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NL West Notes: Gonzalez, Hill, Arroyo, Morse, Hwang, Stewart

By Jeff Todd | February 17, 2017 at 11:34pm CDT

Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez is dealing with what he has described as a case of tennis elbow, as Andy McCullough of the Los Angeles Times reports. The veteran says that he suffered the malady due to an active offseason workout program. While he’s set to be shut down for about two weeks, Gonzalez says he expects to be back to full strength after some rest. Chase Utley is expected to see some time in camp at first, McCullough notes, as the team prepares in the event that Gonzalez does end up missing some time early.

Here’s more from the NL West:

  • The Giants may have the game’s most interesting aggregation of veterans competing for limited bench roles in camp, as Andrew Baggarly of the Mercury News writes. “No promises, no guarantees,” GM Bobby Evans said of the signing of Aaron Hill. “Just creating competition. We’ll see how it plays out.” If there is a drawback to the large number of competitors, it’s probably the lack of reps available to young players — particularly top prospect Christian Arroyo. However, as Alex Pavlovic of CSN Bay Area writes, GM Bobby Evans says that the organization already feels confident that Arroyo is capable of handling the bat at the major league level, suggesting that the club doesn’t need a long look this spring to determine his timeline.
  • As Baggarly notes, the right-handed-hitting Hill is competing to some extent not only with the array of infielders, but also players such as Michael Morse for a role as a righty bench bat. Morse returned to San Francisco after unexpectedly hammering out a deal at Hunter Pence’s wedding — an interesting story that also comes via Baggarly. Perhaps the single most intriguing player in camp, though, is Korean infielder Jae-gyun Hwang. As Baggarly also writes, agent Han Lee says that the KBO star is committed to pitting himself against MLB pitching. “A lot of people assume if he doesn’t make it, he’s just going to run back to Korea, but that’s not his mentality,” says Lee. “I’ve told him it’s very much possible he could start at Sacramento, and if that’s the case, he’ll just have to work his way up.”
  • Former Diamondbacks GM Dave Stewart discussed his tenure in a recent appearance on MLB Network Radio on Sirius XM (audio link). Stewart expressed disappointment with the fact that he wasn’t given a longer leash in Arizona, suggesting he hadn’t received a “true opportunity to do the job.” That said, he acknowledged the error behind one of the moves that perhaps helped spell the end of his time in Arizona — the infamous deal that sent Dansby Swanson, Ender Inciarte, and Aaron Blair to the Braves for Shelby Miller. “My gut that whole time said that I should not move Dansby Swanson,” he said, though he stressed that he still believes in Miller. “If anything, maybe substituting [him] with another player” would have been something he would like to “have a redo” on, said Stewart.
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41 Comments

  1. Blue_Painted_Dreams_LA

    8 years ago

    Call me crazy but maybe Stewart wasn’t the problem as once thought. The Dbacks seemed to have found their scape goat.

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    • bruinsfan94 2

      8 years ago

      Not sure where you are getting that. His comments just show how out of touch he is.

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      • gamemusic3 2

        8 years ago

        This is a guy who suggested Fangraphs’ algorithm intentionally underrated his organization.

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    • jaysfan1994

      8 years ago

      I remember when Touki Toussaint was traded for a salary dump.

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      • biasisrelitive

        8 years ago

        then again he hasn’t made much impact either

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        • bravesiowafan

          8 years ago

          Just a top 10 prospect on almost any teams top prospect list. Wouldn’t say he hasn’t made much impact

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        • busterhyman

          8 years ago

          Yeah, at the ripe age of 20 seems like he would have a cy young by now.

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    • Blue_Painted_Dreams_LA

      8 years ago

      Sarcasm doesn’t run deep I guess…..

      Reply
      • realgone2

        8 years ago

        Doesn;t translate well over the web especially with the topic at hand

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  2. chesteraarthur

    8 years ago

    yeah, silly arizona, cutting bait before he sunk that franchise any further /s

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  3. timyanks

    8 years ago

    stewart cries as good or better as a gm as he did as a player

    Reply
  4. TradeAcuna

    8 years ago

    Miller to Braves

    Blair to DBacks

    Get it done!

    Reply
    • WAH1447

      8 years ago

      Haha I’d be happy as a braves fan to see that miller has much more upside than Blair. All I see Blair doing is being a spot starter and swing man out of the pen if he remains in Atlanta for 6 years

      Reply
  5. aussiegiants53

    8 years ago

    It’s definitely an interesting group of veterans that the Giants have signed, but who do we all see as realistically making the team? Surely Gillespie and Tomlinson will be there… but who else??

