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RHP Alexi Ogando / Age: 29 / Experience: 2 years, 114 days / 2012: 2-0, 3.27 ERA, 66 K, 17 BB / Contract status: Under contract, but salary not yet determined; under control through 2016 / In a nutshell: Ogando returns to starting after a year back in the bullpen. Did it retard his growth? As a reliever he was a two-pitch pitcher: Hard fastball; hard slider. As a starter in 2011, he started to incorporate a changeup. Last year, just 1.7 percent of his pitches were changes. He will have to quickly re-acquaint himself with it. Also: What about durability? In 2011, he was 13-3 with a 2.50 ERA before the All-Star break; 6-6 with a 3.92 ERA afterwards.


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