Seattle: 48-82
Twins: 74-56
Game 1: Miguel Batista (aww goddammit) vs Francisco Liriano*
Game 2: Ryan Rowland-Smith* vs Scott Baker
Game 3: Ryan Feierabend* vs Glen Perkins*
Holy crap we're playing the Twins again? Not only that, but we're on exactly the same rotation schedule! The only difference is subbing in Miguel Batista for Carlos Silva. Oh great, there's a big positive.
The Twins (and the White Sox) have an opportunity to knock the Red Sox out of the playoffs if they can manage to play well enough to ensure that the wild card comes out of the central. Perhaps we can help them along again this series.
Jeremy Reed got to sit out the entire Oakland series and now we face two more lefties. I hope he has a hobby to occupy his time while he sits on the bench. Macrame is fun.
Likely Starters:
C Joe Mauer*
1 Justin Morneau*
2 Alexi Casilla
3 Brendan Harris/Brian Buscher*
S Adam Everett
L Delmon Young
C Carlos Gomez
R Denard Span*
D Jason Kubel*
I now know why this lineup is good. Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau with some minor contributions from Jason Kubel and Denard Span.
It was nice to see Lopez break off his snide a little bit this series as an extended slump after his inexplicable benching on the 10th started to create some worries about a delayed second half swoon.
Adrian Beltre's bad luck has returned with a vengeance.
Your 2008 hitting black holes!! (runs below average are position adjusted)
With Raul, Vidro, Sexson, and Wilkerson gone and Johjima now behind Clement on the depth chart, plus the hope of Betancourt either going away this winter or having his 2008 be like Lopez's 2007, the turnover from startling lineup Opening Day 2008 versus starting lineup Opening Day 2009 should be tremendous. Lets hope it's one we're excited about.
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Hmm
Whatever happened to the organization’s obsession with splitting up lefties in the rotation? If my rotation calculator is right we have Washburn going on Friday, which puts him back-to-back-to-back with the Ryans for 3 LH starters in a row. Yes, I know this holds no prominence at all (except to give me something to blather on about)… But somehow I didn’t notice prior to now that we even had 3 lefties in the rotation. For this I blame Feierabend’s total inability to do anything that makes him stand out in my mind.
seattlecougar - August 25, 2008
The org is tapped for pitching and the season's lost
At this point, getting LRLR splits is probably the last thing on their mind.
Gomez - August 25, 2008
He's had 2 starts.
Matthew - August 25, 2008
Um
Graham disagrees
Sec 108 - August 25, 2008
This is not allowed.
Kirsten Schlewitz - August 25, 2008
Disparate points.
Graham: samples sizes aren’t always needed. Scouting can help augment what we know.
Me: Feierabend has ability to do some things. Scouting has always put him as a fringy BOR pitcher if he throws strikes and his 2 starts this year have done nothing to disprove that notion.
Matthew - August 25, 2008
Fair enough
I am mostly weary of the way information is dispensed sometimes. However, I know full well this is not my site, so it is what it is and I will back off.
It just bums me out that the general, non-commenting, Mariner fandom thinks you guys are jerks because of the way certain things get said here.
I know that you in fact are decent people, but that does not always come across.
Sec 108 - August 25, 2008
I'm not particularly interested in how we're perceived by the general, non-commenting Mariner fan
Jeff Sullivan - August 25, 2008
You sound like House.
JI - August 25, 2008
Jeff + House = worship material.
BrianL - August 25, 2008
Uh no?
JI - August 25, 2008
I know you are not
But Matthew might be since he would like to work in a front office someday.
Also, the more accessible you become the better your chances are of making a living off of the great writing you do.
Sec 108 - August 25, 2008
In comments I'm generally going to be exceedingly pithy.
If there’s something more specific you are talking about, please feel free to e-mail me to let me know. I’m often unaware of how tone comes across.
Matthew - August 25, 2008
I could not possibly be more accessible than I already am
Jeff Sullivan - August 25, 2008
You really think fan opinion matters in front office hiring?
Because the casual fan really doesn’t care.
Graham MacAree - August 25, 2008
How are they disparate?
In essence:
Graham: He is not MLB material.
