Renteria says "Hello DL"?
by tobias on May 15, 2009 8:06 AM PDT
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"Juan Uribe receives word that he'll be getting a lot more playing time as a result of the injury to Edgar Renteria. And someone shoves a trumpet in his face."
If Edgar Renteria goes to the DL with his hamstring injury, who picks up the slack? Last night we talked about the idea of Emmanuel Burriss moving over to short and Kevin Frandsen being called up. I'd be happy if this happened, but I don't think it will. Burriss has worked hard to get comfortable at second base. I don't think the Giants will want to mess with that.
I almost sort of picture Bruce Bochy thinking long and hard about giving Rich Aurilia a week of starts at short, just to "get Richie going". This would be unfortunate, since the only use of the phrase "get Richie going" should be in relation to helping him clear out his locker, or giving him a ride to the airport.
I think Juan Uribe gets slotted in at shortstop until Renteria comes back. Burriss stays at second base and Eugenio Velez maybe gets a turn or two as Burriss' backup.The result: there's really no need to call up another middle infielder to replace Renteria.
OK, so who replaces Renteria, then? If it was up to me, I'd bring up what the Giants need most--more than another middle infielder, more than another relief pitcher...a hitter. Why not use this as an opportunity to call up Jesus Guzman? Give him a few starts at first base, particularly against LH pitching, see how he is progressing defensively, give him a few pinch hit opportunities. The Giants get to add a badly needed bat, (taking away a lot of AB's from Aurilia in the process), and they still have Ishi for late-inning defense. It's low-risk, potentially high reward.
That's what I'd like to see them do.
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Moving Burriss over to short and calling up Frandsen for second seems glaringly obvious to me, which means it almost certainly won’t happen.
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by Johnny Disaster on May 15, 2009 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
the'll probably call up Bocock
and let him ride the pine while Uribe plays every day
Still defending Rich Aurilia, and the Niners' classic unis
Calling up Guzman at this time because of the Renteria injury makes no sense. It would mean that Rich Aurilia has no use whatsoever. You can’t keep a guy on the roster for sentimental reasons. Call up Guzman, yes, but do it with the release of Aurilia. Call up Frandsen to take Edgar’s place.
Proud new dad of Edgardo errr Edgar Renteria!!!
Aurilia already has no use whatsoever.
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Adopted Giant: Fred Lewis, who can still draw a walk.
Rich at the front door of Wal-mart
As he sees the first customer approaching the door, he prepares his greeting and contemplates a friendly wave. Suddenly, he pulls back his wave and whips his head around too see that the person already passed him. The next two customers go by, and he flails his arms about wildly attempting to wave, only to spin around and nearly fall down in the process.
He rips off his vest and slams it to the floor in disgust.
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by rightcenterfielder on May 15, 2009 9:14 AM PDT up reply actions 7 recs
+6
"Forget it Donny, you're out of your element"-Walter Sobchak
by icanplaythird on May 15, 2009 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
dammit
Now I see my typo in there.
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by rightcenterfielder on May 15, 2009 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
That one’s called “Rich At The Front Door Of Wal-Mart in the Springtime” … which is pretty much another Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Then the summer sequel hits when Shawn Chacon shows up one day, Richie loses it, shouts “ChaKHHHHANNNNNN!!”, chases him down in the home & gardening department and has the equivalent of a 4-for-5 day by repeatedly beating him with shiny new shovel.
THIS
I forgot I had caps lock on when I typed the subject line but it fits.
(Caps Lock in use for a database program at work. For some reason it refuses to recongize lower case characters)
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 15, 2009 9:12 AM PDT up reply actions
I FUCKING HATE THAT…
At least once a week I freakout thinking that the Database in down, then I realized I am typing lowercase! It is actually really funny….
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by say hey nation on May 15, 2009 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Baggs thoughts
Edgar Renteria was limping through the clubhouse after straining his right hamstring in the eighth inning Thursday night. He’ll go for an MRI exam tomorrow morning. The DL is a strong possibility. If that’s what the situation requires, Juan Uribe would play short and Kevin Frandsen would be the obvious choice to be recalled from Triple-A Fresno.
It’s possible, though, the club could feel they’re covered on the middle infield with Emmanuel Burriss’ ability to play short and Eugenio Velez as an option at second base. In that case, the Giants could bypass Frandsen and use the opportunity to purchase Jesus Guzman’s contract. Lord knows they need a bat, and Guzman is smoking.
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This
Yes, I would much prefer they DFA Aurilia and bring up both Frandsen and Guzman, but who am I kidding- Bochy has such a hard-on for both Aurilia and Uribe.
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
I think it's probabably even money
that Frandsen out hits Uribe. Aurillia, of course, should be taken to the glue factory.
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Aurillia, of course, should be taken to the glue factory.
Now that’s what I call a sticky situation.
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For that pun...
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Eugenio Velez as an option at second base
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I read somewhere, thought it was Baggs, that since there’s an AL series coming up the Giants need a DH and were considering bringing up Guzman.
‘Cuz otherwise, you know, it’s just going to be “Now batting…. designated hitter… Rich Aurilia.”
well to be fair
“Designated Fake Bunter” is too long to fit on the scoreboard.
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
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There should be plenty of room considering OBP isn’t on there.
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Brandon Crawford!
{sarcasm}
105 AB at A+
22 AB at AA
READY FOR THE SHOW!!!
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Let me throw out one more name:
Ryan Rohlinger. Remember him? He’s batting .321/.357/.496 with 11 doubles and four home runs in 34 games, and and can play shortstop.
He won’t be the callup, but I’m just saying…let’s not forget about him for now.
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by BruteSentiment on May 15, 2009 11:35 AM PDT reply actions
a GIS of Judy Steffes is full of lol’s
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Oh man, that is awesome. We still can’t get of Roberts!
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
all just a part of Bochy’s plan
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by rightcenterfielder on May 15, 2009 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Rohlinger is our ticket to the World Series.
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by rightcenterfielder on May 15, 2009 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Why?
does he have a travel agent in the family?
Love Aurilia but it is time to say good bye. It is also the cleanest and easiest way to open a roster spot for Jesus Guzman. When Angel Torres is ready to return the Giants can send Velez to Fresno.
That’s better than the Randy Winn pic attached to the Randy Johnson article.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 15, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
oooooh.
that translates to a .279/.310/.418. Be still my beating heart!
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Guzman or Rohlinger requires 40-man roster move
Lowry and Martinez are still on the 15-day DL, so it’s possible one of them could be moved to the 60-day.
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Rohlinger doesn't
He’s already on it. However, if there’s a desperate need to clear room on the 40 man, I’m guessing they might be able to sneak Brian Bocock through waivers.
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Guzman, yes
Rohlinger’s already on the roster.
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I knew that...
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can anyone explain
why Lowry ISN’T on the 60 day DL?
Baggs last update basically implied “no news is bad news” for Noah, in that he’s probably not even throwing consecutive days off flat ground yet (last i read, anyways).
i’m definitely not as roster-savvy as many other McCoven on here, so I was hoping for more insight.
Could be another instance where the catch-all “Sabean busy drinking” explanation works best.
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
I really do hope the best for the guy. I kind of feel like he hasn’t had much of a chance to prove the worth of his contract, and I’m sure he feels the same way…
but seriously, with Noah’s recent arm issues, I’m thinking the Giants would be able to DFA him and nobody would pick him up…even if it meant paying him the major league minimum while the giants dole out the rest.
I just don’t see Noah Lowry throwing a baseball in a game situation (rehab, minor or major league) this season.
give that spot on the 40-man to someone who might contribute this season.
i mean, isn’t that the point?
But we can always give that spot to someone. That’s the whole point, that we don’t want that spot going to, for example, Guzman, when we might need it for someone else.
You can always put someone in Lowry’s spot. If you need to take that guy out, that’s when things get tricky and you could lose that player to waivers. No need to just put someone there to put someone there. We can always do that as we need to.
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OH MY FUCKING GOD NOT JUAN URIBE
//defenestrates self
Still in despair.
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