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i dont know. what i do know is that the Dodgers all but gave him the job last spring and he played so miserably that Alex Cora beat him out for the job.
he will probly get another shot again if the dodgers dont somehow get Nomar Garciaparra, but if like you said, if the manager doesnt like him he probly wont play.
i dont think that that is the case though and here is why, he is highly thought of as a prospect and if they werent going to give him a chance they would be better served trading him for another player.
i am in Northern California. but i know a former Dodger scout (who just retired a couple years ago) from my days at Merced JC who gives me some info when i see him.
yup, i think he is also. but if the Dodgers get Garciaparra Thurston will have no chance in LA because they will just move Izturiz over to 2b from SS.
if Garciaparra comes to LA look for the Dodgers to move Thurston to another team.
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http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/N...layer_bio.jsp?playerid=407871&club_context=la
2002 Highlights:
Earned a promotion to the big league club on Sept. 1 after turning in one of the most productive seasons ever by a Dodger minor leaguer... playing in 136 games for Triple-A Las Vegas, he led all of minor league baseball with 196 hits and 297 total bases and ranked fourth with a Pacific Coast League-leading 106 runs scored... batted .334 (196-for-587) to rank fourth in the PCL... collected 39 doubles, 13 triples, 12 home runs, 55 RBI and 22 stolen bases... honored as the Dodger organization's Minor League Player of the Year for the second time in three seasons... also received the accolade in 2000 after enjoying a big year at Single-A San Bernardino... appeared in eight Major League games with the Dodgers, collecting six hits in 13 at-bats (.462) to give him a combined 202 hits in 144 games between the minor and Major Leagues... in the season finale and on his 23rd birthday, on Sept. 29 vs. San Diego, started at second base and went 4-for-5 to become the first Dodger rookie since Todd Hollandsworth on Sept. 14, 1996 vs. St. Louis to have four hits in a game... led all Dodger minor leaguers in batting average, hits, at-bats, runs, total bases, doubles and triples (tied)... the 196 hits shattered the Las Vegas franchise single-season mark previously held by Dave Hajek, who collected 177 in 1998... also set club marks in total bases and triples... the 196 hits and 39 doubles were the most by a Dodger minor leaguer since San Bernardino's Adam Riggs collected 196 hits and 39 doubles in 1995... honored by Baseball America as its 2002 Triple-A Player of the Year... selected to All-PCL team... started at second base for the National League squad in the July 9 Triple-A All-Star Game at Oklahoma City... was chosen as the Dodger organization's Minor League Player of the Month for August after batting .346 (46-for-133) with 11 doubles, four triples, four homers and 24 runs scored during the month... hit .300 or better in every month of the season... had 20 games in which he had three or more hits and three four-hit games... played in 118 games at second base and 17 at shortstop... made Major League debut on Sept. 2 at Arizona as a defensive replacement at second base in the sixth inning... collected first Major League hit, an infield single off Brian Fuentes, on Sept. 14 at Colorado... doubled as a pinch-hitter and delivered a sacrifice fly in the eighth for his first big league RBI on Sept. 28 vs. San Diego... the following day vs. San Diego, he singled in his first four at-bats as he made his first Major League start... in April for Las Vegas, hit .343 (35-for-102) with 13 RBI and 24 runs scored... batted .478 (33-for-69) during a 14-game hitting streak April 29-May 12... hit .355 (44-for-124) in June, compiling 10 doubles, 14 RBI, 23 runs scored and 11 steals... on April 29 vs. Colorado Springs, was 4-for-8 with two home runs, three runs and four RBI... on May 9 at Oklahoma, went 4-for-6 with a double, triple and RBI... on June 25 at Colorado Springs, singled, tripled, scored twice and drove in three runs... on June 30 vs. New Orleans, was 3-for-6 with a triple, homer and two RBI... Aug. 12 at Edmonton, had his second straight three-hit game, collecting a double, triple and two RBI... on Aug. 30 vs. Sacramento, went 3-for-4 with a double, home run, three runs scored and two RBI...
Personal:
Joseph William Thurston... single... nicknamed "Joey Ballgame"... wrote a diary for the Dodger web site throughout the 2001 season... signed by Mark Sheehy after being chosen in the fourth round out of Sacramento City College in the June 1999 First-Year Player Draft... while at SCC his team won back-to-back state championships in 1998 and 1999... graduate of Vallejo (CA) High School.
he will probly get another shot again if the dodgers dont somehow get Nomar Garciaparra, but if like you said, if the manager doesnt like him he probly wont play.
i dont think that that is the case though and here is why, he is highly thought of as a prospect and if they werent going to give him a chance they would be better served trading him for another player.
i am in Northern California. but i know a former Dodger scout (who just retired a couple years ago) from my days at Merced JC who gives me some info when i see him.
yup, i think he is also. but if the Dodgers get Garciaparra Thurston will have no chance in LA because they will just move Izturiz over to 2b from SS.
if Garciaparra comes to LA look for the Dodgers to move Thurston to another team.
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http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/N...layer_bio.jsp?playerid=407871&club_context=la
2002 Highlights:
Earned a promotion to the big league club on Sept. 1 after turning in one of the most productive seasons ever by a Dodger minor leaguer... playing in 136 games for Triple-A Las Vegas, he led all of minor league baseball with 196 hits and 297 total bases and ranked fourth with a Pacific Coast League-leading 106 runs scored... batted .334 (196-for-587) to rank fourth in the PCL... collected 39 doubles, 13 triples, 12 home runs, 55 RBI and 22 stolen bases... honored as the Dodger organization's Minor League Player of the Year for the second time in three seasons... also received the accolade in 2000 after enjoying a big year at Single-A San Bernardino... appeared in eight Major League games with the Dodgers, collecting six hits in 13 at-bats (.462) to give him a combined 202 hits in 144 games between the minor and Major Leagues... in the season finale and on his 23rd birthday, on Sept. 29 vs. San Diego, started at second base and went 4-for-5 to become the first Dodger rookie since Todd Hollandsworth on Sept. 14, 1996 vs. St. Louis to have four hits in a game... led all Dodger minor leaguers in batting average, hits, at-bats, runs, total bases, doubles and triples (tied)... the 196 hits shattered the Las Vegas franchise single-season mark previously held by Dave Hajek, who collected 177 in 1998... also set club marks in total bases and triples... the 196 hits and 39 doubles were the most by a Dodger minor leaguer since San Bernardino's Adam Riggs collected 196 hits and 39 doubles in 1995... honored by Baseball America as its 2002 Triple-A Player of the Year... selected to All-PCL team... started at second base for the National League squad in the July 9 Triple-A All-Star Game at Oklahoma City... was chosen as the Dodger organization's Minor League Player of the Month for August after batting .346 (46-for-133) with 11 doubles, four triples, four homers and 24 runs scored during the month... hit .300 or better in every month of the season... had 20 games in which he had three or more hits and three four-hit games... played in 118 games at second base and 17 at shortstop... made Major League debut on Sept. 2 at Arizona as a defensive replacement at second base in the sixth inning... collected first Major League hit, an infield single off Brian Fuentes, on Sept. 14 at Colorado... doubled as a pinch-hitter and delivered a sacrifice fly in the eighth for his first big league RBI on Sept. 28 vs. San Diego... the following day vs. San Diego, he singled in his first four at-bats as he made his first Major League start... in April for Las Vegas, hit .343 (35-for-102) with 13 RBI and 24 runs scored... batted .478 (33-for-69) during a 14-game hitting streak April 29-May 12... hit .355 (44-for-124) in June, compiling 10 doubles, 14 RBI, 23 runs scored and 11 steals... on April 29 vs. Colorado Springs, was 4-for-8 with two home runs, three runs and four RBI... on May 9 at Oklahoma, went 4-for-6 with a double, triple and RBI... on June 25 at Colorado Springs, singled, tripled, scored twice and drove in three runs... on June 30 vs. New Orleans, was 3-for-6 with a triple, homer and two RBI... Aug. 12 at Edmonton, had his second straight three-hit game, collecting a double, triple and two RBI... on Aug. 30 vs. Sacramento, went 3-for-4 with a double, home run, three runs scored and two RBI...
Personal:
Joseph William Thurston... single... nicknamed "Joey Ballgame"... wrote a diary for the Dodger web site throughout the 2001 season... signed by Mark Sheehy after being chosen in the fourth round out of Sacramento City College in the June 1999 First-Year Player Draft... while at SCC his team won back-to-back state championships in 1998 and 1999... graduate of Vallejo (CA) High School.
josh boyd is a top scout for minor leaguers at baseball america
http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/chat/121703dodgerschat.html
Q: kevin from boston, ma asks:
What are your opinions of Joe Thurston? Is there a chance that he becomes a produtive major league player, or is the bloom off that rose?
A: Josh Boyd: There is still a chance he becomes a productive player, maybe in the Mark McLemore mold more than the all-star type role people may have been expecting a year ago. There are a lot of mixed opinions on Thurston in the scouting community. He has an unorthodox hitting approach that has always worked for him, but he was overmatched last spring because he dives into the plate and isn't very selective, adjustments he'll need to make.
http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/chat/121703dodgerschat.html
Q: kevin from boston, ma asks:
What are your opinions of Joe Thurston? Is there a chance that he becomes a produtive major league player, or is the bloom off that rose?
A: Josh Boyd: There is still a chance he becomes a productive player, maybe in the Mark McLemore mold more than the all-star type role people may have been expecting a year ago. There are a lot of mixed opinions on Thurston in the scouting community. He has an unorthodox hitting approach that has always worked for him, but he was overmatched last spring because he dives into the plate and isn't very selective, adjustments he'll need to make.