Adam Moore Promoted to Tacoma

by Matthew on May 14, 2009 11:15 AM PDT in Seattle Mariners Regular News

No, I do not think this means Jeff Clement is getting called up to Seattle to replace Rob Johnson. I think it is more likely that it means that Jeff Clement is no longer a catcher.

More reaction as the news comes.

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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Looks like I’m skipping band practice next Thursday…

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by PositivePaul on May 14, 2009 11:17 AM PDT reply actions

1st base?

The last thing we need is another LH 1B.

Free Jeffie!
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by JLProck on May 14, 2009 11:17 AM PDT reply actions

SS. Why not?

I go to law school. Therefore, I have no life.

by andrewgolfsalot on May 14, 2009 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions

This must be a prelude to a trade.

Everybody’s fungible at this point.

by A.J. Coltrane on May 14, 2009 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions

Knees, is my guess...

He’ll play DH a lot, I presume.

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by PositivePaul on May 14, 2009 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions

Goodbye Jeffie

I enjoyed you, and I’ll miss hoping you’d make it through.

by Graham MacAree on May 14, 2009 11:18 AM PDT reply actions

He's going to Boston, and is going to thrive.

You watch. It’ll happen.

Free Jeffie!
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by JLProck on May 14, 2009 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions

He's up because as Divish mentioned...

Clement’s knee is barking again…

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by PositivePaul on May 14, 2009 11:19 AM PDT reply actions

And I can't even root for Rob Johnson to suffer a career ending injury anymore

Life’s a bitch sometimes

by Graham MacAree on May 14, 2009 11:20 AM PDT reply actions

FA Cup?

For the Blues? I don’t even want to call it a silver lining. It’s like a rusty iron lining…

by GhettoBear04 on May 14, 2009 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions

The FA Cup is always amazing

’97 was the best year ever to be a Chelsea fan

by Graham MacAree on May 14, 2009 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions

I wasn't a soccer fan back then...

…there have been some terrifying painful losses in the past 12 months. Does it make me a bad person that I was happy when Ovrebo had to be guarded out of England in the middle of the night?

by GhettoBear04 on May 14, 2009 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions

Bye, Jeff.

by .Taylor on May 14, 2009 11:52 AM PDT reply actions

We have three guys fighting for first base in Tacoma.

And you want one more?

Something else is up.

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by JY on May 14, 2009 11:56 AM PDT reply actions

Well they can't exactly keep Clement at catcher if his knees won't hold up.

by BrianL on May 14, 2009 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions

Clement has not gotten any better

At anything! His hitting, I think, is actually getting worse! And he has bad knees. Can you say first round flop boys and girls!

Raider for life

by Rich Langford on May 14, 2009 1:07 PM PDT reply actions

Well you appear to be an idiot

by Graham MacAree on May 14, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions

How can you tell!

Was it all the exclamation points!

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by pdb on May 14, 2009 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions

As if the sig didn't give it away

by abender20 on May 14, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm gonna laugh if Moore does worse in AAA than Clement does and plays defense like Rob Johnson after all he's a "good defensive catcher".

Clement should get one more chance at the ML level but he probably won’t… In a Mariners uniform.

So we’re turn Clement from a “Catcher” with offensive potential into a average DH.
And Morrow into a “closer”.

You got slurved bitch.

by Slurvey on May 14, 2009 2:48 PM PDT reply actions

Difference being

Morrow asked to be turned into a closer. We can’t help that he happens to suck at the job right now. Clement isn’t getting the chance to succeed as a catcher, and he wants to be a catcher.

by manifestus on May 14, 2009 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions

Clement's knees will dictate his future as a catcher.

I’m guessing this has as much to do with it as anything. Clement works his butt off to improve his catching skills, and he really doesn’t want to be anything BUT a catcher. His body’s just not holding up its end of the bargain. He could hold his own out there, if his body would let him. I’m guessing it won’t.

I still say that Rob Johnson’s reputation as a “good defensive catcher” comes because a) he’s a likeable guy and b) he’s a crappy hitter. I’ve never liked watching him behind the dish…

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by PositivePaul on May 14, 2009 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions