Seattle: 16-28
Detroit: 25-19
| MARINERS | Δ Ms | TIGERS | EDGE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HITTING (wOBA) |
-42.7 (29th) | -1.0 | 18.9 (7th) | Detroit |
| FIELDING (?) | 19.3 (4th) | 2.0 | 10.9 (12th) | Seattle |
| ROTATION (tRA) |
0.2 (17th) | 1.8 | -13.4 (26th) | Seattle |
| BULLPEN (tRA) |
-2.8 (22nd) | 0.0 | 10.5 (6th) | Detroit |
| OVERALL(RAA) |
-26.0 (22nd) | 2.8 | 26.9 (10th) | DETROIT |
Two game series are kind of neat as a change from the usual three and occasional four game variety, but they lose whatever luster they have from being an oddity when three of your last four series have been two gamers. How I long for a nice four game series, or longer. You know what makes sense? The five game series that they use in the minors. Make each team go through their entire rotation. It would also cut travel expenses almost in half and allow us fans to develop more rivalries with other teams and players because we would become more familiar with other teams playing them for five games at a time. This makes so much sense.
I was sitting here drinking a Diet Snapple that I got for free when I noticed the "Made from the Best Stuff on Earth" tagline. I checked the ingredient list but didn't see "Franklin Gutierrez" so I am now less convinced that Snapple is an honest organization when it comes to PR.
Also, I just realized that I took the Snapple from the sidewalk promoter without second thought. I have also done this plenty of times with free Monsters that are routinely given out after games at Qwest Field. Someone could bottle poison and kill a lot of people so as long as they were savvy with labeling. I wonder if this Snapple is actually poison. If so, I hope it kills me before the Mariner game starts. No offense to Doug, but I don't want a Doug Fister start to be the last thing my consciousness experiences.
This two-game series is nearly on the same days, is at the same times and involves the same two starting pitchers on our end as the Blue Jays two game set that began this home stand. That might be the most interesting thing about this series or either of its' participants.
Two opposing righties almost certainly means we get to see more Griffey this series. The feelings I used to have about Mike Sweeney this season have now been transferred, virus-like, to Griffey. I don't think I would even enjoy Griffey succeeding at this juncture. I just want him to go away. Hit the 60-day DL, Griff. You can hang around the team still. I don't care about that and actually would prefer that you stay in that capacity. Just stop playing. Stop playing him, Wak.
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Wrong days, Matthew.
Unless the tickets in my pocket for tonight’s game are lying to me.
ralphie81 - May 25, 2010
Fine.
Blame the tickets and act like your pockets are TOTALLY innocent.
Thingray - May 25, 2010
I'm actually blaming the Snapple.
Or the Valium.
ralphie81 - May 25, 2010
Or the poison.
Thingray - May 25, 2010
I'm always skeptical when they list an ingredient as natural flavor.
InSpokane - May 25, 2010
Arsenic is a naturally occurring element and has a slightly sweet flavor.
PDXTai - May 25, 2010
Shit, it's only Tuesday?
This is going to be a long week
Matthew - May 25, 2010
Tuesday is the most useless day in the week.
Fuzz - May 25, 2010
Especially since Lost is over.
Hopefulmsfan - May 25, 2010
Stay on topic douchebag.
Sorry.
Hopefulmsfan - May 25, 2010
I'm pretty sure Doug would take offense to that comment
Then again, I’m not Doug and he seems like a pretty chill kid.
Besides, he’s the least-hated Mariner on the team! Even less so than TBSOE. I mean, DTFT.
HititHere - May 25, 2010
Note:
Today’s lineup is my favorite of all time
Ichiro
Figgins
Guti
Bradley (DH)
Lopez
Kotch
Bard
Wilson
Saunders (LF)
Matthew - May 25, 2010
So we've gone from the worst lineup all season to potentially the best?
BrianL - May 25, 2010
Bout damn time
OlSalty - May 25, 2010
Way to make my next post look silly Matthew
Fly Condor fly!
Drew_D - May 25, 2010
We could switch Bard and Lopez and I wouldn't complain.
Isn’t that scary?
