Guillermo Quiroz Recalled

by Matthew on May 26, 2009 2:50 PM PDT in Transactions Comment 87 comments

The Mariners have opted to call up journeyman minor leaguer Guillermo Quiroz, a onetime top prospect with Toronto, from Class AA to fill the void left by Kenji Johjima's injury. Johjima goes to the 15-day DL and pitcher Cesar Jimenez is transferred to the 60-day DL.

Well, that was an odd one. I would have put it somewhere around the third or fourth most likely transaction to have happened to replace Johjima on the roster. It's been a long time since Quiroz has done anything positive at the plate, but one thing he does bring is a somewhat patient (compared to our other catchers) approach.

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Who are you? What do you want? Who are you? What do you want?

Once again I feel bad about having a guy land on our 25 man roster from inside the organisation who I have never heard of. I understand why they didn’t call up Adam Moore because holy crap that would have been exciting and fuck you Gareth we won’t have you experiencing any excitment from any starting Mariner catcher.

Hopefully this guy is going to go on a murderous [in a hitting the baseball with a bat, anti-pitcher context] HGH suicide rampage for the next few weeks before Kenji gets better.

I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.

by EnglishMariner on May 26, 2009 2:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Calling up Adam Moore starts his service clock early and he'd get killed by ML pitching

by Graham on May 26, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

How does the service clock work in this context?

My knowledge of it isn’t as strong as it should be. All I know is Price has been sat in the Minors for a few months due in part to service time considerations. Does it basically mean that Moore would be eligible for FA earlier if he was called up now? Or does it relate to options?

I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.

by EnglishMariner on May 26, 2009 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Worth noting, Quiroz carries a reputation as a good defensive guy.

So it should be interesting to see if he sucks at measurable defense.

by Matthew on May 26, 2009 2:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I guess this is better than Burke

by abender20 on May 26, 2009 2:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm thinking more "meh".

More of a lateral move if you ask me.

by eponymous_coward on May 26, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well I can't say I was expecting this

but it kind of makes sense.

by BrianL on May 26, 2009 2:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I am indifferent to Quiroz!

by waldo rojas on May 26, 2009 2:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Get ready to hate!

I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.

by EnglishMariner on May 26, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He's going to have to suck pretty hard to even make the top 5 list.

by eponymous_coward on May 26, 2009 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It sure seems like he got more than two PA in 2006.

by acblue on May 26, 2009 2:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

A decent no-risk move

I’m somewhat surprised it wasn’t Burke, and it’s possible they’ll have trouble retaining Quiroz when it comes time to outright him back to the minors, but hey, welcome back, Guillermo.

Bad news re: Jimenez. Something’s clearly not right. On the plus side, Tyler Johnson made his debut with the Rainiers on Sunday and pitched a perfect inning (on 8 pitches)… so if we need a lefty reliever, he’s getting close. Of course, he’s not on the 40 man either.
Here’s Johnson:

by marc w on May 26, 2009 2:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Jimenez

He was nearing 60 days anyway, so the move — by itself — is not necessarily bad news, just clearing a spot on the 40-man roster. The silence about his progress, however, may be bad news.

by G_ on May 26, 2009 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes, the fact that he had an awful appearance for Tacoma and since then seems to just hang out in the Sea. bullpen

leads me to think there isn’t really a rehab ‘program’ – or at least not one that’s going to lead to another rehab appearance anytime soon.

by marc w on May 26, 2009 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not really a huge loss though

by Graham on May 26, 2009 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

No, that's true.

Still, a ~ league average reliever capable of going mult. innings isn’t a terrible thing. It’s clearly not something this team really needs, but Jimenez could add some value some day.
If the team needs a LOOGY, obviously Johnson would be a much, much better option.

by marc w on May 26, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

So...uh...what happened to Clement?

Is he just not ready yet or what?

by Mariners116 on May 26, 2009 3:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I think he might have a bad left pinky toe or something.

by acblue on May 26, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hurt. Can't catch at the moment, so he's DHing.

by marc w on May 26, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have almost forgotton how awful it was to watch Clement last year.

That is a testament to Rob Johnson I guess.

I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.

by EnglishMariner on May 26, 2009 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Injured, organization hates him.

Not sure which is the reason, but it is one of those two.

by Matthew on May 26, 2009 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Word on the street is he isn't catching till June.

You got slurved!

Free Tommy Hanson! Free Jeff Clement! Free Michael Saunders!

by Slurvey on May 26, 2009 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's in four games.

by Matthew on May 26, 2009 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

So who's wife did Clement sleep with?

You got slurved!

