Comments on: Rainiers Game Thread

By: gwangung

gwangung — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 01:18:26 +0000

Definitely. He’s got to suck up to Grover; rookies has to know their place in his system.

By: Ralph Malph

Ralph Malph — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 00:58:40 +0000

Aside from defense, does he really have anything more to learn in the minors?

He could get WFB to give him lessons on how to suck up to the manager.

By: Typical Idiot Fan

Typical Idiot Fan — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 00:00:14 +0000

After a slow start, Clement is up to .233 / .343 / .433 with 4 of his 7 hits for extra bases. .200 ISO Power and .110 ISO walk rate is a lot more of what I expect of him then what he did during his injury plagued last year.

Adam Jones – .364 / .436 / .606. Aside from defense, does he really have anything more to learn in the minors?

Yung Chi-Chen – .333 / .294 / .467. God that’s hard to do with your OBP.

Mr. Tuiasasopo – .407 / .500 / .593. 21 years old, folks.

Casey “And His Attitude” Craig – .379 / .526 / .517. Yeah, it’s High Desert.

Aaron Jensen – 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 11 IP, 1 BB, 7 SO, 6 R, 0 ER. Two starts, 4 and 2 unearned runs given up respectively. That’s not easy to do.

Austin Bibens-Dirkx – 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 5.1 IP, 3 BB, 5 SO, 2 R, 0 ER. Still getting used to his new delivery I imagine.

Wisconsin has played exactly three games, so I’m not going to bother posting any stats from there. Triunfel is off to a decent start, but Halman is the direct opposite (10 AB, 7 SO, ouch). Then again, a lot of the guys in that starting lineup have struck out at least twice already. Chalk it up to early season nerves.

By: Graham

Graham — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 19:35:51 +0000

How exactly was Leone for Third’s name (if I’m correct in making that assumption) regrettable, Ralph?

By: PositivePaul

PositivePaul — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 19:13:41 +0000

Well, I did have “Free Dan Rohn!” as a subtitle on MarinersMorsels for pretty much all of 2006. Is that what you’re talking about? Unfortunately, he shot himself in the foot.

With a bazooka.

By: Ralph

Ralph — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:19:03 +0000

Wasn’t there a Mariners related website called “Rohn For Manager” that changed it’s name later? Or was it named, regrettably, after another current Grizzly?

By: marc w

marc w — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:08:02 +0000

21- Lincecum is another class as compared to Morrow.

He looked like he was struggling with HRs and BBs in spring training, but he’s been great in the PCL (through 2 starts, to be fair). The walks just haven’t bitten him thus far.

Lost in all this is a good start by Jorge Campillo. The way Weaver started off, it’s good to know that someone in Tacoma might be ready to step up.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 07:24:33 +0000

87 pitches in 7 innings is fine. That’s borderline economical. It’s a good sign for him. He walked 3 in 5 innings in his first start of the year. Last year, he walked 12 guys in 27 innings in the Cal League. He walked 63 guys in 125 innings at UW last year.

You can’t walk 5 batters per 9 innings and be a successful major league starter. Tonight was a good first step for him – go 7 innings, only walk a couple of guys, get through the line-up several times without running up a huge pitch count. These are the kinds of starts he needs to learn how to be a major league starter.

This is the kind of stuff Brandon Morrow should be learning in West Tennessee, rather than sitting in the Mariner bullpen.

By: Thom Jimsen

Thom Jimsen — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 06:53:39 +0000

Looks like he threw strikes tonight â€” 57 strikes, 30 balls. 87 pitches is probably a few more pitches than a guy should throw in seven innings of shutout ball, though.

By: gag harbor

gag harbor — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 06:53:05 +0000

Lincecum has got to be in the same category as Morrow.

I’d like Rohn less if he managed to keep his mouth shut while watching Hargrove derail the team last year.