Thingray - May 25, 2010
Saunders!
I Lick Squirrels - May 25, 2010
I love it
Griffin Cooper - May 25, 2010
I love this lineup
We’re going to score 6+ runs!
Either that or we’re getting no-hit.
PDXTai - May 25, 2010
Definitely time to experiment with Chone
And move him like 6th in order to try to create a second top of the order kind of feel, if he starts batting well
fortyniners - May 25, 2010
If he starts batting well,
we want him right there in the #2 spot, it is really important. If he keeps sucking then he should move down.
appleshampoo - May 25, 2010
Of course Saunders gets his first ABs in forever against Verlander
Looks like a ready-made excuse by Wak to bench Saunders if he goes o-fer…
tait644 - May 25, 2010
THANK JAH.
sanford_and_son - May 25, 2010
When you said Griffey would probably play, I was praying that finally, Wak would get the lineup right.
This lineup actually makes me excited.
Hopefulmsfan - May 25, 2010
Woohoo
Although with our luck Fister will regress like a motherfucker tonight
Zack - May 25, 2010
Golly, this game might be watchable!
Nick S - May 25, 2010
An end to my self induced Grifflent bondage would be nice
but please please please Condor/Islets in left and Battleship at DH.
Drew_D - May 25, 2010
In fairness I think Griffey stopped playing a while ago
Jeff Sullivan - May 25, 2010
I think he stopped caring a while ago.
You can still be marched out to the field to make an appearance, and if you get lucky and hit the ball it’s a bonus, but I think it’s really more or less he stopped caring.
Fuzz - May 25, 2010
Out of all the unlikely bad things happening this season, I don't think it can top the one unlikely good thing that I never thought I'd say:
Its Fister Day!
Kenneth Arthur - May 25, 2010
Yay Fisty!
Leading the league in ERA.
Even though his FIP is 3.10, and his xFIP is 4.26…… and his BABIP is .231……
HititHere - May 25, 2010
Just gotta keep on Fistin'!
Eyebrows - May 25, 2010 via mobile
Don't stop Fistin'?
sanford_and_son - May 25, 2010
His xFIP isn't all that unimpressive considering what we thought he was going to do this year.
But mostly through this crappy season, he’s been one of my favorite players to watch and honestly jumped into my top 5 favorite Mariners based on how deep he’s going into games and going long stretches of either retiring batters or carrying no-hitters into the 6th inning. He’s made the games somewhat exciting.
Kenneth Arthur - May 25, 2010
Plus, there was that horribly awkward incident where he tried to high-five Bradley
I think it was Bradley, at least. And then Figgins.
So awkward. So white.
I smile whenever I replay that .gif in my head.
HititHere - May 25, 2010
Between Monday and Friday (afternoon) we have a night game and a day game.
Yay, scheduling…
ThundaPC - May 25, 2010
And Sunday's was a day game.
From 4pm Sunday through 4pm Friday, a full five day stretch, the Mariners play two games
Matthew - May 25, 2010
It's the only way they can hope to stay put in the standings.
Thingray - May 25, 2010
I'm just happy that this odd schedule means that I get to see King Felix on Sunday.
Kenneth Arthur - May 25, 2010
I like how Snapple's always used that tagline...
put only just started using real sugar. So High Fructose Corn Syrup was the best stuff on earth, but isn’t anymore? Preeeeety sure it never was.
Lucas Cervi - May 25, 2010
*but
Lucas Cervi - May 25, 2010
No Miguel Cabrera or Austin Jackson, correct?
That should help a little – at least in the case of Cabrera
tait644 - May 25, 2010
I believe Jackson's back, but he isn't very good
Jeff Sullivan - May 25, 2010
I don't think its fair to say he's not very good.
Its fair to say he has played way above his head with an unsustainable BABIP, but while his BABIP has dropped in May, he’s also cut his strikeouts down from 32% to 23%. And he’s fared much better against righties than lefties.. he’s an okay player.
Damn it, I hate to disagree with Jeff Sullivan, but I guess I have a Lookout Landing death wish today.
