Trembley tackles topics
Koji Uehara picked up the save in a 4-3 victory over the Phillies, getting a 9-3 double play to end it. Miguel Abreu, who keeps moving around, made the catch and throw in right field.
Manager Dave Trembley said he planned to remove Nolan Reimold after two at-bats. It didn't happen because Reimold's Achilles forced him from the game.
"Reimold ran much better yesterday. I got a very good report on Reimold ," Trembley said. "He got some new orthotics yesterday, so he's a lot more comfortable.
"He was to get two at-bats and play five innings in the field (today). For what he did, I'm real happy today, the way Reimold moved.
"When I talked to Dr. (John) Wilckens today, it's probably not going to look real good. It's not something that's painful for him. When he has to run, he can run. We'll still be careful with him. We've got three weeks. We'll move him along and get him ready. For the type of surgery he had, he's doing real well."
Trembley also talked about Brian Roberts' trip to Baltimore, where the second baseman will be examined by a back specialist at Johns Hopkins.
"It's on my mind," Trembley said.
"I talked to Brian yesterday and he told me he'd be ready to play April 6. He's going back to Baltimore to see what we can do to make that possible. We need Brian Roberts on the team."
Trembley doesn't expect closer Mike Gonzalez to miss any time after coming out of yesterday's B-squad game with some lower-back tightness.
"He's fine," Trembley said. "He'll be back out there. I don't think it's a major thing. It's something he goes through every spring. It's just part of what happens to him."
The readings on Gonzalez's fastball are low, but Trembley stressed again that the reliever's arm is fine.
"We've done our homework on that and checked with people who have had him in the past, and that's normally what he does," Trembley said. "That's his normal progression in spring training. He'll start dialing it up as we get closer to the start of the season. There's nothing wrong with his arm. In fact, if you ask him about his arm, be careful because he will take offense to that. There's nothing wrong with his arm. That's just how Gonzo goes about it. He builds up to it.
"He's predominately a fastball pitcher and this is what he does in order to get ready for the season."
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Roch,
I'm unclear about a few things Trembley said. Is Reimold currently hurt and is Trembley waiting for some feedback from the doctor which he doesn't expect to be good?
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Not sure where you made that jump. He says Reimold is running better. - Roch
Good for Uehara...another option for that job. As I have said before I am not surprised about Reimold from my own experience. That rehab seems to go on and on for ever...B Rob...I just hope he is right what he thinks about being ready for opening day...Gonzales sounds like he and DT are not worried--hope they are both right because we need him badly too.
-- Is there any chance Koji might end up being the 7th/8th inning guy if Johnson doesn't pitch well??
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Yes. Or the closer if Gonzalez is hurt or struggles. - Roch
Roch,
Tell the injuried to stay away from that Massa massage treatment, its a very bad thing. :-)
I don't know--Nolan didn't appear to be running well to me today. (I've had major foot surgery and it's not something you bounce back from so quickly--probably even with pro trainers, etc.)It was great to see him play and he didn't seem to be in pain, but, not surprisingly, it looked like he was definitely favoring his one leg.
Roch, next time you see Koji, tell him for me that I'm his biggest fan in the sunny aloha state, back from his days in Japan. When you see Dave, kindly tell him for me that Koji was, is, and until his arm falls off will continue to be a better pitcher than JJ, so he sets up Gonzo and takes over at closer if need be. Rotoworld might finally be catching on, but I've already called it as Koji = Sammy (Saito) Part Deux. If Dave needs some convincing, well, like Sammy, Koji also closed in Japan for a while there and he doesn't BB anybody, so on those occasions when he surrenders the long ball, as all of them do, at least Mike Davis won't be scoring ahead of Kirk Gibson (as Joe Garagiola so aptly put it at the time, the HR gives them the tie, the BB gives them the win).
Lastly, free word of fantasy advice for one and all, if you're in a league with SV and HOLD and there isn't balance, i.e., you can slot in 3 of the one and 2 of the other, remember, Koji is SP eligible and so he can be slotted in at SP and pick up the HOLD. Oh, and Roch, tell Dave that what I said above re Koji is indeed our reality and that the SP eligibility is simply our fantasy baseball good fortune, and kinda nice when reality and fantasy align.