Ervin Santana is on the disabled list again, an inflamed triceps...
Santana sat out the first six weeks of the season because of an elbow ligament sprain and was scratched from last Tuesday's start in San Francisco because of tightness on the outside of his forearm, just below the elbow.
I think my favorite part of the article comes a little later:
"Ervin made a lot of progress, but we're going to give him eight to 10 days to throw a couple more power bullpens," Scioscia said.
Santana's fastball, first start: 91.1mph average, 93.2 top
Santana's fastball, last start: 90.7mph average, 94.0 top
Santana's fastball, 2008: 94.8mph average
Santana's Strike%, first three starts: 59.2%
Santana's Strike%, last three starts: 58.6%
Santana's Strike%, 2008: 66.1%
Santana's Swinging Strike%, first three starts: 6.6%
Santana's Swinging Strike%, last three starts: 6.3%
Santana's Swinging Strike%, 2008: 10.7%
Actually, Mike, it seems Ervin didn't make any progress at all. We even lit him up the second time around and we got owned by Matt Palmer.
The Angels lost last night. Playoff odds up to 18.8%, and that's including some rather optimistic PECOTA projections of the LAnaheim pitching staff. Geoff Baker's latest post is right on the money - the Angels are in no more shallow a pool of shit than we are. This division is unthinkably winnable.
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Huh
Anaheim might be human, after all….
section331 - June 23, 2009
Considering the updates you yourself have been giving us
I would argue that this isn’t the least bit surprising.
Poochie - June 23, 2009
I wouldn't know a fun fact if it slapped me in the bottom
Jeff Sullivan - June 23, 2009
that's what makes a mere fact a fun fact!
pdb - June 23, 2009
I think that would be the definition of a fun fact.
Poochie - June 23, 2009
I want the M's to be a .500 team that still makes the playoffs
because it would satisfy my desire for the season (be back at .500 or so) and still have the bonus of the playoffs. And in this division, that’s an entirely reachable goal.
pdb - June 23, 2009
I still want to see a team make the playoffs with less than 80 wins.
Sec 108 - June 23, 2009
I was just trying to find the lowest win total for a playoff team and my Google-fu is failing
any idea?
pdb - June 23, 2009
82 wins
Although that record would have been shattered in 1994 as the four worst teams in the league were all in the AL West.
Poochie - June 23, 2009
Who was that 82 win team and what year?
That was the most unfortunate consequence of the 94 strike – I really wanted to see a sub-.500 team make the playoffs.
pdb - June 23, 2009
The Padres made the playoffs on 82 wins in 2005.
Teej - June 23, 2009
and won the division by 5 games!
Teej - June 23, 2009
My short term memory is apparently completely shot
I couldn’t come up with that to save my life. Thanks.
pdb - June 23, 2009
'73 Mets
But you think I would have remembered that Padres team considering that they were steamrolled by the Cardinals.
Poochie - June 23, 2009
If the ALW was in the NL and played the ALE for interleague it'd be entirely possible
Bearskin Rugburn - June 23, 2009
OK that's a lot of hypotheticals... but it's a plausible scenario
Bearskin Rugburn - June 23, 2009
Yes, because we'd play the AL East a lot more through interleague
than we do as it stands…
Matthew - June 23, 2009
Maybe a better way to put it:
If the NLW were as strong as the ALE it would be entirely possible for our division to send a sub-.500 team to the playoffs.
Bearskin Rugburn - June 23, 2009
Zoinks!
ThundaPC - June 23, 2009
I have a bottle of Angel's Share in my fridge right now
I will not open this bottle until the next time the Mariners clinch a playoff berth
seattlebruin - June 23, 2009
For the love of all that is holy take it out of your fridge then.
Aaron Campeau - June 23, 2009
Probably a good idea =(
seattlebruin - June 23, 2009
I clearly didn't think this through
seattlebruin - June 23, 2009
Find a cellar
Kirsten Schlewitz - June 23, 2009
I live in California
what cellars
seattlebruin - June 23, 2009
Isn't that where you go in an earthquake?
Jed MC - June 23, 2009
That's a tornado you're thinking of
seattlebruin - June 23, 2009
You would think that moving into an underground box would be the best option during an earthquake
tootthekazoo - June 23, 2009
Zeppelin.
abender20 - June 23, 2009
A part of me is expecting
the A’s to win like 30 games in a row and come from behind to take the division. Billy Beane just seems like the kind of guy with a sinister plan, you know? I like to imagine him in his GM cave somewhere, rubbing his hands together and cackling to himself, “Yes, yes, it’s all going according to plan.”
Then he eats a kitten or something.
I Lick Squirrels - June 23, 2009
A plan that's been brewing since 2006...
ThundaPC - June 23, 2009
That's a shame.
Goose - June 23, 2009
I'm feeling pretty good about it.
gregrabble - June 23, 2009
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