Kenneth Arthur - May 25, 2010
He has a .468 BABIP
Dropping him to even .340 lowers his average to .245. He complements this average with little power and mediocre discipline.
He could and should develop into something better, but right now, he’s not special.
Jeff Sullivan - May 25, 2010
He's all that's standing the way of Michael Saunders' AL ROY
Well unless Hellickson or Santana get called up and do awesome.
Slurvey - May 25, 2010
Wade Davis? Neftali Feliz? Matusz? Brignac?
Not that any of them are doing great, but neither is Saunders.
Fuckmikereilly - May 25, 2010
Hush you...
Slurvey - May 25, 2010
He's gotten off to a good defensive start according to UZR and everything combined he's been worth 1.9 WAR.
Yes, WAR thats been aided by an absolutely ridiculous BABIP and he doesn’t approach being the all-star level player he could look like to some people, but he has had a BABIP under .340 just once in his minor league career (over 60 games) Zips may have him at a .340 RoS but I think he’s capable of .360 which puts his overall season at a respectable batting average, speed, and defense. He could easily end up a 2.5+ win player this year.
Kenneth Arthur - May 25, 2010
ZIPs also has him hitting with a .262/.317/.363 line with said BABIP of close to .340
And even though he’s had a BABIP under .340 once in his MiLB career he didn’t really start hitting consistently for average until recently, even then that was BABIP aided.
Slurvey - May 25, 2010
And that was sort of a brain fart dumb moment by me.
Of course, he still would have well north of .340 if he went .340 the rest of the year. So yeah, duh on my part.
Kenneth Arthur - May 25, 2010
Minor league BABIP doesn't mean much
Minor league defenses are terrible.
Jeff Sullivan - May 25, 2010
Outfield full of Brad Nelsons!
Slurvey - May 25, 2010
I think what I was mainly getting at was that at this point in this season Austin Jacksons doing the "better to be lucky than good thing"
And if I had to face Austin Jackson or Chone Figgins today, I’d rather go with against the struggling hitter even though Figgins is the better player.
Kenneth Arthur - May 25, 2010
Oh Why oh why!?!?
Why am I so excited for the game tonight? For some reason I keep wanting to believe, but then I keep getting let down. I guess I still recall being something like 13.5 games out in August and finishing in first.
jbpalm - May 25, 2010
You're excited because...
Well, Bradley (DH and in the 4 spot), Saunders, and Bard. And Fister!
Hopefulmsfan - May 25, 2010
He could be delusional.
Slurvey - May 25, 2010
I think, as Mariners fans, we have to be.
Otherwise we’d be crazy and bitter, more so than we are now.
Hopefulmsfan - May 25, 2010
Definitely like Bradley as DH and Saunders in LF
jbpalm - May 25, 2010
Yeah, this is what I've been waiting for.
So, uh, Wak, don’t just do it once in a row, okay?
ignacio - May 25, 2010
Part of me wonders if this lineup is Z making an executive decision though.
I really hope it is Wak’s lineup and not the lineup of someone above him.
Hopefulmsfan - May 25, 2010
It's Wak's lineup.
ThundaPC - May 25, 2010
Please suck big time Verlander
Punkhazard - May 25, 2010
Bonderman is really K:75 BB:60 GB:65?
Wow, I didn’t know he was that good. That’s about as good (or maybe better) than Verlander at 70/70/40.
urchman - May 25, 2010
He didn't really throw enough in 2008 or 2009 for his suckiness to drag down his numbers
Matthew - May 25, 2010
Ah, I see
So, this is sort of a weighted average of the past few years? He was very good in 2006 and pretty good in 2007, and though he’s been bad since, he didn’t pitch enough innings for it to have much of an effect on his weighted score? Makes sense.
urchman - May 25, 2010
I'm calling a sweep
Poochie - May 25, 2010
Fister the most unknown very good young pitcher in MLB
the guy hasn’t given up more than 3 runs in any game…talk about consistent. Too bad the bats aren’t picking him up, he should be at 7 wins easy
Rickfansince76 - May 26, 2010
Calling Doug Fister "very good" is a hell of stretch
seattlebruin - May 26, 2010
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