Hoskins probably got bruised from the play and second base last night. He lay on the ground for a while and the trainers came out. So an off day probably makes some sense.
Certainly are giving Altherr every opportunity to try and prove he belongs on the squad when Quinn is activated. Looks like that question maybe answering itself.
It will be interesting to track Segura's injury. I know they call it a mild hamstring, but any hamstring injury needs rest. Would they consider bringing Quinn up for Segura for 10 days and go light on infield backups? I am sure they don't want to do that. And Quinn has not played much if any infield this year. I guess they could designate Altherr and bring up both Quinn and one of Gosselin/Romine if they needed to.
I'm guessing Walding gets a recall--I believe he's on the 40. Still we really have no back-up middle infielders (Hererra?).
Gamboa, Guzman and Brito are bringing into question sizeable bonuses for scrawny LA infielders.
Maybe we should just sign LA pitchers and buy starting players?
From Matt Gelb:
Look for a further move - Walding? Quinn? Guessing the Segura hamstring thing may require the IL.
UPDATE: And the next shoe drops:
Pivetta move is official. Gosselin is up. Still a 40 man move to come.
Segura is hurt but not going to the IL.
Hunter to the 60 day?
Lineup is out for today. Kingery batting second and playing short. Not ideal for the continued Kingery breakout!
EDIT:
This might be a solution, though its unlikely to happen today.
I really DON'T want to lose Altherr. Any other option is fine. DFA one of the minor league IFs who have never hit at any level like Gamboa.
They really don't have a choice, if Segura can't play. Gosselin may get to the park in time for a 1:05 start, but that's cutting it pretty fine - I can't see how they could assume that, and announce him in the lineup.
I'd like them to keep Kingery in the bottom of the order and but Cesar or Odubel in the 2-hole. I think pitchers will be more likely to work Scott out-of-the-zone if he's higher in the order. They don't have to worry about walking him since he seems to swing pretty aggressively.
I can't imagine having McCutchen hitting in front of you and Harper and Hoskins hitting behind you would negatively impact your hitting success. He should get plenty of fastball and mostly for strikes. Nobody would want to walk him and put on an extra base-runner ahead of Harper/Hoskins.
If we assume that Hunter's unavailable for most of that time anyway (e.g., until some time in mid-May), this would make a lot of sense. He went on the 10-day as of 3/25, so you'd be talking essentially Memorial Day.
I was being a little disingenuous but I don't love Kingery at short. Hes playing well and his confidence is up, and I worry that playing at a positon he knows hes done poorly at in the past may negatively impact his confidence and by extension his performance at the plate.
I'm less worried about where he bats in the order. I'm sure he'll see some fastballs.
This game is at a time I can actually watch it too so looking forward to seeing how he does.
On a separate note, I was pleased to see Kapler run Andrew Knapp out to first base last night, when Segura left the game. It seems to me that Knapp is the logical guy to be the "backup first baseman" (apart from Franco, that is) on this roster - and it's a way to get his bat in the lineup occasionally, and still have him available should he be needed to catch.