Wednesday, June 22, 2005 |
Pickoff Moves
Finley Hurt All Along
Steve Finley has had a shoulder injury degrading his performance all year.Finley suffered the injury in the second game of the season, against Texas in Angel Stadium, when he ran into a wall "a little weird," he said. "I've felt it ever since…. As you can tell, I'm not being very productive, and it's been as frustrating for me as it's been for anyone else. I figured, let's get this taken care of, because we're not doing anyone any good now."Finley or Cabrera, whose elbow didn't feel any better at game time yesterday, may go on the DL starting Saturday, coincident with Donnelly's suspension, and a pitcher may be called up.Finley said he underwent an MRI test several weeks ago "that showed nothing major." With the cortisone injection, tonight off and an off day Thursday, Finley hopes the inflammation will subside to a point where he can play Friday night against the Dodgers. He does not anticipate going on the disabled list.
In related news, Escobar threw a bullpen session yesterday, and could start a rehab assignment next week.
If Not Plaschke, Who?
It sure wasn't the Dodger medical staff. It sure wasn't Plaschke. But we can thank Dodger Blues Asshole of the Moment column for correctly calling a halt to all Gagné throwing until his knee had cleared up at the time it happened.Update: Please to note, Jon, I'm not trying to implicate you by omission here.
Speaking Of Unaccountable Managerial Maneuvers...
Jon found himself flabbergasted at Tracy's excusifying to keep Choi out of the lineup yesterday. How about this one today: preferring to keep 2-12 Mike Rose over Dioner Navarro. Rose is 28 and hitting .167/.167/.333 in 12 AB in the bigs; Navarro is 21 and hitting .303/.408/.448 in Vegas. I guess there's an argument to be made here that he's still a kid, but as the Times article says, he's on a hot streak lately.Update: Jon mentions that Navarro will go on the DL with a knee injury, and further questions whether Navarro would do better than Rose. Assuming Navarro wasn't injured, what I should have mentioned is that at this point, the season's pretty much over. If the Dodgers have any faith at all in Navarro after his offensive outburst in Vegas, he needs to be sent up and playing on the major league roster.
Let's look at the Padres schedule; they have two more with the Dodgers and then play three against the Mariners. Let's say the Pads split the remaining games with the Dodgers and win two of three against the Mariners. Further, say the Dodgers lose two of three to the Angels (and a sweep is not inconceivable right now). That would put the Dodgers at 35-41 at the end of the day on Sunday, and the Padres at eight games ahead of the Dodgers. To catch up, the Dodgers would have to play some very good baseball between the All-Star break and the end of the year -- the kind they haven't convinced me they can play. A good hot streak against the Pads would help a lot, of course, but given the blood on the floor, I'm not convinced this is going to happen.
Ergo, Navarro to the major league roster.
Dodgers Sign DeJesus Jr.
In the Times article above, the Dodgers signed second-round pick Ivan DeJesus, Jr., for $675,000.
http://dodgerthoughts.baseballtoaster.com/archives/158816.html
Meanwhile, comparing Rose's 2 for 12 in the majors to Navarro's AAA numbers isn't logical. Is an .856 OPS in Las Vegas some sort of guarantee that Navarro will start his major league career better than 2 for 12?
I've got no problem with Navarro, but I don't know how you can conclude he'd do better than Rose in such a small sample.
Mike Rose - .298/.379/.488 (.867 OPS in 121 ABs)
Dioner Navarro - .303/.408/.448 (.856 OPS in 165 ABs)
So, there's essentially no difference.
Navarro is 21 years old with 4 years of professional experience.
Rose is 28 years old with 10 years of professional experience.
Longterm, Navarro obviously has upside, but this season I'd rather go with Rose and continue to let Navarro play on a regular basis in AAA. Having one of our top prospects come up to the majors to start once a week doesn't help anybody.
: 6/22/2005 01:55:00 PMif he wasn't injured i'd be fine with navarro coming up to the majors. but isn't rose's 2-12 is just as meaningless as choi's 0-13 against woody williams?
-vishal
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