What do we do with a Tim Lopes?

Out of the twenty (twenty!) players to make their big league debuts for the 2019 Mariners, Tim Lopes’s first few games were among the most memorable. After posting a strong .302/.362/.476 slash line in Tacoma, he first appeared in the Majors on July 24th, standing at second base for one inning on against the Tigers. His first three plate appearances came the next day, and from the nine-hole, he worked a walk, grounded out to short, and...

Although he initially stayed in - even stealing a base and scoring immediately after taking a ball to the helmet - Lopes was removed from the game and placed on the 7-day IL, and many feared that he had suffered a more serious injury.