Free Tommy Hanson! Free Jeff Clement! Free Michael Saunders!

by Slurvey on May 26, 2009 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

His wife I'd imagine

Otherwise the baby would be difficult to explain

by Graham on May 26, 2009 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

But it would explain the bad knee.

Obviously the husband gave him the Nancy Kerrigan Special.

by eponymous_coward on May 26, 2009 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

And he only hits him in the knee? He hits about as well as Yuni

by Kermit. on May 26, 2009 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I din't know you and Jeffie were MARRIED!

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on May 26, 2009 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Okie dokey

by Poochie on May 26, 2009 3:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

WORST MOVE IN THE HISTORY OF THE TEAM

by Fogel on May 26, 2009 3:08 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

He's going to be the secondary catcher, right?

by abender20 on May 26, 2009 3:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Except this means MORE ROB JOHNSON

by seattlebruin on May 26, 2009 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I didn't say it was a good thing.

However, it’s not like Quiroz has any real history of offensive success anywhere. That does come with the caveat that he somehow has only logged 258 PA since 2004, based on what Fangraphs tracks.

by abender20 on May 26, 2009 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

258 MLB PAs. Plenty of MiLB ones.

Career wOBA is Johnsonesque.

by marc w on May 26, 2009 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

If he has acceptable defense

and takes a walk or two, sounds like our new starting C to me.

by waldo rojas on May 26, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

What you want to happen and what Wakamatsu will do are two separate issues.

by abender20 on May 26, 2009 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I forgot about Rob Johnsons' legendary repertoire with the pitchers.

by waldo rojas on May 26, 2009 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

*Rapport.

Although, I suppose the pitcher should have a repertoire….

by msb on May 26, 2009 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

We had Guillermo Quiroz?

by Jeff on May 26, 2009 3:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

We've had him for years

by Graham on May 26, 2009 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He was with Baltimore last year and Texas the year before that.

by Matthew on May 26, 2009 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wait we didn't have Guillermo Quiroz?

by Graham on May 26, 2009 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

We had him in 2006.

by Matthew on May 26, 2009 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I liked him then!

by Jeff on May 26, 2009 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bavasi claimed him on waivers

as an out of options guy at the end of spring training, put him on the roster for a couple days, and then put him through waivers a few days later. He cleared and was outrighted to Tacoma.

Sadly, that might have been the cleverest move of the Bavasi regime.

by G_ on May 26, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

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by Matthew on May 26, 2009 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

For some reason I assumed that he was just around between then and now

Despite having read the stat sheet showing him with Texas/Oklahoma in 2007 about 20 minutes ago

by Graham on May 26, 2009 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Or with Baltimore

Remember this gutpunch of a game?

by marc w on May 26, 2009 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes. Yes I do.

by Graham on May 26, 2009 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well I'll be damned.

by Jeff on May 26, 2009 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

My reaction as well.

by Poochie on May 26, 2009 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wonder if Wak will still insist on batting Johnson in a slot other than ninth?

This has puzzled me all year.

by Rudy4three on May 26, 2009 3:47 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

What could have possibly changed?

by abender20 on May 26, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, I guess nothing. Just figuring that maybe since Johnson only plays like once

a week, Wak didn’t want to move other guys out of their usual batting order spots.

Now that Johnson is the #1 catcher for two weeks, hopefully he’s batting 9th every day

by Rudy4three on May 26, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well this is a Quiroz duck

by Fogel on May 26, 2009 4:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Maybe they want Burke

to stay in Tacoma to help mentor Moore. That’s the thought I’m sticking with.

by edgar is good on May 26, 2009 4:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Quillermo is going to take us to the world series

by Nick S on May 26, 2009 4:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Love it.

Guess I should order my Quiroz jersey today…though it may garner me strange looks.

by Omerta on May 26, 2009 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I guess Wiki Gonzalez wasn't available.

"If your good at something never do it for free." - The Joker

by houseofprime on May 26, 2009 4:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Neither was Miguel Olivo

but that’s also because someone is actually playing him right now.

by seattlebruin on May 26, 2009 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well that's Quir.

by Mariner John on May 26, 2009 5:27 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs

What a great month for Jamie Burke

First he gets DFA’d and nobody wants him.

So we send him down to AAA, where he’s inevitably sitting around waiting for Clement to get better so he can get kicked somewhere else.

Then another guy above him gets hurt, but instead of bringing him up to be the backup catcher, he’s passed over for the guy doing his job one level down.

I’d almost feel bad for him… Almost.

IF I WAS MANAGER I'D HAVE A FIST FIGHT WITH YUNI RIGHT NOW AND KNOCK HIS FUCKING MONKEY HEAD CLEAN OFF (~EM)

by seattlecougar on May 26, 2009 5:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs