Ginn's Rise, Lopez's Return: A's Pitching Update

0:00On April 29, A's manager Mark Katzai gave the latest on pictures, J.T. and Lopez heading back to the rotation. Through catch today and it went smooth with a bullpen session set for Wednesday to check his progress. Lopez is slated to rejoin the starters too, though no exact start date yet. Overall, no major shakes to the rotation right now. Looking at the schedule, Aaron Savale, Luis Severino, and Jeffrey Springs handle the Royal series, that leaves Jin and Lopez locked in for Friday and Saturday against the Cleveland Guardians. Fresh off their Sunday work, where Jin started and Lopez, relieved. Fans of buzzing about Jin's rise this season, after a rough rookie year, with a 5.08 ERA. Now he's at 3.24 over 25 innings in seven outings, four starts, proving he belongs in the bigs. Digging deeper, his 4.89 FIP and Sky High left on base rate, screams some luck, plus a low batting average on balls and play.

1:00But he's crushing it with ground balls in the 80th percentile and soft contact at 86.4 miles per hour exit velocity. He's tweaking his arsenal too, cutting sinker use, boosting the change up and adding a four seamer while his cutter needs work. If he keeps building, Jin looks ready to anchor that A staff long term. That's the story for today, MLB News Today, driven by AI.