    Reply
    • chesteraarthur

      8 years ago

      pullin for hwang, want to see what he’s got.

      Reply
    • davidcoonce74

      8 years ago

      Yeah, and they didn’t even mention that Rollins is in camp too.

      Reply
    • mrnatewalter

      8 years ago

      I guess the bench will be:
      Hundley
      Gillaspie
      Hwang
      Parker/Williamson
      Hernandez

      Bochy could also elect to go with 8 relievers again.

      Reply
      • aceofrainbows

        8 years ago

        I think Tomlinson could beat out Gillaspie or Hwang or even Hernandez easily if he worked hard enough.

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  6. jdgoat

    8 years ago

    Stewart should’ve been given more time in Arizona. He could’ve turned goldschmidt into three AA lottery tickets or package Lamb with Ray to acquire the non-fluke season that sandy leon had.

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  7. kayo

    8 years ago

    I’ll miss Dave Stewart. IMO he was the greatest GM the Braves ever had.

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    • piratesthisyear

      8 years ago

      OK that made me chuckle

      Reply
    • kmeadno1

      8 years ago

      Spot on

      Reply
    • realgone2

      8 years ago

      Gold sir. Gold!

      Reply
    • 66TheNumberOfTheBest

      8 years ago

      Someone asked an NHL GM once what made him a good GM, his reply was (more or less) that he “knew who the bad GM’s were and called them. Often.”

      John Hart saw Stewart coming a mile away.

      Reply
  8. jsaldi

    8 years ago

    Let’s face it he was awful as a GM

    Reply
  9. GarryHarris

    8 years ago

    Dave Dombrowski is one of the best traders in MLB history and IMO the best ever. However, his first big name trade was a stinker: He gave away SP Randy Johnson and SP Brian Holman (3-year SP until arm injury ended his career) for Mark Langston (for 4 months).

    Reply
  10. 66TheNumberOfTheBest

    8 years ago

    Dave Stewarts’ gut….and everyone else on the planet….knew he shouldn’t have included Dansby Swanson in that trade.

    K.

    Meanwhile, the White Sox want a bigger package for Quintana than the one everyone agrees was a laughably one sided overpay. No thanks.

    Reply
  11. metseventually 2

    8 years ago

    Are there two Christian Arroyos in the SF Giants farm system? The link leads to him but it’s only batting stats as an infielder?

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    • gmenfan

      8 years ago

      Nope. He’s a SS.

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    • aceofrainbows

      8 years ago

      Nope. Although I wish there was.

      Reply
  12. Senioreditor

    8 years ago

    Anyone wanna bet that Adrian Gonzales ends up being the 2017 version of 2016 Andre Ethier? It always starts out with “we’re shutting him down for 2 weeks”, morphs into an MRI, then leads to bone fragments being removed, then he’ll be back by the all star break, then finally we’re shutting him down or late September at best. I sure hope Bellinger is ready?????

    Reply
    • Connorsoxfan

      8 years ago

      Nope I think it’s just some rest. He’ll be fine

      Reply
    • BlueSkyLA

      8 years ago

      You mean, he’s going to break his leg?

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      • Senioreditor

        8 years ago

        NO Dodger EVER returns from an injury on time. I’ll be surprised if he gets any AB’s in Arizona

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    • Ghost of Chase Utley

      8 years ago

      AGon was already the regular with the biggest potential for age-related decline anyway. This can’t be good.

      Reply
    • Blue_Painted_Dreams_LA

      8 years ago

      It’s his right elbow meaning it’s top hand/glove hand that’s a little bit of an overreaction. Calm down people.

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      • dutch91701

        8 years ago

        Let’s not rule out long term injuries. Treating tennis elbow with bag of ice. Drops bag of ice. Bag of ice breaks open. Slips on bag of ice. ?????. 60 day DL.

        Reply
      • Senioreditor

        8 years ago

        Left handed hitter, right hand is the bottom hand.

        Reply
  13. seanwh01

    8 years ago

    Can anyone tell me why A-Go was playing tennis? Maybe he and David Ortiz got together.

    Reply
    • WAH1447

      8 years ago

      That’s a joke right?

      Reply
  14. ck22

    8 years ago

    Here comes Bellinger. Woot woot

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