HWB: Jeff Clement

[shortsavage]

Does anyone know why Jeff Clement is getting such limited playing time in the Hawaii Winter Baseball League? He only had five at-bats last week.

Is he still recovering from injuries?

[Dr. StrangeGlove]

I know he played on Nov. 18th. The league final is on the 22nd. He has only played about half of the 40 games and has struggled

[shortsavage]

Found out more about this...should have updated myself.

The Waikiki Beach Boys have four catchers on their roster. Unless they are playing makeup games, teams only play five days a week in Hawaii (not six like the AFL). I doubt the Mariners were expecting Clement to play so little on the island but I bet they knew going into it that he wasn't going to be playing more than three times a week.

If he has played about half of the games, he has sure had a lot of pinch-hitting appearances. I know he hasn't started 1/2 the games.