Rainiers
Dave · April 25, 2005 at 6:24 pm · Filed Under Mariners
I’m listening to the Rainiers while doing a few other things, and Tacoma is up like 142 to nothing in the top of the first. Felix could have the worst start of his career and still get a win.
Jason Young’s line for Colorado Springs: 0 IP, 8 Runs. Ouch.
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Not even sure why they are pitching Felix tonight. The weather sounds absolutely ridiculous, freezing and would be snowing if it were raining, which was forecast. Can be very hard to get loose in conditions like that. Sure he’ll be fine, but makes you nervous.
Actually, the sun is shining in Colorado Springs. Weather isn’t a problem.
Have you all been paying any attention to our low class A affiliate? They have a few guys who can hit on that squad in Tuiasosopo, Chen and Womack. Will be interesting to watch them develop over the next couple of seasons, along with Jones and Balentien at the High A level. Is it possible that Christianson is figuring out how to swing the bat? Over an exceedingly small sample this season, he seems to be doing well and he was swinging well at the end of last year.
So what is the score?
13-0 in the bottom of the third.
13-0, bottom of the third. (2-run HR for Leone and Christianson in the top of the 3rd.)
It would be interesting to know how Felix changes his pitching approach with a big lead. Ninety percent fastballs, I would hope. There’s no need at all to throw off the plate.
17-0.
Colorado Springs is really a pretty good hitter’s park, so by properly adjusting, the score is only, like, 15.6-0 or something.
So does that mean Felix has actually given up – 1.2 runs or so?
At this point, Ryan Christianson is 6-for-6 since his return from suspension.
The score is 19-1 after the fifth inning; I hope Tacoma socres 30 runs tonight.
I’d like to take this opportunity to point out that Justin Leone rocks my socks. Hopefully your socks are equivalently rocked.
Felix’s line: 5 4 1 1 4 6
Why did the second “4” happen?
Mr Doyle just hit his 1st homerun. Hoorey!!
The injury-inspired disintegration of Jeff Heaverlo is very sad to me.
So, that puts Felix at the following line season-to-date:
22 IP
18 H
5 R (4 ER)
12 BB
23 HR
Early indications have his control looking like the only stumbling block. So it will be when he gets promoted to the Majors, I imagine.
If Ramon Santiago is in the lineup and eight of the nine starters get hits, what are is the mathematical probability that Santiago will be the lone non-hitter? 99.99999998 percent or thereabouts, I’m guessing.
But imagine how much picking up and throwing he’s done today.
21-4?! Wholy guacamole.
23 HR for Felix? I am assuming those are supposed to be “K’s”
RE #17 (Jeff)
So Felix has given up 23 homers but only 18 hits? How’d that happen? haha.
🙂
Amazing what this guy is doing at his age. He was throwing more strikes last year. Why so many walks this season?
Leave me alone.
As for the walks, Felix had a bit of an up-and-down stretch when he was promoted to AA last year, too. Just the standard issues that come with playing at a higher level for the first time. Expect to see the same thing when he gets to Seattle for a little while before he settles in.
No problem Jeff, we’ll just pretend you are on the East Coast, 12:10am and there you have your excuse! Go Rainiers, Go M’s.
I am on the East Coast.
lol…me too. Unfortunately the excuse doesnt fly now.
can i get a score update/final?
21-7 with Doyle going 3-5 with 2B, HR, BB and SF, filling all the columns up.
I assume Colorado Springs is a Colorado Rockies farm team?
I see where Ryan Christianson (sp?) was 5-5 today with a homerun. I assume he is probably no longer able to be a catcher defensively any longer, but as a right handed bat off the bench, is he a better alternative than what we have currently? (As far as rewarding someone for violating the steroid policy, I’m for saying he served his suspension, should obviously be monitored, but steroids don’t directly create bat contact, so don’t hold it against him.)
I think ANYONE is a better option off the bench than what the M’s have currently.
I’d have had Leone and Strong (when deemed 100%) on the bench anyways.
Add Jacobs to that when he’s back – the dude hits.
This sucks. I live in Colorado Springs, and I had no idea the Rainiers and especially Felix were in town yesterday. I’m bummed.
By the way, the weather Monday was pretty cold. Cold and cloudy but no rain. It rained/snowed on Sunday.
23 HRs… is that a Fraudian slip ?
From the Kansas City Star:
Mariners go from bad to worst with ex-Royals pitchers
JEFFREY FLANAGAN
You probably didn’t notice, but Tacoma, the top affiliate of the Seattle Mariners, released former Royals’ first-round draft pick Dan Reichert last week.
At this point of Reichert’s journeyman career, that normally wouldn’t be interesting news.
What makes the move noteworthy is that Tacoma apparently cut Reichert to make room for Albie Lopez.
No joke. That’s the same Albie Lopez who about drove Kansas City fans crazy two seasons ago when he seemed determined to single-handedly sabotage Royals games out of the bullpen. Lopez was so bad that when he was released, he had a 12.71 ERA, the highest single-season ERA in franchise history for a pitcher with at least 22 2/3 innings of work.
It was simply amazing that the Royals stubbornly stuck with Lopez all the way until June that year, but then again, they may stick with Eli Marrero through an entire .158 season here in 2005.
Lopez, who was out of baseball all last season, had been in spring camp with the Pittsburgh Pirates. When the Pirates informed him he wasn’t going to be a candidate for the rotation, he indicated he had no intentions of playing in the minors. He apparently has since had a change of heart.
Reichert, by the way, had an 11.25 ERA in two appearances for Tacoma.
Who is Doyle? Snelling or Rifkin? Also why Doyle? I must have missed something along the way or just plain don’t make the connection here.
To prevent the dreaded jinx by referring to a player by his real name, at times, we may refer to him by his middle name. Or an extended remix thereof.
Here.
Ahh, I understand now… I just missed hearing that and what the rules of the jinx are.
Btw, your Here link did not work
Evidently not. That’s weird. Here’s the URL.
http://ussmariner.com/?p=2446
great Mike Curto quote curtesy of today’s News Tribune:
“After the Rainiers’ 21-7 win on Monday, hitting coach Terry Pollreisz spent 15 minutes looking at the box score, grinning the whole time.”