Just posted on the official site.

 

Gload to the 15 day DL, Pedro Lopez recalled.

 

I'm betting Lopez will play SS tonite.

 

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Just posted on the official site.

 

Gload to the 15 day DL, Pedro Lopez recalled.

 

I'm betting Lopez will play SS tonite.

When did Ross get hurt?? Is this just something to get another middle infielder up? Probably.

...anyone getting the feeling the wheels are falling off?

fishy.

...anyone getting the feeling the wheels are falling off?

 

In the words of qwerty:

 

no.

perhaps ross was hiding the injury from the staff or kw/ozzie were not forthcoming about this as it is certainly a surprise

For all of you that b**** out Ozzie for PH Timo over Gload...

What's next? They gonna put widger on the dl to piss me off even more? Widger and gload both hold this team together.

It was said that Gload was hurt a few days ago. Supposedly that is why they didn't go with Konerko at 3rd and Gload at first.

Gload has had a bad left shoulder for almost a week, can we take a pass on all the conspiracy theories please. Farmer said a couple of nights ago it was really tough for Gload to swing a bat or throw.

 

He hasn't been playing so this move makes sense. Let him get 100% healthy.

 

So now the backup 1B is Widger/Ozuna/Dye/Everett/whoever else.

It was said that Gload was hurt a few days ago.  Supposedly that is why they didn't go with Konerko at 3rd and Gload at first.

I have to imagine Konerko was never going to play 3B.

Gload has had a bad left shoulder for almost a week, can we take a pass on all the conspiracy theories please.  Farmer said a couple of nights ago it was really tough for Gload to swing a bat or throw.

 

He hasn't been playing so this move makes sense.  Let him get 100% healthy.

 

So now the backup 1B is Widger/Ozuna/Dye/Everett/whoever else.

Jim, I never heard that, so that's why it definitely sounded fishy to me. Sorry about throwing a conspiracy theory out there.

I have to imagine Konerko was never going to play 3B.

 

As opposed to Chris Widger? Its 6 of one, half dozen of another at that point. PK has played third most recently, so it wouldn't have surprised me.

For all of you that b**** out Ozzie for PH Timo over Gload...

Willie, while Rooney & Farmer said he was "dinged up" on Tuesday night, they didn't mention why. I've seen nothing in print on it. The real reason that Ross is "injured" is that they can make it retroactive to the last time he played, April 25th.

 

I suspect that this is a phantom injury, or is something that wouldn't really require a DL trip, but since the other guys who are also hurting don't need a full 15 days to recover. Ross is the sacrificial lamb.

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so who is this lopez guy? what type of player is he and what should we expect?

so who is this lopez guy? what type of player is he and what should we expect?

 

A worse version of Wilson Valdez. The only thing he'll accomplish is making outs like it's his job.

Well if his shoulder is hurt like Jim said then how is he supposed to PH

A worse version of Wilson Valdez. The only thing he'll accomplish is making outs like it's his job.

 

Hopefully he looks a little more relaxed than he did this spring. He was going at 90 mph the whole time, and was trying to do too much.

so who is this lopez guy? what type of player is he and what should we expect?

 

After watching him in spring ball, I felt he was a long way away from the show.

 

That said, Kenny is very, very high on this kid and I suppose he felt he was ready for some time in the MLB.

 

In the games I watched, he kicked a few balls in the field and looked awfully raw at the dish.

In the games I watched, he kicked a few balls in the field and looked awfully raw at the dish.

great, perfect guy for us to have

After watching him in spring ball, I felt he was a long way away from the show.

 

That said, Kenny is very, very high on this kid and I suppose he felt he was ready for some time in the MLB.

 

In the games I watched, he kicked a few balls in the field and looked awfully raw at the dish.

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Agree with everything you say here.

 

Wilder said Lopez is ready now defensively to play in the big leagues, it did not look that way to me either in spring but that infield in Tucson is rock hard.

 

What will be interesting is who starts at SS tonite, Lopez or Harris. To be completely fair and objective, Harris did a nice job defensively last nite. Problem was, everybody took the gas pipe on offense.

He's like a better fielding and speedier Joe Borchard without the bat. How's that for a comparison?

Do not expect much from Lopez offensively, his stats say he was overmatched at AAA. He has some speed and can bunt, but that's about all I saw this spring and last spring.

 

His career stats say he doesn't walk much either and I did not see him being very disciplined in terms of the strike zone.

 

He is the only backup infielder type on the 40 man roster though - other than what's already on the team. If they wanted to call up Freddie Martinez they would've had to add him to the 40 man, not sure they wanted to do that.

How's that for a comparison?

Scary.

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For all of you that b**** out Ozzie for PH Timo over Gload...

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My first thoughts exactly.