Does it seem like every winter we remind you that going from awful to average is just as valuable as going from average to good? That is probably because we do, because every winter the Mariners make that a relevant point to recall by having just through suffering some severely awful players. Even ignoring the offense and the bullpen, here's a rundown of our most harmful starting pitchers by year since 2003 with his tRA-based runs below average figure.
2003: Ryan Franklin, -22 runs
2004: Ryan Franklin, -25. Jamie Moyer, -22
2005: Gil Meche, -21. Aaron Sele, -18
2006: Joel Pineiro, -30
2007: Horacio Ramirez, -20
2008: Miguel Batista -31, Carlos Silva, -18
2009: Garrett Olson, -20
2010: Ryan Rowland-Smith, -30
One of these years, we'll actually get rid of those pesky black holes and that will go a long way to finally breaking through that 90-win barrier.
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We did get past it once...
unfortunately it ended in New York in 2001.
basebliman - July 3, 2010
Holy shit RRS has been horrible.
the other side - July 3, 2010
At least Pineiro and Franklin are good now
Poochie - July 3, 2010
For other teams
Kouvre - July 3, 2010
And Silva!
rickpo - July 3, 2010
RRS
Rotational Rowland-Smith
Janic - July 3, 2010
Is that head going to shoot out and nail one of us?
OceanBird - July 3, 2010
Yes
at 86mph
Bearskin Rugburn - July 4, 2010
I am tripping so hard right now, bro.
sanford_and_son - July 3, 2010
The A's can thank Pineiro for their division crown in 2006.
Man did I hate the A’s that year.
houseofprime - July 3, 2010
I hate this season
because i love RRS.
bagsflyfree - July 3, 2010
Please capitalize properly
Matthew - July 3, 2010
I HATE this season?
Bearskin Rugburn - July 4, 2010
This year it was much harder to see this coming than years past.
Even the RRS non-believers didn’t see him being a black hole. Next year I think Fister has a good chance of being our new black hole.
Fuckmikereilly - July 3, 2010
He's really really good at throwing strikes though, and that's a huge part of not becoming awful
Griffin Cooper - July 3, 2010
Carlos Silva?
Not that that is a totally fair comparison. But Fister was also pretty hittable in the minors and he hasn’t shown that much at all in the majors, yet.
Fuckmikereilly - July 3, 2010
I take solace in the fact that Batista was worse than RRS
MT Olson - July 3, 2010
Hyphen has a whole half season to catch up!
harkening - July 3, 2010
By the same token, Olson sure sucked balls in his 52 innings last year.
Bearskin Rugburn - July 4, 2010
Man, Jaime Moyer was -22 runs when he was 40. I bet he's out of baseball now, huh?
joof - July 3, 2010
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