Soriano, Pokey on the mend
Jeff · June 8, 2005 at 9:21 am · Filed Under Mariners
With the Mariners in the midst of a three-game winning streak, it may be an overdose of good news to note Rafael Soriano’s progress. Too much positivity is a rare problem these days, though, so it’s worth noting. Soriano is throwing 90-94, and hopes to be ready after the All-Star break.
Pokey Reese is also healing, and looks to be on a six- to eight-week timetable. How he fits into the lineup depends upon what happens during that stretch.
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Bullpen’s do factor in a lot when it comes to one-run games. Jeff Nelson, for instance, is quite capable of turning a two-run game into a one-run game. The M’s would not win nearly as many one-run victories without the services of Jeff Nelson.
Bullpen’s do factor in a lot when it comes to one-run games. Jeff Nelson, for instance, is quite capable of turning a two-run game into a one-run game. The M’s would not have nearly as many one-run victories without the services of Jeff Nelson.
#15:
Not unlike Sidd Finch??
49:
I’m from McCall.
But I believe that fellow was saying that he goes to school in Everett.
I think we’re getting ahead of ourselves on Pokey. A lot can happen in 6-8 weeks (like maybe Beltre will go on a tear) and then our needs at SS will be different than they are now.
What about potentially acquiring Omar Infante as a shortstop as fallout from the Polacido Polanco trade? Is he Ramon Santiago II or could he potentially be an upgrade over Morse today, and then a decent UT guy if/when Pokey returns, plus a decent replacement shortstop next time Pokey gets injured.
I’m not sure I see the logic of our needing more of a bat with our shortstop if our hitting overall sucks… and more defense if our defense overall sucks.
Defensive improvement is relatively independant, right?
If Pokey saves a run with his glove… he saves a run.
I don’t understand why anybody else’s performance would enter into that equation.
If a guy is +1 run with his bat and -1 run with his glove, it doesn’t really matter if the rest of the team is good or bad at those things.
And I think that the point is that Pokey is +2 with the glove and – 1 with the bat. Which is better overall than anything else we can put out there.
If I’m missing something, please explain it to me.
I am guessing that the Man from Mars could have been a pretty fair baseball player if he would have applied his talents in that direction.
I’m not so sure VMS would be a good ball player. He had incredible control over his own body and could push it far beyond the norm, but I don’t think skills like holding his breath would be all that useful in baseball. And think about how much he freaked out over the noise of human life…give him a screaming stadium of 40k people and he would explode. He would be useless in a noisy, pressure packed situation.
Is there any real reason to bring Pokey back, except to see some pretty defense plays? There is no way the M’s bring him back next year (well, they have done stupid things in the past). The M’s are not going to contend this year — let’s get real. His return won’t cause any significant turn around or increase the W’s by any significant number, so let’s give Morse and/or Bentancourt a try. I say let’s see who will be the SS of next year and possibly years to come.