Game 103, Mariners at White Sox

Dave · July 29, 2010 at 3:42 pm · Filed Under Mariners 

Pauley vs Garcia, 5:10 pm.

Tonight should be an interesting test for Pauley. Similar to Doug Fister, he pounds the zone with mediocre stuff and relies on getting hitters to get themselves out, which doesn’t work all that well in a ballpark where the ball flies pretty well. But, if he can get through this line-up, he’s got a pretty decent chance of sticking in the rotation for the rest of the year, and might post good enough numbers to wind up with a major league job next year.

Also, just figured I’d throw this out there, for people who need some good news: Josh Lueke, since coming over in the Cliff Lee deal, for Double-A West Tennessee: 7 2/3 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 14 K. Don’t be surprised if we see Lueke in September. The M’s could certainly use another reliever with an out pitch who can throw strikes.

Ichiro, RF
Figgins, 2B
Kotchman, 1B
Gutierrez, CF
Saunders, LF
Smoak, DH
Josh Wilson, 3B
Johnson, C
Jack Wilson, SS

Comments

78 Responses to “Game 103, Mariners at White Sox”

  1. lalo on July 29th, 2010 7:26 pm

    I hate Olson!!!!!

  2. Breadbaker on July 29th, 2010 7:27 pm

    Let’s put the lefty in against Konerko and Quentin. Because why not give the White Sox platoon advantage in their tiny ballpark.

  3. msfanmike on July 29th, 2010 7:27 pm

    It’s just that the smart and savvy GM will at least get something of value in return for the star-caliber player(s) they’re dumping

    You are exactly right.

    Do they move the fences in when the White Sox are at bat?

  4. scott19 on July 29th, 2010 7:28 pm

    Olson: “I want that Gas Can Award…nobody’s gonna cheat me out of it this year!”

  5. djw on July 29th, 2010 7:29 pm

    Because why not give the White Sox platoon advantage in their tiny ballpark.

    In fairness, the size of the park was pretty irrelevant to those blasts.

  6. scott19 on July 29th, 2010 7:32 pm

    Man, if Jose Lopez got 500 AB’s in that park, I’ll bet he’d feel like Albert Pujols there.

  7. Des71 on July 29th, 2010 7:34 pm

    Olson: “I want that Gas Can Award…nobody’s gonna cheat me out of it this year!”

    scott19, hilarious. Bobby Ayala is the most flammable Gas Can in the Mariners history. Remember when he punched some glass, cut his pitching hand and wrist, and was put on the disabled list? Awful.

    http://articles.latimes.com/1996-04-26/sports/sp-63038_1_bobby-ayala

    http://dev.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=Bobby_Ayala_1969

  8. cjones on July 29th, 2010 7:38 pm

    …Bobby Ayala…

    OT, but does anyone else remember Ayala and some other reliever combining to throw 14 consecutive balls?
    Things have been (marginally) worse, my friends.

  9. lalo on July 29th, 2010 7:41 pm

    I hope for a good outing by Aardsma, for the trade, of course…

  10. scott19 on July 29th, 2010 7:45 pm

    Unfortunately, though, poor Lou had sooooo many gas cans on his pitching staff at that point that Ayala’s being on the DL after that incident didn’t really help matters much…

    The summary from his Wiki bio, however, is also a hoot:

    “Even years after his career was over, Ayala’s name is still brought up among Seattle baseball fans to make unfavorable comparisons to struggling pitchers.”

    🙂

  11. r-gordon-7 on July 29th, 2010 7:56 pm

    “Even years after his career was over, Ayala’s name is still brought up among Seattle baseball fans to make unfavorable comparisons to struggling pitchers.”

    Ayala was a veritable, “Mendoza of the Mound”…

  12. msfanmike on July 29th, 2010 7:56 pm

    Sniff … sniff……………

    I am smelling 57-105

  13. Des71 on July 29th, 2010 8:03 pm

    If Aardsma is traded, who closes next season? Any free agents that are appealing or potential trades? Or, do you keep D.A. and hope he pitches like 2009, and what little we have seen of him lately? If he is traded, the Mariners definitely lose 100 games.

  14. scott19 on July 29th, 2010 8:14 pm

    Sniff … sniff……………

    I am smelling 57-105

    Yes…but are we smelling or crying at this point? (Or, both?!)

  15. Breadbaker on July 29th, 2010 8:15 pm

    I am smelling 57-105

    If he is traded, the Mariners definitely lose 100 games.

    I agree. If we lose Aardsma, we definitely win five more games.

  16. Westside guy on July 29th, 2010 8:16 pm

    I really wonder why Moore is still down at AAA. By just about any measure, RoJo is stinking up the place. Even if you buy into the whole “he calls a good game” thing (which he’s been very adept at disproving lately) – he’s sucking out loud both with the bat and with the glove.

  17. Swungonandbelted on July 29th, 2010 8:21 pm

    I really wonder why Moore is still down at AAA

    If he’s up, he’s still at AAA

  18. scott19 on July 29th, 2010 8:27 pm

    If he’s up, he’s still at AAA

    Oh c’mon, some credit where it’s due here, please…the M’s, to be fair, are at least 3.25 A (/snark).

  19. Rick L on July 29th, 2010 10:04 pm

    I am probably too late to get an answer to this, but why does anyone thing Smoak is going to be a star player? If we look at the numbers (which we are supposed to do on this site) he looks like a not ready for prime time player to me: 298 at bats, 288 OBP (same as Rob Johnson), 336 slugging percentage. We already had too many guys with those kinds of numbers. Send him down to get some experience.

  20. jordan on July 29th, 2010 10:29 pm

    I am probably too late to get an answer to this, but why does anyone thing Smoak is going to be a star player?

    Yes, he probably isn’t ready for the bigs just yet, but the only reason he is here is to get some experience. Just like you said at the end of your post. What better place to learn how to hit major league pitching than the major leagues?

  21. Coach24 on July 29th, 2010 10:35 pm

    Not sure it is a good thing that Gutti and Saunders now have very similar OB% and BA….

  22. Westside guy on July 29th, 2010 11:20 pm

    Not sure it is a good thing that Gutti and Saunders now have very similar OB% and BA….

    Well, given where Saunders started earlier in the year – I’d say definitely good for Saunders, at least.

  23. ndrfx on July 29th, 2010 11:39 pm

    Why the crap did RA Dickey suck when he was on this team, and now he is decent. Freaking ridiculous.

  24. jephdood on July 30th, 2010 12:50 am

    You can find evidence of several players going elsewhere and succeeding. Conversely, good players seem to come to Seattle only to drop a hot steaming loaf.

  25. scott19 on July 30th, 2010 1:14 am

    Why the crap did RA Dickey suck when he was on this team, and now he is decent.

    Well, the Mets evidently hadn’t forgotten that his best start of ’08 was that game against them where he was lights out.

  26. Jeff Nye on July 30th, 2010 1:25 am

    Jeff Sullivan has a really good piece at Lookout Landing regarding the “why do they always get better” idea.

    Short version: people have really, really selective memories in that regard, and in the main it’s not true.

  27. Snake Hippo on July 30th, 2010 4:35 am

    🙁

  28. heyoka on July 30th, 2010 6:56 am

    Ichiro and the Oh-fers

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