Willie "I am either the best 25th man or the worst everyday player in the majors" Bloomquist has been placed on the 15-day DL. Don't get me wrong, I am not a Bloomquist-hater, and his grit is admirable, but he's not an everyday player. He's a great defensive replacement, and he's a great base runner. Thus, a great 25th man. But nothing else. It's not his fault that Mike Hargrove is the least creative manager ever and was struggling to produce from the 2-hole.
Jose Lopez is up. This is third time he's been up with the big club this year. His first two stints weren't overly successful, but he was raking at Tacoma.
This means we'll see a lot of the Betancourt-Lopez double-play tandom that, if all goes well, will be dazzling us for many years in SafeCo. Lopez is the hitter, and Ricky's a friggin magician at short which will give him a long leash while he works on his hitting. Yay.
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..and is Mikey Morse our 2006 everyday LF ?..or do we look for teh much needed power for at least one of our OF slots?
ReplyDeleteYou're probably right Pete. If only his defense were better, he'd make a good utility bench guy.
ReplyDeleteHargrove (who I continue to loathe) keeps talking about playing him in LF. So play him in LF for God's sake! What is the worst that could happen? Maybe he could make his case to be the 4th OFer. Maybe it will be a disaster, but at least show us you're willing to try something new. Ugh.
can't trade raul the team captain thats just folly. I just created the greatest fantasy football team in history so I am fired up
ReplyDeleteI'd like to say 'say it ain't so' pwhit (concerning Morse) but I think you have hit the nail on the head about his role next year. There seems to be little interest in him from management. Why didn't they send him back to AAA when they decided to stick with Betancourt so he could keep playing everyday? What a waste of his time to be sitting around.
ReplyDeleteMe like Mike Morse.
ReplyDeleteIf there is one team that should have a "captain" it'd be the "mariners".
Get it? Eh? Eh?
Maybe Raul can be the first mate.
Heyo!