You: He is MLB material, albeit fringy.
You are arguing opposite sides on the main question here, which I encourage.
Dissent! More disagreement between the mods!
marc w - August 25, 2008
No. Graham's point was not about Feierabend in particular,
but rather about sample sizes in general and in response to this line
The example he used, himself, was meant to indicate that you would not need a normally adequate sample size in the major leagues to know that he, Graham, would be a piss-poor pitcher.
However, my point is related to Feierabend only and it’s that for him, because the scouting generally says he has a fringy chance at sticking in the bigs, we do need a much bigger sample before you could say something like “total inability to do anything”
Matthew - August 25, 2008
So platooning unknown youngster when the season is hopelessly lost is stupid.
Also, the Twins are legit, who’d a thunk it two moths ago?
JI - August 25, 2008
=
If only there were a way to free up ten millions dollars to sign replacements…
JI - August 25, 2008
What could have been:
Washburn, Vidro, Sexson, Ibanez, Bloomquist, Wilkerson, Cairo, Johjima all gone. Combined 2008 salary = $45-50MM
Also, fuck you Carlos Silva.
Matthew - August 25, 2008
Hello Manny, hello Tex, hello Sheets
JI - August 25, 2008
Isn't that a schneid?
Llewdor - August 25, 2008
Matthew, did you break statcorner again? Where'd the cheat tags go?
Kirsten Schlewitz - August 25, 2008
cheat tags?
Matthew - August 25, 2008
This is what I call them. The hover tags.
I got it fixed.
Kirsten Schlewitz - August 25, 2008
By which you mean I fixed them.
Matthew - August 25, 2008
I liked it better my way.
Kirsten Schlewitz - August 25, 2008
I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.
Matthew - August 25, 2008
Note I didn't say I fixed them, just that I got it fixed.
Kirsten Schlewitz - August 25, 2008
Raul is gone?
Fin - August 25, 2008
Nevermind, he's gone after this season.
Fin - August 25, 2008
There's no way he doesn't accept arbitration.
JI - August 25, 2008
My guy at Safeco says Raul wants out of this team.
BrettJMiller - August 25, 2008
whoosh
JI - August 25, 2008
HAHAHAHAHAHA
You gotta be kidding.
ThundaPC - August 25, 2008
He was traded for someone named "Hamburger..."
seattlebruin - August 25, 2008
That's fake right?
JI - August 25, 2008
Nope
http://www.minorleaguesplits.com/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?pl=523648
seattlebruin - August 25, 2008
Mark Lowe has been optioned to AAA Tacoma.
Randy Messenger recalled.
BrianL - August 25, 2008
This team still doesn't understand pitching
but whatever, maybe he’ll figure out some better command while he’s down for there for a week.
Matthew - August 25, 2008
Isn't Lowe injured though?
goodmorning - August 25, 2008
Seems like it, but IDK.
Rotoworld:
The thing is, the Ms are usually gracious to a fault about not denying players service time and major league paychecks (see Doyle from like 2 years ago). Then again, that might have just been Bavasi.
Also, the last line is killer.
Matthew - August 25, 2008
I wonder if maybe the don't expect him to be injured for 15 days
and want to recall him when rosters expand.
Does the 10 day rule apply at roster expansion time for players already on the 40 man?
goodmorning - August 25, 2008
in other words he's day to day right now but they think they need an extra bullpen arm and this is an easier way to clear space
for some reason?
goodmorning - August 25, 2008
7 days til September
JI - August 25, 2008
When you say Betancourt's 2008 being like Lopez's 2007...
You mean like this year is bad and that next year he’ll be good again? Wasn’t he a pretty mediocre fielder last year? And he’s never been a great hitter. I thought Betancourt’s struggles were less of a surprise than Lopez’s. Maybe not.
DAMellen - August 25, 2008
I meant it as in, perhaps it was so bad that he gets a winter thrashing and kicks it into gear finally.
I’d still rather see Furcal imported.
Matthew - August 25, 2008
Who will be the Miguel Cairo that they bring in to "push" him?
I’m going for keeping Hulett on the big league squad from day one
seattlebruin - August 26, 2008
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