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Treinen will look to throw his sinker more often this season, Bill Plunkett of The Orange County Register reports.

Per Statcast, Treinen went to his sinker at the lowest rate of his career last season while his cutter usage soared to a career high. In addition to making "subtle tweaks" to his delivery, Treinen will be looking to adjust his pitch ratios to something more in line with his 2018 campaign, when he dominated with a 0.78 ERA and 0.83 WHIP. Last season, his ERA jumped to 4.91 while his WHIP nearly doubled to 1.62.

Carasiti will undergo Tommy John surgery Monday in San Francisco, Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic reports.

Carasiti was hurt during Thursday's spring league game against the Indians. The 28-year-old forkball specialist was off to a promising start to camp and had a great chance to win a bullpen role for the Giants, according to Baggarly. Carasiti hopes to have made a positive enough impression on the San Francisco organization to get another shot to make the roster provided that he has a smooth recovery.

Ferguson has been developing a third pitch to add to his arsenal, Jack Harris of the Los Angeles Times reports.

"It's a slider, but I call it a cutter," Ferguson explained when describing the pitch. "I just call it a cutter so I can keep the same intent to remember to throw it as hard as I can." The 23-year-old has pitched well thus far this spring, hurling 4.1 scoreless innings without allowing a baserunner and picking up three strikeouts. He is in contention for a bullpen spot on the Dodgers' Opening Day roster, but his long-term goal is to develop into a starter, per Harris. The addition of a slider could go a long way toward helping him achieve that goal.

Gilbert was reassigned to minor-league spring training Sunday, Alanna Rizzo of Spectrum SportsNet LA reports.

Gilbert was one of seven total players removed from the Dodgers' spring-training roster Sunday. The 26-year-old posted a 2.83 ERA, 1.12 WHIP and 46:14 K:BB across 47.2 innings for Triple-A Lehigh Valley in 2019.

Sborz was optioned to minor-league camp Sunday, Alanna Rizzo of Spectrum SportsNet LA reports.

The Dodgers removed a total of seven players from their spring training roster Sunday. Sborz struggled during his brief stint in the majors during 2019, posting a 8.00 ERA, 1.56 WHIP and seven strikeouts across nine innings in relief. The 26-year-old right-hander will return to Triple-A Oklahoma City to continue refining his skills until a second opportunity in the big leagues presents itself.

Betances topped out at 90 mph with his fastball in his spring debut Saturday, David Lennon of Newsday reports.

The right-hander did record his lone out via strikeout, but Betances also walked two batters and gave up a two-run single to the Nats' Ryan Zimmerman. The velocity is far from where he's used to working -- he averaged 97.8 mph on his heater as recently as 2018 -- but after barely pitching last season and getting a late start to camp as he recovered from an Achilles injury, it's not surprising Betances has a lot of rust to shake off. The Mets are still hoping he'll be ready to go for Opening Day, but he'll need to show significant improvement over the next couple of weeks for that to be a realistic timetable.

Cabrera (fingernail) is listed as an available relief option Sunday for the Cardinals in their Grapefruit League game against the Marlins, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.

Cabrera has received the green light to resume pitching in games after exiting early in his previous appearance Monday against the Twins with a cracked fingernail on his left hand. Assuming the fingernail presents no further issues with locating his pitches, Cabrera should have a good case for breaking camp with the Cardinals as a long reliever. Cabrera saw his odds of joining the Opening Day roster improve Saturday, when president of baseball operations John Mozeliak admitted that Andrew Miller (arm) will likely begin the season on the injured list.

Minter (shoulder) retired two of the four hitters he faced in his spring debut Saturday in the Braves' 1-1 tie with the Rays. He struck out one and allowed an unearned run on a base hit and a walk.

Minter has been eased into workouts this spring after he concluded a rough 2019 on the 60-day injured list due to a bout of left shoulder inflammation. His appearance Saturday signals that he's healthy, but Minter may find himself on the outside looking in for a spot in the Braves' Opening Day bullpen. Per Mark Bowman of MLB.com, six pitchers are already assured spots in the Braves' projected eight-man bullpen, and Minter may be somewhat redundant as a second left-handed option behind Will Smith. A healthy Minter does have the arm talent to be a high-leverage weapon, however.

The Diamondbacks will hold back on using Ginkel for a stretch after the right-hander reported arm fatigue, Steve Gilbert of MLB.com reports.

Manager Torey Lovullo said Saturday that Ginkel's next appearance has been pushed to next week. "We're just backing off him a little bit with a little bit of arm fatigue," Lovullo said. "It's kind of the normal time for things like that to pop up from time to time. He spoke up, which we want our guys to do. Nothing has been diagnosed. It's just a matter of us pulling back a little bit at this time when we can." Ginkel is seen as a key component of the bullpen and as a potential closer candidate if Archie Bradley falters.

Beede will receive a second opinion on his elbow from Dr. Neal ElAttrache on Monday, Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic reports.

Beede was diagnosed with both a flexor strain and a UCL strain in his right elbow Tuesday. He appears to be lined up for a lengthy absence, and his path forward should become clearer after Monday's visit. Dr. ElAttrache's name is nearly as synonymous with Tommy John surgery as that of fellow doctor James Andrews, though it's not yet clear if that procedure will be necessary.