Collateral Damage: Mike Baxter Out Six Weeks, Ramon Ramirez To DL

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• dan June 2, 2012 at 8:26 pm

  beato dl stint is up hes coming back not carson. i would say fred lewis (who can fill the baxter role nicely lefty off the bench with some pop and speed and can play all 3 of positions very nicely and can pinch run and can start- has a lot of mlb experience) or satin come up until bay returns. the interesting thing is how playing time will be divided between and bay torres and kirk. i like kirk pinch hitting hes been money but hes got to play. u can probably do a platoon which the number suggest. but torres has to be able to pinch hit well or he has no value on this team. maybe this ramon ramirez injury forces terry to use elvin ramirez would love to see the kid.
  • Hojo's Mojo June 2, 2012 at 8:31 pm

    Thanks Dan. I completely forgot about Beato. I agree with you on the playing time dilemma once Bay comes back. Gonna be interesting to see how Collins figures that out.
• Russell Zanca June 2, 2012 at 8:42 pm

  What crazy re-alighnments. Anything seems to work for us, but really disappointed about Baxter’s injury; kid was in some kind of tremendous groove.

  Well, sure glad Thole is back and playing well.

  God Speed, Young Baxter!!!
• hhawk June 2, 2012 at 8:43 pm

  Why isn’t there better padding on the outfield walls?
  • Fonzie13 June 2, 2012 at 9:38 pm

    That’s a good point. That wall looked like it had no give unless he hit it where the posts are.
• NickDanger June 2, 2012 at 9:10 pm

  18 scoreless innings, sure wish Josh knew how to call pitches
• Metsie June 2, 2012 at 10:27 pm

  I feel pretty bad for Baxter right now…He was getting his shot at proving himself and doing it, Now by the time he gets back he will have to hope Bay is so putrid he can get back into the games, unless they figure out that just because you pay Bay a lot doesn’t mean he should start until he’s better than someone else!

  If I had to guess Baxter will wind up going down to the Minors to rehab and they will find some reason to keep him there until they trade either Torres or Bay and need that extra OF.
• Tommy2cat June 2, 2012 at 10:34 pm

  Unlike Shea, where the walls were constructed of wood, the wall at Citi Field is poured concrete. At some point, there’s no give if its just padding between a tumbling outfielder and the concrete wall.

  After the season, Citi Field officials should consider constructing a buffer capable of absorbing an outfielder’s body slam. In and of itself, padding on concrete will not provide enough “give” to prevent fractures from colliding outfielders

  The causal relation between between Baxter’s injuries and the angle in which he fell into the wall is easy to see.
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  I’d like to see Josh Edgin brought in for a look-see, and to give TC a lefty option other than Byrdak.

  Beato and Mejia are good options, but it appears they should log in more innings at AAA before being brought up.

  I was thinking Fred Lewis, as well. He’s an experienced major leaguer who is capable of stepping into a platoon/reserve role.

  What’s impressive is that we have viable options every time somebody goes down. And TC is a wizard at getting them game ready at the ML level, which is one of the keys to this team’s success.
  • Stick June 3, 2012 at 12:13 am

    problem with Edgin and Lewis is that they both will require another 40 man roster spot to be opened up. That’s getting hard to do at this point.
• Jeff Scott June 3, 2012 at 7:08 am

  What a bittersweet night that Baxter, the kid from Queens could not be on the field to rejoice after being such a big part of it. What a play, we will see it over and over to eternity. Quick recovvery Mike.