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Ladies and Gentlemen...I present to you...our opening day starting pitcher! ;) 

Mark Trumbo told Dan Connolly of The Athletic that he would be willing to do some part-time pitching in addition to hitting next season.

Trumbo also acknowledges that he's unsure whether he'll be offered another job following back-to-back injury-plagued seasons. He wants to start coaching at some point and might consider it now in the right situation. "It’s kind of an in-between spot," Trumbo said. "There’s no other way to put it." Trumbo will turn 34 in January.

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6 minutes ago, Aglets said:

Ummmmm,  I think I want Mark Trumbo to hang out with Chris Davis for awhile now.  If that means moving them both to the bullpen...........I'm open to it!

I doubt if too many guys would be charging the moind against those two.  :)

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1 hour ago, wildbillhiccup said:

Ladies and Gentlemen...I present to you...our opening day starting pitcher! ;) 

Mark Trumbo told Dan Connolly of The Athletic that he would be willing to do some part-time pitching in addition to hitting next season.

Trumbo also acknowledges that he's unsure whether he'll be offered another job following back-to-back injury-plagued seasons. He wants to start coaching at some point and might consider it now in the right situation. "It’s kind of an in-between spot," Trumbo said. "There’s no other way to put it." Trumbo will turn 34 in January.

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As a high school hurler with a 96-mph fastball, Trumbo was one of the better young right-handers in Southern California. He was drafted in 2004 as a pitcher by the Los Angeles Angels, but he failed his physical due to an arthritic elbow, prompting a switch to hitting full-time.

He’s always kind of messed around with pitching, and while he was rehabbing his knee in the last year, he spent a lot of time playing catch and working on arm strength. He said he’s probably throwing his fastball in the high-80s and maybe the low-90s.

“I think that’s still a work in progress, but it’s something I’ve been kind of keeping on top of,” he said.

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“My arm is still in pretty good shape and some of my thought was, with the 26th man, I think a lot of teams are gonna explore the possibilities for two-way players if they are actually capable of doing it,” Trumbo said. “So, I think that was part of where my head was at. Add some value, eat some innings when the games might get away from the team. If you can have a guy that can do a little bit of both (hitting and pitching), I think that is immensely valuable. But it needs to be at a high enough level to get the job done.”

 

 

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8 hours ago, wildbillhiccup said:

Ladies and Gentlemen...I present to you...our opening day starting pitcher! ;) 

Mark Trumbo told Dan Connolly of The Athletic that he would be willing to do some part-time pitching in addition to hitting next season.

Trumbo also acknowledges that he's unsure whether he'll be offered another job following back-to-back injury-plagued seasons. He wants to start coaching at some point and might consider it now in the right situation. "It’s kind of an in-between spot," Trumbo said. "There’s no other way to put it." Trumbo will turn 34 in January.

Mr. Trumbo needs to retire and take his teammate CD with him.

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