Matt Tuiasosopo battles for a spot on the Mariners' opening-day roster
But, I won't.
In the corner of the Mariners' clubhouse where Matt Tuiasosopo's locker resides — just a couple down from Ken Griffey Jr. and across from Ichiro and Chone Figgins — it's not all that easy to get attention.Click for the rest.
"They talk, I listen," Tuiasosopo said.
Tuiasosopo is again speaking loudly where it matters most — between the lines.
Just as he did in 2009, the Woodinville High grad is tearing up the Cactus League, hitting a homer and a double high off the center-field wall Friday in the Mariners' 6-6 tie with Kansas City to up his average to .474.
And he's doing it playing a different position just about every day.
Friday, he was at third base, but he also has two starts at shortstop and another at second base, showing versatility that makes him more valuable.
"He's doing exactly what he needs to do, that's the bottom line," Mariners manager Don Wakamatsu said. "We'll end up making that decision (as to the opening-day roster), but he's doing exactly what we are looking for."
Mike, if you hunt around on the Seattle Times website, you might be able to order a few hard copies.
1 comment:
Good post! Gooooood post.
I'd not seen that article yet, thanks for the link.
I had off yesterday and was doing some work at home listening to the Mariners game (MLB AT BAT 2010 app for Droid)when Tui went deep against the Royals.
Gets me pumped up for the real thing in less than a month!
Back to Tui. While it'd be great to see him make the team out of camp, it comes back to the age old question for younger prospects: Is it better to make the big club maybe get 1 or 2 starts and a pinch hit a week or play every day at AAA until a full time spot opens up?
Yeah, maybe i'll just wait until he hits a game winning home run and makes the cover before i order any hard copies.
I was hoping that someone might have found a Tui jersey buried in he bowels of TWCF@FCS for the rummage sale...but if last years BP jerseys were a very un-rummage-sale-like $100 per...I can't imagine what a Tui jersey would be priced at...
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