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Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggar Man, Hundley
2004-02-18 21:58
With Todd Hundley, as Jim Tracy so gingerly told MLB.com's Ken Gurnick, suffering "a little setback" - unbekownst to the public, he had another back surgery in November, then reinjured himself during rehab - the spotlight turns to Koyie Hill. Like Hundley, Hill is a switch-hitter - and even more so than Hundley, Hill is a catcher. Whether he can provide any punch from the left side of the plate remains to be seen. I'd also say the chances of non-roster candidate Jeremy Giambi making the team became even more assured. As for Shawn Green, who is "not 100 percent healed from his offseason shoulder surgery," according to Gurnick, I certainly take no vindication - but we can't say we didn't have fair warning, thanks to Will Carroll of Baseball Prospectus. That being said, let me clarify that the conclusion I drew, based on Will's help, was that Shawn Green would be productive again - but not without, you know, suffering little setbacks. In Green's words, to Jason Reid of the Times: ""I'm seeing progress. It's not going to be perfect all of a sudden because I'm still working through the surgery. With all the rehab, I'm hoping it should be 100% by the time the season starts." All of the above led Tracy to speculate to Gurnick that Paul LoDuca might again see outfield time. Maybe so, but I simply don't believe that general manager Paul DePodesta isn't going to acquire another outfielder or first baseman before Opening Day.
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