I feel bad for the kid.

 

From Rotoworld:

 

Mariners optioned catcher Miguel Olivo to Triple-A Tacoma.

Olivo had been 3-for-26 since his big game two weeks ago, and manager Mike Hargrove expressed concern that his troubles at the plate were beginning to distract him from his catching. If you ask us, hitting coach Don Baylor and the rest of the coaching staff have to take some of blame for getting so little out of Olivo, the shortstops and Adrian Beltre. Raul Ibanez is the team's only regular with a higher OPS than his career mark and he's still down from last year. Olivo will probably be back within a month or so. Pat Borders will get the majority of the playing time now and Wiki Gonzalez could return to split time with him next week

I guess KW must of been a moron for trading this future Johnny Bench!

I still love BIG MO though

Reed went 3 for 5 with 4 rbi's last night including his 2nd homer of the year.

 

He now sits at .270, 2 hr, 18 RBI, but his OPS is just slightly over .700.

Reed looks good but I still laugh when I remember how pissed people were when we traded Olivo. He can't hit and he can't call a game. He has a good arm but that's about it.

Edited May 31, 200520 yr by Jabroni

Reed looks good but I still laugh when I remember how pissed people were when we traded Olivo.  He can't hit and he can't call a game.  He has a good arm but that's about it.

I was a lot more pissed about Reed, but I got over it somewhat once we got Pods then got over it once I saw how Pods has changed the game for this team. Even though they aren't the same player at all, I was alright losing Reed after we got Pods.

I was a lot more pissed about Reed, but I got over it somewhat once we got Pods then got over it once I saw how Pods has changed the game for this team.  Even though they aren't the same player at all, I was alright losing Reed after we got Pods.

 

Kenny signed Podsednik to fill the Reed void and Pierzynski to fill the Olivo void.

 

...not a whole lot to complain about.

Kenny signed Podsednik to fill the Reed void and Pierzynski to fill the Olivo void.

 

...not a whole lot to complain about.

thats true, reed is doing real good now which is helping their offense

Reed looks good but I still laugh when I remember how pissed people were when we traded Olivo.  He can't hit and he can't call a game.  He has a good arm but that's about it.

I was one of them, I thought Olivo was gonna be great. Still miss him though even though he did suck. Good luck to him.

I was one of them, I thought Olivo was gonna be great. Still miss him though even though he did suck. Good luck to him.

You saw flashes of brilliance with him...but they were few and far between. I had the same feelings for him as you....He's just like 90% of the catchers out there....sub .250 BA...no power...average defense

You saw flashes of brilliance with him...but they were few and far between.  I had the same feelings for him as you....He's just like 90% of the catchers out there....sub .250 BA...no power...average defense

It was the rocket arm that made everyone fall in love with him. Also his demeaner, just the way he looked on the field it was hard to dislike the guy.

It was the rocket arm that made everyone fall in love with him. Also his demeaner, just the way he looked on the field it was hard to dislike the guy.

Plus the way he came and left with the White Sox im sure had something to do with it. Homered vs Pettite in first AB and homered vs the scrubs in last, will always remember that.

You saw flashes of brilliance with him...but they were few and far between.  I had the same feelings for him as you....He's just like 90% of the catchers out there....sub .250 BA...no power...average defense

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And he can only really hit lefties.

It was the rocket arm that made everyone fall in love with him.

 

And from what I remember, he couldn't control that rocket at all. He'd have a guy thrown out by a mile, except the ball was in centerfield.

I miss Reed too but we have a very good SP now from it and we also are stacked with OFers down in the minors so I think it was what needed to be done..

Edited May 31, 200520 yr by Seesox

I miss Reed too but we have a very good SP now from it and we also are stacked with OFers down in the minors so I think it was what needed to be done..

Welcome to Soxtalk.

I hope Olivo gets it together. He's such a good guy. I'll never forget that slam against the Flubs in 03.

He'll be back. That whole team is in a hitting funk.

I hope Olivo gets it together.  He's such a good guy.  I'll never forget that slam against the Flubs in 03.

I was there. Drunk out my ass. Wrigley was silent!!!!!!!!!!!

Kenny signed Podsednik to fill the Reed void and Pierzynski to fill the Olivo void.

 

...not a whole lot to complain about.

 

Um...yeah...so Kenny traded for Podsednik. If anyone was "signed" to fill the Reed void, it was Dye.

 

And anywho...with both Anderson and Sweeney on their way up...and ARow here for quite a long time before he hits the FA market, trading an outfielder for pitching seems like a smart decision for me.

 

I'll hand this one to KW - I was wrong and he was right. Especially since he signed A.J.

I was upset with what we had to give up but knew it was worth it to get freddy. I actually wanted miggy to stay more than reed to tell you the truth.

Oops

I feel bad for Miguel, he just can't lay off the down and away breaking ball from righties. I hope he can get it together, I really hope he succeeds.

getting a sp was the key, esp a quality pitcher as freddy is. i was one of those who didn't like the trade, not b/c of miguel but b/c we were giving up reed. at the time i thought we got fleeced in the trade. however seeing how freddy being doing, i might as well a give props to kw for this one. only if miguel doesn't pan out.