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NL West Notes: Trumbo, Hundley, Guerrero

By Jeff Todd | April 23, 2014 at 7:04pm CDT

Hall of Famer and longtime Padres stalwart Tony Gwynn is taking a leave of absence from his position as head coach of San Diego State’s baseball program, the AP reports (via the New York Times). The 53-year-old, who has battled mouth cancer in recent years, is said to be recovering from undisclosed health issues. Needless to say, MLBTR extends its best wishes to the all-time great and his family.

Here’s more from the NL West:

  • The Diamondbacks announced today that outfielder Mark Trumbo underwent an MRI that showed an apparent stress fracture in his left foot. He is set to seek a second opinion. As Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic notes on Twitter, Trumbo said a previous stress fracture in his other foot required 5 1/2 months to heal, though he noted that this one was not as bad. The 28-year-old, the team’s key offseason acquisition, is leading the league with seven home runs, though he has just a .264 OBP. There is currently no timetable for Trumbo to return.
  • With yesterday’s news that the Padres are talking with multiple other teams about a trade of catcher Nick Hundley, Jeff Sanders of the San Diego Union-Tribune names some theoretical landing spots. He mentions four clubs that have had significant injuries — the Rangers, Yankees, Dodgers, and Nationals — though it’s not clear that any of those organizations would look to add Hundley. Several other teams have received scant production from their backup options, including the division-rival Diamondbacks (Tuffy Gosewisch) and Giants (Hector Sanchez). (Of course, Sanchez just hit two resounding home runs today for San Francisco.) The Royals could conceivably be interested in upgrading Brett Hayes, though he has seen only one plate appearance with Salvador Perez playing just about every day. Likewise, the White Sox could make sense, though they have Josh Phegley in the minors and would have to part with Rule 5 pick Adrian Nieto if he lost his active roster spot. Of course, all of these clubs are merely hypothetical possibilities, as no reports have emerged about specific teams in discussions.
  • The Dodgers’ biggest offseason splash was the signing of infielder Alex Guerrero, who proved unable to crack the big league lineup out of the spring. But Guerrero, who signed for four years and $28MM out of Cuba, is off to a big start at Triple-A. Through 37 plate appearances, he has hit a robust .467/.568/.900 with two home runs and five walks against just one strikeout. Nevertheless, manager Don Mattingly says that the club wants him to spend time learning to play second, as MLB.com’s Ken Gurnick reported yesterday. “This kind of stuff doesn’t happen overnight,” said Mattingly. “Eight games, you’re not going to see much difference in that amount of time.” Of course, Dee Gordon has been outstanding in the season’s early going — he is slashing .369/.408/.492 with a league-leading 12 steals — and figures to have earned a good deal of leash at the keystone.
  • In other news today from the division, injured Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw is now set to begin a rehab assignment, as Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times tweets. Padres starter Josh Johnson is headed in the other direction, as he will be out for the season after it was decided that he will undergo Tommy John surgery. The question now becomes whether the team will pick up its $4MM option for 2015, though that may be a difficult cost to take on given that Johnson has already had one TJ procedure and would presumably not be ready until some time in the middle of next season. Meanwhile, we heard that the Diamondbacks could be getting closer to a shake-up involving GM Kevin Towers and/or manager Kirk Gibson. Arizona did show some life in a late comeback today against the Cubs.
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  1. AZDbacksfan1

    8 years ago

    If Trumbo’s injury is serious, it’ll be the icing on the cake for the Dbacks tremendously bad and unlucky season. This is really just not the season to be a Dbacks fan right now

    Reply
  2. sourbob

    8 years ago

    Wrong Tony Gwynn linked.

    Reply
  3. Snoochies8

    8 years ago

    The question about Guerrero and the pcl in general is: what kind of stadiums has he been putting up these numbers in? Has he been abusing stadiums like albuquerque and salt lake city and las Vegas? Or has he been playing in stadiums like Nashville and new Orleans?

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    • vtadave

      8 years ago

      Home for five games and SLC for four. Yeah it’s a hitter-friendly league, but those are still ridiculous numbers. I’d love to see an infield of Gonzalez, Gordon, Guerrero, and Ramirez eventually. Uribe is in a 1-for-17 skid, though his overall numbers are solid and he has a nice glove.

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  4. DarthMurph

    8 years ago

    Somebody needs to tell the Arizona front office that players like Mark Reynolds, Adam Dunn, Wily Mo Pena, Mike Jacobs, and now Mark Trumbo are good for tape measurer home runs and nothing else. In the case of Trumbo, they actually gave up valuable pieces…

    Reply
  5. hozie007

    8 years ago

    Rumor is Tigers are taking a hard look at Hundley as Avila isn’t cutting it, for the 3rd year in a row and their offense is sputtering.

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