Comments on: Game 13, Angels at Mariners

By: zackr

zackr — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:25:11 +0000

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It’s totally valid that I’d feel ripped off by going to that game, but seriously, thanks for the snide remark. You’re sarcastic wit is enthralling.

By: avideo

avideo — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:45:18 +0000

We attended the game yesterday, and I could see the game was going to go into the toilet as soon EOF got called in from the bullpen. This guy needs a short trip back to Tacoma. Given the final score, I suspect if Mclarren had called in almost anyone else, the final score might have been a bit closer. The Mariners should give Arthur Rhodes a shot at replacing him. After all he’s a lefty and looked to be pretty well back to throwning decent stuff during spring training.
From our season ticket seats on the aisle in Section 115, I have probably seen at least 100+ games with a great view of whoever is playing in right field. Morse looked weak at that position. Not enough speed to cover the territory and possibly not the skill set to track fly balls well at that position. Time for Jeremy Reed to get a call.

By: joser

joser — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:12:02 +0000

One thing that does seem to correlate to breakdowns in pitchers is overuse. I don't know that anybody's been able to make a case for small stature, though it seems reasonable; but over the last few years Verducci at SI has presented a case (the "Year After Effect") for not giving a pitcher more than 25-30 innings over and above what he pitched the previous year. Lincecum had 146 last year, plus 31 in the minors; I don't know what he had in 2006 (64 in the minors but he also pitched at the UW that year). So I'd hope he doesn't get pushed past 200 this year, and also hope 2007 wasn't such a big increase over '06 that it bites him this season. (Yeah, I want the guy to succeed -- like Ichiro, he's about my size, and I enjoy seeing guys like that out there, plus I want all the "bad mechanics" folks to have to come back, year after year, saying "Ok, but this year he's going to break down...")

By: scott19

scott19 — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:46:23 +0000

225/228: Given Lincecum’s size and how hard he throws, I have a feeling that if his career’s to have any longevity, he may eventually wind up being used as a closer. After all, could anybody imagine Billy Wagner trying to start games all these years?

By: msb

msb — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:39:14 +0000

Whatâ€™s Shane Monahan doing lately?

managing the Home Depot in Vail, Colo.

I paid $44.00 to see this game. No one said word one about Bedard being scratched. What a joke.

so, what, they should have called you on the way to the stadium? he was pulled about 30 minutes before the game. It was on the radio, and everything.

Roy Corcoran is warming up, or as I like to call him: â€œwho?â€

hey, no dissing Roy, the King of Slaughter, La.

By: westfried

westfried — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:10:24 +0000

The thing that bugged me the most about this game was using O’Flaherty with 2 on in a 2-run game. That’s not a “soft landing”, or a chance to get some easy innings for a guy who’s struggling. Instead, it was probably the highest leverage situation in the game today.

But Mac, in his wisdom, has decided that RRS is his late-innings lefty, making EOF his early-innings lefty. Who cares what the situation is, the ROLE called for the early-innings lefty!

Mac’s slavish use of roles, rather than context, to define usage once again cost the team.

By: Ebenezer

Ebenezer — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:57:09 +0000

Lincecum is already showing signs of fatigue and strain. He only lasted six innings today, and his ERA has shot up to 2.25. By the end of the season, his ERA is going to approach, or exceed 3.00. I bet he’ll barely exceed 200 innings pitched, and his xFIP will exceed 3.25. I think it’s clear that Morrow was the right choice.

By: sealclubber253

sealclubber253 — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:51:30 +0000

What makes me mad about today is the fact that we are playing a game that DOES matter. It’s against our division rival and we didn’t put a team on the field that could compete. Instead of doing some damage to the Angles, we gave up before it started. I understand resting guys, but why not on Tuesday when you are playing a team you still might beat? Way to go Mac.

By: 300ZXNA

300ZXNA — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:41:55 +0000

Has anyone ever done a study on what mechanics are coupled with what injury risks? I ask because it seems like so many people talk about avoiding a pitcher because his mechanics aren’t good, but it seems to me as though it’s almost random as to what pitchers get hurt. Prior, with his supposed perfect mechanics can’t stay healthy, etc. Anyway, I just wonder if the whole “his arm is going to fall off because of his mechanics” thing it overblown.

And yes, I would give anything to have taken Lincecum over Morrow considering it probably would have kept us from doing the Bedard trade . . .

By: joser

joser — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:46:53 +0000

I’d rather see Reed over Wlad also. He’d instantly and easily be the 2nd best outfielder on the team, and would (if Mac understood the value of defense) add value in the late innings of a lot of games. Unfortunately, he’s a lefty so he doesn’t fit into the “platoon Wilkerson” role, and until McLaren can get his head around another “role” that pretty much is the end of that, I’m afraid. Safeco will make Wlad suffer the same way it punishes Johjima.

As for the bullpen, assuming EOF gets a little minor league action to get his, uh, head together, my bet is they pull up Morrow again. Not because it makes sense, but because that seems to be what they do. Personally, I’m hoping for Dickey.

BTW, Lincecum’s line today:
6 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 11 K

Just wait for Lincecum to destroy his arm

Yeah, he’s the whitebread Pedro Martinez. Small guy, throws hard, looks like he’ll blow up eventually. And like Pedro, he probably will. But what would you have given for those prime years of Pedro?