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West Notes: Flores, Laureano, Mariners

By Dylan A. Chase | August 25, 2019 at 1:10am CDT

Utilityman Wilmer Flores isn’t the most heavily deployed player in Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo’s stable, but it’s been nonetheless strange to see the veteran–who is hitting .421 in sixteen August games–sit out since Tuesday’s game against the Rockies. The Arizona Republic’s Nick Piecoro now sheds a little light on that curious state of affairs, as the scribe relays that Flores has been dealing with a back issue (link). Apparently, Flores doesn’t consider the ailment “overly serious”, and Lovullo informed Piecoro that the former Met has been available over the last few days.

That the club is exercising caution with Flores is interesting, considering that Arizona holds a $6MM option on Flores’s multidimensional services next year. It’s possible that the club is nursing Flores and his injured back with an eye on keeping him in the club’s employ next year–then again, it’s just as possible that the sliding club, with a 3-7 record in their last ten games, is simply playing out the string on what promises to be a developmentally oriented close to the 2019 season.

More notes from around the left coast…

  • Athletics outfielder Ramon Laureano will get at-bats in Arizona in the next several days, according to information from manager Bob Melvin relayed to the San Francisco Chronicle’s Susan Slusser (link). Laureano has been out since July 28th with a leg injury, and previous reports indicated that he would get some at-bats with High-A Stockton before ultimately being activated. In his first extended big league look, Laureano provided the club with 419 at-bats of .284/.334/.518 production in 2019 while doing some nice things on the outfield grass (his 8 outfield assists rank him 3rd among centerfielders).
  • Mariners great Felix Hernandez returned to big league confines on Saturday, drawing standing ovations from fans while dialing up 5.2 innings of two-run ball in a 7-5 loss to the Blue Jays. While it was a welcome return for M’s fans, it did mean that lefty Wade LeBlanc would be transitioning back into a multi-inning relief role. LeBlanc has gamely offered the Mariners 8 starts and 21 appearances in 2019, although the 5.52 ERA he’s amassed in 109.1 innings goes a long way toward explaining his demotion back to a bullpen-only role moving forward.
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  1. Lennon's Dad

    4 years ago

    LeBlanc’s vesting option also helps explain the move to the bullpen. He probably wasn’t getting there anyway, but this pretty much assures he won’t.

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    • spinach

      4 years ago

      You think they were in danger of him averaging 9 innings per start to accumulate 50 more innings the rest of the way?

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      • Lennon's Dad

        4 years ago

        Why do you think I suggested he wasn’t getting there anyway?

        It wasn’t a 9-inning average, it would have been 7. Regardless, this demotion made sense from all angles.

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  2. dshires4

    4 years ago

    And just because history has to repeat itself, Felix left with a lead only to watch the bullpen meltdown and give the game up. Even at the backend of his career when he’s now actually not a good pitcher, Felix leaves with a lead only to watch the rest of the team squander it. Sad.

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  3. julyn82001

    4 years ago

    King Feliz is back… Yay…

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    • Phil253

      4 years ago

      Despite his inability to adapt and reinvent himself in the last three seasons he’s still had a great career. While it’s been painful to watch him at times and we’ve all felt jaded, he’s still deserving of respect and praise for his successes. He deserved far better from the Mariner organization and his loyalty never paid off. So no shame for Felix, shame for the organization.

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