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Quick Hits: Napoli, Cubs, Koehler, Tigers

By Mark Polishuk | June 17, 2018 at 1:57pm CDT

Even after tearing his right ACL and meniscus last April, Mike Napoli isn’t ready to close the book on his career, the veteran slugger tells The Athletic’s Zack Meisel (subscription required).  “I’m going to train like I’m going to play next year,” Napoli said.  “When it’s time to make that decision, I’ll make it, but I still really want to play.  I don’t want to go out like that.  I feel like I can still play.  We’ll see.  We’ll see what opportunities there will be and go from there.”  Even if his chances at a 13th big league season seem remote, it wouldn’t be too surprising for a team to take a flier on Napoli on a minor league deal next spring, assuming he is healthy enough to play.  If a comeback doesn’t materialize, Napoli said his next dream would be to become a Major League manager, and he believes he would be able to start his post-playing career as a coach somewhere in the Indians organization.

Here’s some more from around the league…

  • The Cubs aren’t yet sure what their plans are for the trade deadline, GM Jed Hoyer told Patrick Mooney of The Athletic (subscription link).  “What we may need on July 31 may be totally different than what we know sitting here right now,” Hoyer said.  “I do think that right now the answers are here….Now, that might not be the answer in six weeks. But I think that’s the answer today.”  Chicago already has quite a bit of depth and talent on the roster, plus Yu Darvish and Carl Edwards Jr. will provide reinforcements upon returning from the disabled list, though it would be surprising if the Cubs didn’t make at least one notable addition as they push for another postseason berth.
  • Right-hander Tom Koehler has had a setback in his recovery from an AC strain and isn’t expected back until August, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told J.P. Hoornstra of the Southern California News Group (Twitter link) and other reporters.  Koehler signed a one-year, $2MM deal with Los Angeles last winter but has yet to officially pitch for the club after suffering the injury during Spring Training.  He initially hoped to return by the All-Star break but will now have to wait longer to properly don the Dodger blue.
  • The Tigers are considering deploying a six-man rotation, as manager Ron Gardenhire hinted to MLive.com’s Evan Woodbery and other reporters.  With Blaine Hardy pitching well, Detroit wants to find a way to keep him in the rotation when Francisco Liriano makes his expected return from the DL this week, plus the other starters could benefit from the lesser workload.  “We’ve got some guys in there that could probably use extra days, take innings off our load.  We started thinking we could probably do this.  Not saying we’re going to, but we could,” Gardenhire said.
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  1. itslonelyatthetrop

    7 years ago

    Napoli needs to consider how his life is going to be if he can’t walk to the toilet because of his knee rather than trying to hit 20 HRs with a .190 BA one more time.

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    • joshua.barron1

      7 years ago

      Party at the nursing home?

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    • getright11

      7 years ago

      Cmon on. I’ve tore both ACLs and 20 years later, I rarely ever think about either. It’s an ACL. Likely no worse for wear than what catching his whole life has done to his knees.

      Either way, you would want an intensive rehab on the repaired knee for longterm range of motion, and it sounds like that’s exactly what hes going to do.

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  2. HubcapDiamondStarHalo

    7 years ago

    I feel like Napoli would be a pretty good MLB manager. He seems to have good rapport with other players and his knowledge of the game is pretty solid. Hope somebody gives him the chance.

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    • stymeedone

      7 years ago

      Might be a good replacement for Vmart if Miggy isnt ready for the job.

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      • bskalski

        7 years ago

        No

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  3. tim815

    7 years ago

    I know of one thing the Cubs will want. More international spending room. They have been limited to $300,000 bonuses to players for the last 24 month and change. I’d expect them to make as many minor trades as needed to add a bit over two million to their spending supply.

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    • Bryzzo2016

      7 years ago

      Yeah, they’re out of the penalty box for IFA this year, so I’m sure they’ll go crazy again and blow past the limit again.

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      • ABCD

        7 years ago

        Except there’s a hard cap on that type of spending now or else Ohtani would have broken all records.

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        • ThatBallwasBryzzoed

          7 years ago

          And otani would be the Cubs 3rd starter over chatwood. Although. He’s hurt now. With possible TJS coming. They avoided that disaster.

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    • anthonyd4412

      7 years ago

      Good point.

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