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Unique debut behind him, Orioles lefty John Means hopes velocity, data make for a better big league encore

Five months after John Means was rustled from his couch for a late-September call-up that came during the team's unprecedented expanded-roster pitching shortage, the biggest takeaway he can have is he doesn't have to debut anymore.

With that out of the way, Means spent the offseason looking to add strength to bump his velocity back up from a dip that lasted all of 2018. He also dove into some of the progressive analytics-based concepts that permeated the game in recent years and arrived in Baltimore this winter with the club’s new front office and coaching staff.

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