Thursday, May 12, 2005
KELVIM DL'D
For bone spurs. His DL'ing sends Lou Merloni to the 60-day list.
Called up to replace Kelvim is Chris Prieto. Huh? Prieto's been in the minors since 1993, so if he gets to play in the majors, that will be a nice story. But I don't really know what he's supposed to do for the Lads for more than a couple of days; he's hitting 279/422/430 through 86 at-bats in Salt Lake. He's always been a good eye-no power kind of guy. Who knows, maybe this will make Jeff DaVanon look over his shoulder ... or (conspiracy time) maybe DaVanon is potential trade bait for a replacement starter (if Kelvim has to undergo the knife) and this will be Prieto's chance to see if he can wrest the high-walks-no-power roster spot away from him. You'd have to think a pitcher's going to be called up soon, though ...
UPDATE: Nice little article on Prieto published today. Guys like this are fun to root for, so hopefully he'll be up long enough to actually get into a game, and not just be a phantom call-up for one-day roster shenanigans.
For bone spurs. His DL'ing sends Lou Merloni to the 60-day list.
Called up to replace Kelvim is Chris Prieto. Huh? Prieto's been in the minors since 1993, so if he gets to play in the majors, that will be a nice story. But I don't really know what he's supposed to do for the Lads for more than a couple of days; he's hitting 279/422/430 through 86 at-bats in Salt Lake. He's always been a good eye-no power kind of guy. Who knows, maybe this will make Jeff DaVanon look over his shoulder ... or (conspiracy time) maybe DaVanon is potential trade bait for a replacement starter (if Kelvim has to undergo the knife) and this will be Prieto's chance to see if he can wrest the high-walks-no-power roster spot away from him. You'd have to think a pitcher's going to be called up soon, though ...
UPDATE: Nice little article on Prieto published today. Guys like this are fun to root for, so hopefully he'll be up long enough to actually get into a game, and not just be a phantom call-up for one-day roster shenanigans.
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