Todd Self, will be coaching the first basemen and outfielders in Corpus Christi this year. He will be on the inactive player list but could be activated if needed as a player.
Self on the decision:
“Obviously I wasn’t expecting to make a decision about this for three, four years,” Self said Monday night while the Hooks worked out at Whataburger Field. “I talked to my wife about this in the offseason. You’ve got to have a Plan B.”
Tip Fairchild will spend time in Extended Spring Training rehabbing, busting scar tissue and playing some golf according to the Kennebec Journal/Morning Sentinel.
Fairchild was throwing between 80 and 85 pitches in monitored bullpen sessions a couple of weeks ago in order to break up scar tissue from his operation. He’s currently throwing between 40 and 50 pitches in side sessions as well as simulated games.
“Lately I’ve been throwing the ball pretty well,” he said. “I’m throwing a lot of strikes and the curve ball is coming back. I’m starting to feel like I’m going to spring training right now.”
He reports that he expects to be pitching in a live game in EST in the next few weeks, with a goal of being with the Hooks in May. As for his off time:
“We’re basically on our own schedule,” he said of those rehabbing. “We get our stuff done and we can head out of there until we’re playing in a game.
“I’m playing golf quite a bit and fishing a lot,”