M's have now won 9 straight openers. I feel pretty confident that the loss last night was due to the lack of Ackley.
This team is going to lose themselves out of the race before winning just enough games to make everybody feel okish about the season, but still miss the playoffs. Prediction - 85-79, miss the playoffs by 3 games.
That contract is gonna suck in a few years, but it's nice having a guy who can mash like Cruz this year.
It hasn't been pretty, and the team is still kinda sucking balls at the plate, but at least they're .500 and not digging some awful hole. Mariners and Astros are atop the division at 3-3.
Yea even though it is only 6 games and I don't want to overreact it feels pretty important that we took this series. Also, Dustin Ackley might just be decent now which is awesome.
Right now pretty unlikely. They're paying Rodney a lot of money, so he'd really have to melt down for them to make a switch. On top of that Farquhar is down a couple MPH from prior seasons so far, so he may not be the sure bet to get the first crack at taking over.
cruz is someone you'll love for a month and then hate for a month when he's on a hot streak, he's easily one of the best hitters in baseball
but this is the mariners his down months are basically the equivalent of the average mariner hitter the last decade
If only those damn Astros would lose a game, we might be able gain some ground. Big series starting tomorrow, and they wont face Felix. Nice that our starting pitching is hitting their stride, but our O (other than Cruz) still is inconsistent at best. We'd really be up shit creek without him. Rodney hasnt sucked as of late, so thats been nice too.
Felix has thrown more innings that any other Mariner. This is fairly easy, so without cheating, who did he pass?
Words I never really expected to see in the same sentence. Jesus Montero steals home: http://www.milb.com/multimedia/vpp.jsp?content_id=97598783
This watching of every game is really wearing me the fuck out guys. MLBTV is great, but losing games the way we have is making me hate life.
It's frustrating that our starters can't seem to go deep (save for Blessed Felix) and our bullpen has been sketchy at times.
The A's look like shit this year. I think the only real competition for you guys are the Angels. I highly doubt the Astros can keep up when they hit like .200 as a whole.