Greetings from beautiful San Diego! I'm in Coronado right now, enjoying the island and the wonderful weather. I'll head off to a Padres game this week, where they host the Diamondbacks, but otherwise haven't paid much attention to baseball (much to the excitement of my new wife).

That being said, it has come to my attention that Mariners' prospect RHP Phillipe Aumont has been on the DL since June 10th with a sore elbow. Looking back, I said that his late arm positioning at footstrike would cause this to be a problem, and it looks to be true so far. Scouts and front office types said that he was going to be shut down for two weeks anyway due to workload concerns, but it's been well over a month now.

I have a great article I want to post on about followthrough and why the Marshall-trained pitchers look like they have a terrible deceleration phase, but why the reality is much different. More on that next week, hopefully after the SB Nation merger.

Kyle Boddy