Where Have You Been, My Blue-Eyed Son?

by hugo on Aug 27, 2008 10:24 AM EDT in Toronto Blue Jays News

So I was definitely not expecting this, but Scott Rolen has been activated from the DL and is apparently ready to start playing everyday. Cito says that Rolen will probably sit today but will be in the lineup on "pretty much" an everyday basis beginning Friday. I guess Rolen is feeling healthy enough, and if so I'm all for it. As long as he gets his rest and his shoulder is strong enough next season, if he can show something down the stretch offensively it'll definitely give me some more confidence heading into next year. So I guess Rolen took Mench's place?

So I'm assuming that Inglett and Scutaro will platoon at 2nd and either Bautista or X-stein will be used as DH against lefties? Likely Bautista, given Cito's aversion to using X. In any event, welcome back Scott!

Hopefully no hard rain falling tonight here, I have a soccer game after work so I will be a little late to the party tonight, but will be around. I try not to overmine Dylan, but, man, you could run a baseball blog with just Dylan lyrics and song titles as your post titles and it would be great. At least, if you're the sort of deranged individual who uses random song lyrics as blog post titles.

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Just watched 'I'm Not Here"....

Like most good Dylan songs I didn’t understand it at all, but I enjoyed it.

I’m not sure how much a step up Bautista is from Eck but I think you are right about the plan. Almost get the feeling they stay up at night just thinking of new ways to keep Eck out of the lineup. Whatever Rolen does I’ll be happy to have him back, Scoot at third is one of those bad dreams, you keep thinking we gotta have something better than this.

by Tom Dakers on Aug 27, 2008 10:39 AM EDT reply actions

have you heard that

JP called Scutaro the Jays’ season MVP? I guess on the flip side, it tells you what kind of season they’ve had….

Eck and Bautista offer different skills – Eck being an on-base guy and not really having splits and Bautista offering a little power and having a pronounced split. I guess JP and Cito figure the Jays have been decent at getting on-base this season but have lacked power.

What’s interesting is that if the Jays knew Rolen was coming back, why’d they give up Diaz (whose stock has dropped, but likely still more useful long-term) for Bautista? The sensible explanation is that they are really worried about one or both of Hill and Rolen’s long-term health and they don’t want a repeat of this season in terms of fill-in.

I really enjoyed I’m Not There – though I didn’t get it all either. Some of the reworkings of the songs were great as well.

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Aug 27, 2008 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions

Scutaro WPA: -1.49

Lind WPA: 1.35
Inglett WPA: 0.59
Wells WPA: 0.32

One of these things is not like the others, one of these things just doesn’t belong…

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Aug 27, 2008 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions

pretty crazy, right?

good thing J.P.’s only responsible for all the major moves our team makes…

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Aug 27, 2008 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions

In fairness

I don’t think Lind can play shortstop, so there’s that.

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Aug 27, 2008 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions

Think we have another reason to fire JP

Always thought a sign of a bad team is the management blames the star players for not winning instead of the crappy players. Yeah Scoot is doing more or less what we should have expected him to, but he has played way too much. So a lousy GM thinks Scoot didn’t fall right on his face, he must be our best player.

And too, if JP admitted Lind has been our best player he’d be leaving himself open for being strung up for sending him down earlier in the season. Though I think if I was Doc I’d be kind of pissed.

by Tom Dakers on Aug 27, 2008 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions

neither can scoot

cha-ching!

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Aug 27, 2008 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions

And my assumption on the Diaz-Bautista trade

is that they were horrified by the prospect of having to call up Hector Luna to play third if Rolen got hurt again.

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on Aug 27, 2008 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions

Where did you hear this from? I'd love to see the full quote or hear the interview.

by Jevant on Aug 27, 2008 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions

sure

it was in the Sun, so take that for what it is Also, don’t know if you heard, but Alan and Jerry made the same comment a few days ago during the broadcast. In his Jays Talk, Wilner intimated that it was all he could do to keep quiet.

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Aug 27, 2008 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions