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Game 154, Mariners at Athletics
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You’re predicting a win?
So where are you on your load test? If 154 is the failing point I’m somewhere in the 110 region. I can take a lot more suffering. Losing and having a horrible front office is half the fun.
Keys to the game: “The Mariners need to score some runs.”
Keys to the Game:
Strasburg in ‘09
– Help jump start the future by keeping the eyes on the prize.
I really think we should throw all the remaining games so we get a higher draft pick. That said, even if we play our strongest healthy side, we may not have much of a say in the matter…
Actually, the key to Strasburg is that the Padres are playing the Nationals this weekend.
I hope we get 3rd round draft I want Grant Green the SS and the Padres will take Strasburg.
I have to say that if I was going to put money on how the M’s would break the streak, “LaHair homers, driving in Cairo” wouldn’t have been my choice.
Another Betancourt double play.
Niehaus called it in the pregame show. His “pick to click” was LaHair based on a nice swing late in the game last night.
However, in that same pregame show, Blowers said the key to winning close games was a veteran team. His reasoning: they know when to get hits, when to catch the ball (as opposed to young guy bobbling it in close situations), knowing what the manager wants them to do, and laying down bunts (especially to get that lead-off double to third).
Blowers on veterans: “they know when to get hits, …”
Cairo whispers to Yuni: “Ok, see, right now is one of those times I was talking about. This isn’t the time for a hit. …I’ll let you know when.”
Trade Betancourt!
However, in that same pregame show, Blowers said the key to winning close games was a veteran team. His reasoning: they know when to get hits, when to catch the ball (as opposed to young guy bobbling it in close situations), knowing what the manager wants them to do, and laying down bunts (especially to get that lead-off double to third).
That explains why the M’s were 20 games over .500 before they got rid of Sexson and Turbo.
[Niehaus]
(whew)
lol
I’m making a rare appearance here this last month, but am I the only one glad that Silva pitched poorly? the last thing we need is for this unbelievably bad front office to get a good start out of him.
I always hate to see the team get beat up. And it’s not as if they’re going to offer Silva an extension right now anyway.
We’re gonna have Silva for another 3 years you should hope he pitches well…
Silva…
Well, I guess it depends on your perspective. Somebody has got to eat the $36 million (or whatever it is) and three years remaining on his contract. If he doesn’t pitch well, we continue to lose his starts, …plus we can’t trade him.
…Actually, I can’t think of too many scenarios where it’s good for him to be pitching poorly.
Try again.
Yep.
Well I guess it’s just you and me DMZ. I agree, as a fan it hurts to see them struggle, but I would like to see Silva out of the rotation if possible. Since you appear to have time, how off am I here?
Next year
Felix – “Ace” or ACE!!!! of the staff, depending.
Morrow – Not unlike Felix this year, probably a little worse, but filthy with struggles.
Feierabend – relief. He is bad.
RRS – probably a long relief/spot start guy. worse than league average, but not too far below.
Bedard – Yankees or some other god forsaken hellhole.
Washburn – hopefully not a mariner.
I don’t see any guys in the minors ready to perform at the big league level, actually for offense either. Does this team win 65 games next year?
Uh… I thought DMZ was disagreeing with your thought on Silva.
My opinion re: silva’s success bases around my belief that is not capable of being a good pitcher. Therefore I see any OK start he has as being flukey.
There’s no reason a good GM couldn’t put together an 80-win team next year. Okay, there is, and it’s Lincoln/Armstrong potentially.
Worst case, your staff runs Felix/Morrow/Washburn/RRS/Silva (Batista?) which isn’t great but it’s something, and you can upgrade that with some scrap-heap pickups. That’s not so bad at all.
I know this is probably all too obvious, but I’ve really been impressed with Morrow’s progress this year where I used to worry he’d end up cast in the setup and then closer roles, never throwing anything but fastballs. I have high hopes again.
So basically, you want Silva to pitch poorly so the front office will realize he sucks, cut him, and eat his ginormous, impossible-to-trade salary?
Guess I’m missing something.
I see your worst case of felix morrow wash rrs silva/batista as a real problem. The staff this year was put together with exactly the same, but replace Morrow with Bedard. Assuming morrow doesnt have a torn labrum, he’s still unlikely to dominate. Therefore you are still running out a questionable number two and poor 3-5.
Dave wrote a nice post on this a couple days ago.
Where do you get the assumption of Morrow won’t dominate?
Silva will either pitch well enough to trade, or not. My fear is that if he does pitch that well for a stretch, this particular FO may become convinced that he can actually pitch and keep him. But I’d still rather he pitched well, because having choices to make is still better than not having them. I can second-guess the choices after they are made.
It’s going to take a lot of success for Silva to have any trade value right now. Unfortunately, yeah, the risk is that success would reinforces their belief that Silva was a top starter and quality FA and, like Washburn, they’d increase their asking price and be unable to move him.
What is wrong with RRS people? He walks too many guys but he is a solid BOR guy…
To be fair, Derek, Dave’s post assumed we’d get 140 innings of Bedard. Since it’s looking likely to be more like 0 innings, it’s going to take a good move or two to get the staff to league average. Either way, though, the M’s have major work to do on the position player side of the equation, and I’m not sure they can pull it off in one offseason.
Who said anything was wrong with RRS? He’s been performing well this season, and although conventional wisdom says he isn’t this good, he sure has been pitching well. I don’t think he should get $10 mil per, but he’s been plenty solid and a definite bright spot this year.
Sure, but with 140 innings of Bedard Dave had them as a league-average staff. If you assume that Bedard is done, and they have to get those 140 innings out of Silva/Batista or whoever’s walking by the stadium, that’s still a long ways from a team that can only win 65 games.
Sorry if that wasn’t clearer.
And we give up the go-ahead run….
I hate the A’s.
Who remembers the disastrous 0-11 road trip we had a couple years ago? Looks like we’re headed for a repeat.
This is so, so bad.
Why?
They do learn “never make the first out at third base” in Tacoma, right? I mean, you have Ichiro coming up next.
There is a Mariner play, for you. Safe by a mile according to N-i-e-h-a-u-s, but called out. What’s he doing stretching with the potential tying run, anyway? Shouldn’t even give the ump a chance to blow the call.
That wasn’t even close to an out. One of the worst calls I have ever seen
DAMN IT DAMN IT DAMN IT!
Trade Betancourt! (one last time)
Man, this was even uglier than getting shut out game after game.
To quote an anchorman from a Canadian TV station “That’s the of day it’s been.”
Where did people watch this game? Not seeing it on FSN, Fox, or anywhere…
Gameday…
To quote an anchorman from a Canadian TV station “That’s the kind of day it’s been.”
“That wasn’t even close to an out. One of the worst calls I have ever seen.”
Just wondering where that came from. Maybe it’s a Gameday joke.
Anyone else watching the Rays getting ready to clinch in order to remember how good it’ll feel when we come back?
154….
gosh, I wish I could watch you tube on my home computer.
154…BOOOM!!!! 154…BOOM!!!
Hopefully that’s the sound of doors slamming behind Armstrong and Lincoln. Here’s to hoping it hits both of them, firmly, in the ass.