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AL East Notes: Alvarez, Tillman, Britton, Price, Sandoval

By Jeff Todd | March 8, 2017 at 12:17pm CDT

Meanwhile, the Orioles are engineering a position change for former outfielder Dariel Alvarez, as Meoli further reports. The live-armed 28-year-old will go to minor-league camp and hopefully earn a job in the low minors as a reliever. Baltimore has had success with such transitions in the past, having done the same with current MLB hurler Mychal Givens — which also provides the team with a blueprint for Alvarez. While Alvarez will continue to spend some time working on his bat — he fell off in the power department last year but has been productive at times in the upper minors — the focus will turn to the mound. The timing of the move was driven by Alvarez’s contract situation, manage Buck Showalter suggested. “[L]ooking at the landscape, we don’t want his optionable status to come and go,” said Showalter. “Someone is going to do this at some point. We’ve got this year and next year to option him. Perfect world, he’s knocking on the door as a pitcher next year.”

Here’s more from the AL East:

  • Key Orioles hurlers Chris Tillman (shoulder) and Zach Britton (oblique) appear to be progressing as hoped. As Jon Meoli of the Baltimore Sun tweets, the pair of hurlers just completed bullpens without issue, though it’s still not known when they’ll be ready for competitive action. Needless to say, the O’s are counting heavily on both pitchers, and will hope to see them take the mound in a spring contest sooner than later. For the time being, though, it’s encouraging that they’re continuing to maintain forward momentum.
  • Much the same situation holds true with regard to Red Sox southpaw David Price, who recently was diagnosed with a flexor strain and bone spurs. While it has only been a few days, he could be ready to throw again as soon as Friday if he feels up to it, manager John Farrell told reporters including Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald (via Twitter). It still seems hard to imagine that Price will be able to ramp up in time to be ready for Opening Day — at least, while maintaining a sufficiently cautious approach — but the Red Sox are no doubt concerned more with avoiding any hiccups on his way back.
  • The Red Sox aren’t yet ready to declare Pablo Sandoval the starting third baseman, but Silverman argues the team ought to go ahead and acknowledge that fact. While the club couldn’t have been sure what it would see from Sandoval this spring, he has not only shown up in shape but has provided evidence that he’s ready to return to being an effective player. Whether Farrell is using the situation to maintain motivation, or has other reasons, he’s not ready to say that Sandoval has regained his job at the hot corner. And that’s just fine with Sandoval, who says that’s not his primary objective. “I do have goals, but my goals are to be healthy,” Sandoval tells Silverman. “If I’m healthy and continue to work, I think I can help my team win games.”
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9 Comments

  1. joshb600

    8 years ago

    Why does this article begin with “meanwhile” ?

    I feel like there was something supposed to be before this.

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    • costergaard2

      8 years ago

      Yeah, they could have flip flopped that note with David Price, and it would have read much better, good catch = )

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      • costergaard2

        8 years ago

        or should I say Sandoval, then Price, then Alvarez…

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    • ernestofigueroa87

      8 years ago

      EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING!

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    • Dock_Elvis

      8 years ago

      My thought as well…I try not to nitpick but when writing makes me go…huh…then its crossed over. This site has grown by leaps and bounds though in the past decade. There was a contributor on the site that drove me crazy because he constantly inserted himself in the story…it wasnt professional…and it made the articles confusing as to if they were fact or commentary. Casual is ok….but it has to be established at the get go. That guy has gone on to be a fairly prominent writer in the game…so I guess the self promotion worked…but his writing took me out of the content.

      Reply
  2. pjmcnu

    8 years ago

    I think the reason the Sox aren’t naming Panda the starter this early is that they’re worried he’ll say “Great! I’m going to Sizzler!”

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    • kyredsox17

      8 years ago

      Lol Sizzler.

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  3. julyn82001

    8 years ago

    Panda needs to be away from those delicious milk shakes and everything else will be in order…

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    • san888

      8 years ago

      He needs to stick with the veggie stir fry at the PANDA EXPRESS

      Reply

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