Series Preview: New York Yankees @ Seattle Mariners

by Matthew on Jul 8, 2010 11:00 AM PDT in Seattle Mariners Previews

Seattle: 34-50
New York: 53-31

	MARINERS	Δ Ms	YANKEES	EDGE
HITTING (wOBA)	-85.0 (29th)	-7.1	47.1(2nd)	New York
FIELDING (UZR)	16.4 (8th)	0.0	4.6 (15th)	Seattle
ROTATION (tRA)	5.2 (15th)	0.5	17.8 (8th)	New York
BULLPEN (tRA)	-23.3 (29th)	-6.9	3.7 (13th)	New York
OVERALL(RAA)	-86.7 (26th)	-13.5	73.2 (4th)	NEW YORK

So we got swept by the Royals. I'm rather nonplussed by the whole affair. Am I supposed to care? Why should I care at this point about wins and losses? I get why the team cares, why the players care, but I don't care. If I cared, this would be a lot tougher to go through. I certainly have a preference still to see wins rather than losses, but that's mostly because wins have a higher correlation with our players doing well. I want our players to do well.

Casey Kotchman hit two home runs and Michael Saunders drew two walks yesterday. Good for that. The team lost in large part because of the whole Brandon League mess and I'm frankly tired of the Brandon League mess. I'm tired of all the seemingly self caused messes this team gets itself into. Stop screwing up, Mariners. Just stop it.

Thu Jul 08, 17:10: Jason Vargas* vs. Andy Pettitte*

Fri Jul 09, 17:10: Cliff Lee* vs. Phil Hughes

Sat Jul 10, 17:10: Felix Hernandez vs. Javier Vazquez

Sun Jul 11, 13:10: Ryan Rowland-Smith* vs. CC Sabathia*

I love Cliff Lee's BB rating on each of his individual pitches. The only pitch he doesn't throw for strikes better than anyone else is his curve ball, which he uses to get ground balls better than anyone else.

I guess we came some shoulder discomfort away from having the privilege of throwing Lee-Felix-Bedard at the Yankees for the final three games before the All Star break. That would have been neat I guess. Instead, Hyphen takes the last start before the mandatory three day stoppage of play. Don't leave a bitter memory in my mind, please Ryan. I still need a reason to continue watching if/once Cliff Lee is traded.

Jason Vargas

Cliff Lee

Felix Hernandez

Ryan Rowland-Smith

Pitch	%	Sp	K	BB	GB
Fastball	45%	87	50	35	30
Change	23%	80	80	75	30
Sinker	23%	86	30	55	30
Slider	6%	82	20	45	40
Overall	--	--	55	50	30

Pitch	%	Sp	K	BB	GB
Fastball	54%	91	70	80	45
Sinker	17%	90	50	80	40
Change	14%	83	55	80	55
Curve	8%	76	60	50	80
Slider	6%	85	30	80	50
Overall	--	--	55	80	50

Pitch	%	Sp	K	BB	GB
Fastball	70%	94	75	55	75
Curve	13%	83	60	45	70
Change	9%	88	75	75	80
Slider	9%	87	75	70	75
Overall	--	--	75	60	75

Pitch	%	Sp	K	BB	GB
Fastball	40%	88	45	65	35
Sinker	19%	88	25	55	25
Change	18%	80	50	50	35
Curve	17%	72	30	75	70
Slider	5%	79	45	75	35
Overall	--	--	30	60	35

Andy Pettitte

Phil Hughes

Javier Vazquez

CC Sabathia

Pitch	%	Sp	K	BB	GB
Fastball	44%	89	25	40	65
Sinker	29%	86	75	65	50
Curve	11%	75	35	75	50
Slider	10%	82	70	65	45
Change	6%	80	45	20	55
Overall	--	--	55	55	60

Pitch	%	Sp	K	BB	GB
Fastball	58%	92	75	75	30
Sinker	19%	89	70	80	25
Curve	18%	75	35	40	70
Overall	--	--	55	75	25

Pitch	%	Sp	K	BB	GB
Fastball	48%	91	80	80	45
Slider	20%	84	50	75	35
Curve	15%	74	70	75	25
Change	14%	81	75	40	30
Overall	--	--	80	75	35

Pitch	%	Sp	K	BB	GB
Fastball	62%	94	65	60	65
Change	18%	86	80	80	65
Slider	17%	81	75	60	55
Overall	--	--	80	70	65

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Comments

If the Yankees want Lee

Now would be an excellent time for them to make a deal.

david h - July 8, 2010 reply

That would be retarded

Snuffleupagus - July 8, 2010 reply

I'm hoping for the rumored Smoak deal

I imagine given Texas’ ownership issues that they’d also need some cash to be sent along and a new first basemen to replace Smoak. A Lee+cash+Branyan for Smoak + some other stuff like maybe Saltalamacchia, which the Rangers have seemed to have given up on, and maybe another medium prospect thrown in. The M’s would then have 4 switch hitters in the lineup. and a probable decent to very good first basemen for the next 6 years or so. :-) Would be an awesome trade. :-)

TIFO - July 8, 2010 reply

I just want Lee to be traded already

Now that talks are getting serious the last thing I want is for him to get hurt.

OceanBird - July 8, 2010 reply

In the unlikely event that the Rangers trade Smoak

they’ll replace him with Chris Davis. Adding in Branyan would be unnecessary. Giving Salty a try is an interesting idea.

Rollo Tomasi - July 8, 2010 reply

Can we please stay on topic? There is a Lee trade thread for this sort of stuff.

This is about the Yankees/Mariners series in which two teams from different coasts will play baseball.

abender20 - July 8, 2010 reply

Sheesh

I thought my comment was more relevant to the series preview than a trade speculation/rumor threat, as in the Yankees have the difficult task of facing Lee on Friday, as noted in the preview, so they’d get an extra bonus by acquiring him in the next 24 hours, which deal would also keep Lee relevant to the preview by altering the quality of staff and stuff the Mariners are up against.

david h - July 8, 2010 reply