a starter or reliever: "As we've talked about before, Jared is a starting pitcher... that's how we see him. It certainly could mean to start the games, but we have 13 pitchers to think about and we want to keep thinking about what's the best group of 13 pitchers on the team."
• On managing Braxton Ashcraft's inning count, Cherington mentioned the team will start to monitor more closely over the next few weeks. "The actual innings total, the number of innings, it is a bit arbitrary number," Cherington said. "We want to look at a lot more information. How a pitcher is holding stuff outing to outing. How they're recovering."
• Ryan O'Hearn will be re-evaluated when the team returns to Pittsburgh this week.
• No change on Joey Bart's return with the infection.
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