"Mark Peter Connor" is a former coach (baseball)/pitching coach for the Baltimore Orioles and Texas Rangers (baseball)/Texas Rangers. Before his coaching career, he was a minor league baseball/minor league pitcher from 1971 through 1972 who batted and threw right-handed.

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He deserves the opportunity to be in the rotation.

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We laid it out on the table for him, what his situation was, and to his credit, he's done everything he possibly could do to get back. He's bigger and stronger. We thought his weight was down last year, and it may have affected his velocity.

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It doesn't change anything for me, the goal is still to have the guy healthy and ready for April 2. The biggest thing is we don't have to push him. If we can get Cordero pitching in a game by March 10 or 12, I'll be happy even if it's a 'B' game or a Triple-A game where we can monitor what he's doing.

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I told the coaches, hands off until everybody throws at least one or two times. Let them relax instead of trying to make suggestions to guys we don't know yet. They get evaluated in games, so we don't want them to do anything that will interfere with their preparations.

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We like this kid and his stuff. This kid has got the ability to do anything in the Majors. Like Juan Dominguez, it's a matter of consistency.

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He sure had it moving last week.

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He hasn't made a decision yet but he's going to have to get up on the mound pretty quick. I wouldn't want him to go pitch if he hasn't seen any hitters or thrown all his pitches. I'm not worried yet. He said he felt better today. But I'm not sure he's ready to get on the mound.

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He probably would have thrown more, but I told him to stop.

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We're counting on him to assume a role of responsibility late in the game.

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