Koji time
Japanese pitcher Koji Uehara is scheduled to make his exhibition debut today against the Florida Marlins at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Fla. The spring routine usually calls for starters to pitch a maximum of two innings the first time through the rotation, but we'll have to wait and see with Koji, who has asked for more work at every turn during the first two weeks of training camp.
The biggest question right now is how they're going to accommodate all of the Japanese media for the game. There are about 20 seats in the Roger Dean press box and it's generally full, even in this age of media staff reductions. There probably will be about 30 members of the Japanese media, so it should be interesting.
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It will be interesting to see how this overall lighter load will affect Koji this year. Pundits have said Koji would be best as a reliever because he doesn't have the stamina to start, but he may have plenty in the tank all year if he's not getting worked as hard as he's used to in Japan. Would be nice if we ended up getting a quality innings eater.
Posted by: herb | February 27, 2009 8:32 AM
Roch;
When is Liz scheduled to pitch? Will he be used as a starter or reliever??
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Pete's reply: Who's this Roch character you're referring to?
Posted by: vmcmahon | February 27, 2009 9:03 AM
Alright Koji!!!! Make some left-handers look like klutzes today. I love Roger Dean Stadium, by the way.
Posted by: Tim L. | February 27, 2009 9:06 AM
lol to vmcmahon.
Posted by: Victor | February 27, 2009 12:05 PM
My bad!!!
Please answer the question on Liz and I promise not to "dis" you again!!!!
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Pete's reply: What was the question on Liz, how he is going to be used. He's a candidate for the rotation and the bullpen, but how he's used in the next couple of weeks won't tell you anything about that, since they can't start every starter candidate.
Posted by: vmcmahon | February 27, 2009 1:49 PM