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Quick Hits: Utley, Hutchison, Int’l Market

By Mark Polishuk | September 17, 2017 at 11:36pm CDT

It was on this day in 1941 that Stan Musial played in his first Major League game, beginning what turned into a legendary 22-year career.  It could be said that the Cardinals legend was “The Man” from day one, going 2-for-4 in his first game and posting an 1.023 OPS over his first 49 plate appearances in the bigs.  That didn’t end up being too far off from the .331/.417/.559 slash line that Musial contributed over his entire career, cementing his place as one of baseball’s all-time greats.  Here’s some notes from around the league…

  • Chase Utley still enjoys playing but is realistic about the fact that his career is approaching its end, the veteran tells Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register.  Utley said he has been approaching his career on a year-to-year basis, and acknowledging that while he still has the desire to play, “I know the market nowadays isn’t that friendly to older players.  I guess we’ll have to wait and see.  But I feel personally there’s still plenty of ways I can contribute.”  Utley turns 39 in December, and he entered the day with a .234/.324/.406 slash line in 328 PA for the Dodgers, which includes an .806 OPS in 162 PA at Dodger Stadium.  While his days as an everyday player are over, Utley has been regarded as a major behind-the-scenes contributor, with teammates and coaches praising his clubhouse leadership.
  • The Pirates’ decision to outright Drew Hutchison was simply due to a pitching surplus, GM Neal Huntington told Stephen J. Nesbitt of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and other media.  “It was more things beyond Drew’s control.  We traded for him with the idea that he was a controllable, young starter that could fill a rotation spot for years to come,” Huntington said.  “We just also decided this year that the growth and development of our guys put them ahead of him….we felt like we had guys that we wanted to give the innings to at the Major League level ahead of him.  Time will tell if that was the right call.”  Huntington praised Hutchison and said that cutting ties with him now will give the young righty more time to find another team, rather than waiting until December to be non-tendered.
  • Thanks to the strict bonus money cap on international signings in the new collective bargaining agreement, teams are already lining up agreements with international players at younger and younger ages, Phil Miller of the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.  While none of these agreements are technically binding at this point, “teams generally are reluctant to ’raid’ each other’s committed players,” Miller writes, so some deals are being struck years in advance of when these players become eligible to be signed.  “Teams are agreeing with players for 2020 now, that’s how far out it is,” Twins VP of player personnel Mike Radcliff said. “Almost all of the best guys for next [July] are locked up already and off the market….It feels like we spend almost as much time trying to find out who’s still available and who’s not as we do going to scout players.  And it’s impossible to know what a 13-year-old is going to turn into.  Did you know what you would be when you were 13?”
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  1. dodgerfan711

    4 years ago

    Dodgers should he willing to give Utley one last ride in 2018. He has performed well enough this season to earn 1 more year with this group

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    • skip

      4 years ago

      Ya I’m pretty sure they will especially if he has a solid postseason. So unless he takes a nose dive from here on I think he has a fair chance for another year.

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  2. agentx

    4 years ago

    Looks like the Law of Unintended Consequences has struck again, this time in relation to international bonus pool reform and the accelerated courtship of progressively younger Latin American prospects.

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    • MLB_in_the_Know

      4 years ago

      This is more and more of a reason for an international draft.

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      • takeyourbase

        4 years ago

        Agreed 100%

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      • BlueSkyLA

        4 years ago

        Easier said than done, or it would have been done already. One of the primary sticking points is what an international draft would do to the already wobbly systems of pro, semi-pro, and amateur baseball in Latin America. The game in Japan and Korea would have to be protected as well, or MLB would simply poach all the best Asian talent out of high school. MLB fans (and team owners) might love it, but fans and owners in those other countries, not so much. No perfect solutions here, just a bunch with a variety of unintended consequences.

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    • Dookie Howser, MD

      4 years ago

      If teams weren’t willing to “poach” the kids with handshake deals, this wouldn’t be an issue.

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  3. mack22

    4 years ago

    Even though his BA is down he still gets timely hits, and his defense is excellent

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  4. Phillies2017

    4 years ago

    There’s a reason Chase Utley will never have to pay for a drink in Philly as along as he lives. He’s a throwback gamer who leaves it all on the field. I remember he was always the first to be at the stadium and the last to leave either watching game videos or working on his swing. Guys like him are few and far between. I hope he can play until he’s 75 years old, I mean, he’s been playing rather well considering he has no cartilage in either of his knees and he’s almost 40.

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    • BlueSkyLA

      4 years ago

      We can also see the impact Utley’s had on Cory Seager. He’s become Seager’s mentor and role model. When you strike out or make a mistake, you don’t get angry at yourself, you add it to your experience base and use it to make yourself a better player. A very simple lesson, but very hard to do. If anyone will carry on Utley’s total gamer mentality it will be Seager.

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  5. Solaris601

    4 years ago

    Last year Dave Roberts said that Utley is his all time favorite player, so if Roberts has any say in the matter Utley will return for one more year I’m sure.

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  6. YawkeysGhost

    4 years ago

    An assassin on the base paths, he can pay the usual fee to get into Cooperstown, just like the rest of us.

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    • Michael Birks

      4 years ago

      Ouch

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  7. Gil

    4 years ago

    How many more opposing players does Utley want to hurt?

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  8. therealbdavis

    4 years ago

    Just saying, Geren might leave to manage New York. What if Chase took over his spot? I mean let’s face it. We love seeing Chase and A-Gone in Dodger blue but when you have younger guys behind them waiting for spotlight, it’s time to hang up the cleats. But instead of losing Chase they should keep him and place him on the staff.

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