Read: Alou and Pagan
As noted yesterday, Moises Alou was 3 for 3 in a minor-league rehab game over the weekend.
He will play again today for Single-A St. Lucie.
Team officials told reporters yesterday that Alou could return as early as this weekend against the Braves.
…for what it’s worth, last weekend, it sounded nearly certain that he would be back by friday…now, it’s as soon as this weekend…
which sounds like a bit of a back track…not that it matters…it’s probably better spoken this way…
…when alou returns, it will bump Angel Pagan from the starting lineup…and understandably so…however, if willie is wise, he gets Carlos Beltran and Ryan Church some time off, while keeping pagan’s .300–hitting bat in the lineup…he has at least one hit in seven of their last 10 games…i understand that alou must get his job back…i mean, he’s alou, and he hit .341 last season…but, pagan is hitting too and that should not be buried…
Pagan did not play yesterday, in his return to Chicago. However, Randolph told reporters that Pagan will be in today’s lineup.
In a post to his blog for the Daily News, Adam Rubin transcribed a Q&A Pagan had with reporters prior to last night’s game.
For more on Pagan, read David Lennon in Newsday.
