Ryan Divish has the news:
We're sitting in the press box and the Mariners were taking early BP when a light headed guy stepped out of the dugout carrying a bat --- and I said, "That's Mike Carp."
So Mike Carp is here. Don't know what the roster move is yet, but we'll have more.
Well, there you go. Carp comes up after hitting .299 in Tacoma with a bunch of walks and a good bit of power. He doesn't make a ton of contact, but as a disciplined lefty bat capable of launching the ball over the fence, his is a name you'll want to remember.
I wouldn't be surprised if this has something to do with Branyan missing tomorrow's game to attend his grandfather's funeral.
Update: the corresponding roster move has been determined - Erik Bedard is going on the DL. Why? Because of course he is. Never, ever, ever believe someone if they tell you that an issue with Bedard's body isn't serious. This is Erik Bedard. It's always serious.
More on Bedard - Stone says his scheduled bullpen this morning was canceled. I'm about to head off to the ballpark, but keep an eye on the Times and TNT blogs for more updates.
UPDATE[16:20]: Bedard was placed on the DL retro to June 7, meaning he is eligible to come off on the 23rd, back at home against San Diego. Mike Carp will start tomorrow at first with Branyan gone to attend a funeral.
UPDATE[17:15]: Jack Zduriencik – Bedard going to Lewis Yocum, team should know more tomorrow. Team still hoping for Bedard to miss the minimum.
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Weird but fun
Graham MacAree - June 17, 2009
Interesting....what was the other roster move to make room for this?
Brian Floyd - June 17, 2009
Don't know yet
I’m guessing either Branyan to the bereavement list, or Bedard (sigh) to the DL.
Jeff Sullivan - June 17, 2009
If it is Branyan to the BL, what does this do to Carps options if he's only up for a couple games?
Brian Floyd - June 17, 2009
That was the question I was abouot to ask.
Seems like Shelton or someone more expendable would be called up if this is only a temporary thing.
Aaron Campeau - June 17, 2009
Since he's on the 40-man roster, Carp already used an option when he went to AAA to start the year
Don’t worry about it.
Jeff Sullivan - June 17, 2009
Makes sense
Brian Floyd - June 17, 2009
Or maybe there was a trade and it was all secret and we'll be happy people.
Graham MacAree - June 17, 2009
Branyan getting traded wouldn't make me happy and Griffey getting traded wouldn't happen ever
Jeff Sullivan - June 17, 2009
We're now running a Carp/Pujols platoon
Graham MacAree - June 17, 2009
It's Bedard
Jeff Sullivan - June 17, 2009
Fuuuuuuuck.
Season over. Chances of rebuilding for 2010 over.
Fuckmikereilly - June 17, 2009
Well that's dumb
Aaron Campeau - June 17, 2009
Slight overreaction maybe.
Trade value certainly goes down though. And if Bedard only misses two more starts, with Olson filling in, perhaps the season is still salvageable.
Fuckmikereilly - June 17, 2009
DL retroactive to the 8th, perhaps
He’d technically be eligible to come off on the 23rd but if they scratched his bullpen then there’s a snowballs chance in hell he’d be off by then
Brian Floyd - June 17, 2009
I hear he's doing long toss with Scrappy.
That’s a good sign, right? Right?
eponymous_coward - June 17, 2009
Son of a fucking bitch
Brian Floyd - June 17, 2009
Goodbye trade value!
Goose - June 17, 2009
sounds like we've got Bedard for the rest of the year then
Will Kier - June 17, 2009
YAY!
wait..
d0nkey - June 17, 2009
.
Aaron Campeau - June 17, 2009
Sigh
Kirsten Schlewitz - June 17, 2009
Anyone else think this is hilarious?
Graham MacAree - June 17, 2009
no
Aaron Campeau - June 17, 2009
At this point everything is
Brian Floyd - June 17, 2009
Also because we should have sold high?
Brian Floyd - June 17, 2009
No.
royalcurve - June 17, 2009
I guarantee they do.
But nobody else knows. Not even them…
PositivePaul - June 17, 2009
I find it mildly risible, yes
pdb - June 17, 2009
Actually yes, in the laugh-in-order-to-avoid-brain-explosion type of way.
Zwakamatsu - June 17, 2009
I want you to think it's hilarious
Kirsten Schlewitz - June 17, 2009
Don't think anyone found it as funny as I did.
(Checked MLB.com)
Roy Halladay is going to the DL? Heh, Halladay’s on the DL and Bedard isn’t, haha.
(Checks Seattle Times)
…aww crap.
ThundaPC - June 17, 2009
Funny definitely. Not hilarious.
Sec 108 - June 17, 2009
Dammit. This is a punch in the gut.
royalcurve - June 17, 2009
That's OK. I didn't want to watch GMZ pilfer Philly's farm system anyway.
abender20 - June 17, 2009
That would just be rude.
russak - June 17, 2009
I had a Fanpost on this, and I think you and I published at the same time.
I was wondering why Carp was up instead of Clement if they needed a LH bat, but as a sub for Branyan this makes sense.
Steve Nelson - June 17, 2009
Imagine how good he will be when he is not light-headed.
waldo rojas - June 17, 2009
Hello my baby, hello my darling, hello my rag time gaalllll.
abender20 - June 17, 2009
Could this be the end of Sweeney?
The move might be for a temporary reason like you suggested, but what is Sweeney really providing the team? Balentien is probably best used to platoon at DH and Carp is a better option at 1B than Sweeney to give Branyan a day off.
Wilder. - June 17, 2009
No sense in having two lefties platoon with each other
Jeff Sullivan - June 17, 2009
I just hope to god he gets some at bats at DH for Griffey.
Griffey is a fucking black hole and I want him on the bench. Now.
Zwakamatsu - June 17, 2009
Racist.
abender20 - June 17, 2009
Dude he's a legend BUT HE'S FUCKING BLACK AND DESERVES TO RIDE THE FUCKING PINE BECAUSE OF IT.
Zwakamatsu - June 17, 2009
Griffey isn't the problem
He’s third on the team in OBP and OPS.
Even though he is only hitting .208
etowncoug - June 17, 2009
WAR: 0.0
6th among the regulars. Yes, our middle infield and C positions are huge sinkholes that are worse, but Griffey’s still terrible.
eponymous_coward - June 17, 2009
He's still a crappy DH
Graham MacAree - June 17, 2009
Second worst wOBA for a DH
Although strangely enough half of all DHs have a below average wOBA.
Nate Dogg - June 17, 2009
He seems a pleasant guy to have around
Kirsten Schlewitz - June 17, 2009
God I hope he tears the cover off the ball.
Kermit. - June 17, 2009
Six players
from the Putz/Green/Reed/Valbuena deal now on our 25-man.
Fuckmikereilly - June 17, 2009
God must hate us
gregrabble - June 17, 2009
Time to panic
OlSalty - June 17, 2009
.
PositivePaul - June 17, 2009
wheeee
marc w - June 17, 2009
So
Burke/Quiroz back down when Johnson comes back? Leaving us semi-permenantly with a lefty bat off the bench?
Fuckmikereilly - June 17, 2009
Carp for DH!
Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck.
Zwakamatsu - June 17, 2009
Hmmm
So he must’ve had a setback this morning, that’s not good.
OlSalty - June 17, 2009
Baker said he was supposed to have one today but they scratched it
Must have tightened up overnight or something
Brian Floyd - June 17, 2009
*Stone
He’s currently pinch-blogging for Baker.
BrettJMiller - June 17, 2009
Damn, I really gotta read who the author is
Brian Floyd - June 17, 2009
It's evident to me Bedard loves Seattle so much, he's faking this injury
Rudy4three - June 17, 2009
Just making it easier for us to sign him to a 4/40 contract!
Slurvey - June 17, 2009
Good news, guys! This means more Morrow being stretched out in the bigs!
Brian Floyd - June 17, 2009
FUCK NOOOOOOOOO
EnglishMariner - June 17, 2009
Now, that, is funny.
Matthew - June 17, 2009
So when was the last time a prospect of ours came up and went on a tear?
Let’s hope Carp does exactly that.
RIP Bedard.
EnglishMariner - June 17, 2009
needs more caps
pdb - June 17, 2009
I am numb to Bedard related bad news.
EnglishMariner - June 17, 2009
Willie?
abender20 - June 17, 2009
Bloomquist..?
Oh you said prospect.
marinerdan - June 17, 2009
Willie Bloomquist
Jeremy Reed
Jeff Clement
just to name a few.
Matthew - June 17, 2009
Bahaha those turned out so well
FUCK YOU SCRAPPY
OlSalty - June 17, 2009
Prospects that came up and sucked:
Adam Jones
Alex Rodriguez
Logically, we should root for Carp to fail miserably.
Matthew - June 17, 2009
Balentien was brutal in 2008 (or do his 3 games in 2007 at a .810 wOBA count?)
abender20 - June 17, 2009
They count.
Matthew - June 17, 2009
Go forth and suck, Mike Carp.
abender20 - June 17, 2009
Felix was lights-out, however....
marc w - June 17, 2009
So the rules reverse for pitchers.
abender20 - June 17, 2009
Felix can break all the rules.
Slurvey - June 17, 2009
JJ Putz started out shitty, and Mark Lowe was the pitching Jesus for a few weeks.
marc w - June 17, 2009
Felix conforms to the initial rule.
Matthew - June 17, 2009
And has been worse ever since.
Matthew - June 17, 2009
He's only a little bit worse this year though
This implies that Reed will have a breakout year in 2010
Graham MacAree - June 17, 2009
This would be like if Willie Bloomquist had a career wOBA of .390
and you chided him for being worse than his first season.
marc w - June 17, 2009
Yes because this is a totally serious claim that I am making.
Matthew - June 17, 2009
I could tell.
Clearly we should allow small sample size to govern our view of prospects.
Also: Mike Morse would be another example of someone who came up and went on a tear (so to speak).
eponymous_coward - June 17, 2009
So we can send him down and bring up Clement brilliant!
Slurvey - June 17, 2009
I doubt Carp gets that much playing time
Jeff Sullivan - June 17, 2009
PH for a couple days and then get the Tui treatment
Rudy4three - June 17, 2009
Ginger!
Slurvey - June 17, 2009
CARP!
Scruffy Lefty - June 17, 2009
Excellent!
marinerdan - June 17, 2009
B'awww
HARRYP09 - June 17, 2009
What.
Crystal for DH - June 17, 2009
UPDATE[16:20]:
Bedard was placed on the DL retro to June 7, meaning he is eligible to come off on the 23rd, back at home against San Diego. Mike Carp will start tomorrow at first with Branyan gone to attend a funeral.
Matthew - June 17, 2009
Odds he's off on the 23rd?
I’m gonna go with slim to none
Brian Floyd - June 17, 2009
I won't speculate on someone else's health unless I get solid information to back me up.
Matthew - June 17, 2009
How very journalistic of you.
manyoso - June 17, 2009
Maybe he's taken classes from Geoff Baker!
eponymous_coward - June 17, 2009
Does this mean more Vargas?
Snowman1025 - June 17, 2009
This probably would have nothing to do with Vargas.
ThundaPC - June 17, 2009
See above
More Morrow!
Brian Floyd - June 17, 2009
If I understand:
Our rotation was:
Felix
Olsen
Washburn
Morrow
Bedard
Now, who replaces Bedard?
Snowman1025 - June 17, 2009
Probably Vargas
or if not him Jakubauskas.
bluemax - June 17, 2009
Where's Vargas?
Graham MacAree - June 17, 2009
Well, that was just from the Mariners website
In the “Probable Pitchers” section. Not official or anything.
Snowman1025 - June 17, 2009
This reminds me
I know we all don’t particularly like him, but it feels like forever since I’ve read an update on Carlos Silva. Did the organization conveniently forget him? Or is it just because I don’t read MLB.com or any of the Seattle papers?
bluemax - June 17, 2009
Haven't heard anything
He’s still hanging around with the big club. I saw him shagging fly balls during BP during the SF series. Made a nice behind the back catch
Brian Floyd - June 17, 2009
Rest and rehab, last I heard.
Matthew - June 17, 2009
It seems like everybody is hoping that the world just kind of forgets he exists
Jeff Sullivan - June 17, 2009
As long as he keeps drawing a paycheck, they should at least do something to try and get him back on the field.
Matthew - June 17, 2009
The worlds most expensive dancing groundskeeper?
Brian Floyd - June 17, 2009
Would we not benefit from paying that money to keep him OFF the field?
d0nkey - June 17, 2009
I believe we call that "giving Silva his outright release on waivers".
Can’t do that while he’s injured, though.
I’m fine being nice and slow with bringing him back- some minor league rehab time sounds good to me.
eponymous_coward - June 17, 2009
Carp gets the start with Branyan gone!
More evidence of changes in thinking. Under the old regime, with Branyan gone Sweeney would have gotten the start, even against a RHP because as a vet he was entitled to the respect.
Steve Nelson - June 17, 2009
And under the old regime we had Lahair,
Dobbs, AJ Zapp and a bunch of other excellent players.
I do agree though.
marinerdan - June 17, 2009
UPDATE[17:15]:
Jack Zduriencik – Bedard going to Lewis Yocum, team should know more tomorrow. Team still hoping for Bedard to miss the minimum.
Matthew - June 17, 2009
You always know it's good news when you hear the name Lewis Yocum
>:(
BrettJMiller - June 17, 2009
So does this mean it's time to change the category for this story to "Good News"?
eponymous_coward - June 17, 2009
Well, that's just wonderful.
Sinking Away - June 17, 2009
Lewis Yocum alert!
TJS eminent!
Slurvey - June 17, 2009
We can resign Bedard for $3 million and have him pitch in the second half of 2011!
eponymous_coward - June 17, 2009
What about James Andrews?
Isn’t he worse?
Mariner John - June 18, 2009
Any time you know the name of a doctor that's not yours it's bad.
Aaron Campeau - June 18, 2009
Damn it Dr. Zaius.
Mariner John - June 18, 2009
Well that's not good
OlSalty - June 17, 2009
"Team still hoping for Bedard to miss the minimum."
I’m hoping those lottery tickets and that Mila Jovovich cloning experiment I’m working on do well, too.
eponymous_coward - June 17, 2009
Let me know how that cloning experiment works out
Rudy4three - June 17, 2009
Labrum labrum
Labrum labrum labrum rotator cuff labrum labrum
Scrappy the Scapegoat - June 17, 2009
If we chop your head off does the team get better?
seattlebruin - June 17, 2009
I'm thinking we probably need to go more for an exorcism.
eponymous_coward - June 17, 2009
He's a dog.
Go for the Junk.
joof - June 17, 2009
.
CapSea - June 17, 2009
INFLAMMATION INFLAMMATION INFLAMMATION LALALALALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU
OlSalty - June 17, 2009
Wow even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
Poochie - June 19, 2009
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