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phxterry: Mal, Looked up Delabar. Man, has he turned into a monster this year. Guess GMZ picked the wrong reliever to trade for a power hitting LH OFer, who mashes RHP, just to end up in Wedgie's Doghouse. We could really have used Delabar this year. Say Mal, axed you a couple of questions in earlier shoutbox comments and maybe you could humor me with a reply: 1) What is your presecription, if anything, for what currently ails the M's, and 2) Specifically, for you, are GMZ and Wedgie keepers or would you get rid of them? Thanks in advance for the response.4 min 59 sec ago
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jon w: Tenbrink has crazy home/away splits, just like Zunino. His walk rate is consistent though. If Franklin isn't an option I would like to see him up, spelling SS and giving Ackley a day off now and again. He could even be in the outfield spelling Raul in the late innings. Tenbrink is interesting. I gave up on him in AA, but I think he had some injury troubles that caused some of the poor stats in the past. We need a bench that doesn't involve guys we pay 1.6 million for to hit .190. Tenbrink might not be great, but at least he is interesting and allows a manager (maybe someone other than Wedge) the ability to mix and match.6 min 10 sec ago
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Colorado Mariner: Mal - can you expand on that stat and explain what exactly that means? 62.7% means?14 min 15 sec ago
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malcontent: Not digging up an old argument at all, but I found this and I think it's interesting: Among all pitchers with at least 10 innings pitched this season (377 total), Charlie Furbush is tied for 2nd in Contact% with 62.7%. Other interesting names in the top 30: Carter Capps(67.8%), Oliver Perez(68.8%), Shawn Kelly(68.8%), and Steve Delabar(69.1%).32 min 29 sec ago
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moethedog: Guti: O-3 Montero: 0-1 Franklin gets another hit, Tenbrink bonks a homer. That guy is growing on me. He's played 5 in games at 1B, 12 at 2B, 9 at 3B, 8 in LF, 8 in CF and 5 in RF. He's made 2 errors at 2B....that's it. 134 AB's (with another to come tonight): 5 doubles, 2 triples and 5 homers. He had 20 X-base hits in 152 AB's at AA last year. He has had 62 in 597 career AA AB's. Walks 100 pts, too. Here's your utility guy, guys. He's playing in Seattle this year. Mark it down.10 hours 37 min ago
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SABR Matt: I would definitely agree that Triunfel's lack of exposure to other positions besides SS/2B calls into question whether the org really wants him as a UTL guy...which I find a little odd...but maybe they don't think he can hit enough. Oh wait...who's our UTL guy right now? :)11 hours 14 min ago
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phxterry: Moe - I am beginning to doubt if the M's Brain Trust is ever going to promote Triunfel, whose highest and best use seems to be infield utility player. If the M's were planning on making him an infield utility player in the bigs, wouldn't they be playing him some at 3B right now in Tacoma? Because for sure, the M's Brass does not envisage Triunfel as a future full-time SS in the bigs. Just my random thought.14 hours 9 min ago
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phxterry: Preachin to the choir, Moe, what can I say that hasn't already been said.14 hours 16 min ago
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phxterry: OK - matt - just my gallows humor. Glad to see that you and I agree that Wedgie is not a good enough manager to be re-signed for next year so we don't have to beat that dead horse any more.14 hours 18 min ago
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moethedog: If the M's are making no positional changes in the 25-Man, per baker, then we're all in on Ryan as a SS and letting Ackley hack his way to his former self. I would think that we've decided that we can enhance Ryan's trade value by playing him every day and hoping that by the AS game somebody will need a great glove .200 hitting SS. It is highly unlikely that he is back with us next year. I think we over estimate his real baseball world value. All the same, moving Andino, sho has no real baseball workd value for Franklin still makes sense. Giving Franklin 4 starts a week at this level is much better for his development than 6 starts a week in Tacoma. You could give him two starts at SS, one at 2B and one as a DH vs. RHP without denting Ryan's trade-in value, as it were. throw in the odd 3B start for him and you would still be allowing Ackley to hack his way to health. You just might find that Franklin can mash a bit, too. Alas. Sigh. Go team.14 hours 23 min ago
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SABR Matt: Alright Terry...take it easy man...your fun facts are about as fun as a root canal. :)14 hours 48 min ago
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phxterry: M's Fun Fact: July 13 is Dustin Ackley night at the Safe. Rumor has it that gift being handed out is a bat that fits perfectly on your shoulder and never moves.14 hours 48 min ago
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phxterry: Per Baker, no more changes to 25 man roster for now. Perhaps pitching change in a couple of days, but no changes in position players planned. So we get to enjoy the futility of Dustin Ackley & the veteran goodness that is Andino for a while longer. No signs of urgency coming from the M's Brain Trust .... I personally would be happy if I never saw Andino, Bay, Chavez & Rauuuul play in Mariner uniforms again. I'd rather watch Franklin, Triunfel, Thames, Liddi & Peguero. Let the Wookies Play!15 hours 19 min ago
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moethedog: The fact that the 40-man move will be made tomorrow is interesting. If it is a straight waiver move, what will we know tomorrow that we don't know today? Martinez or Vinnie Cat or Pegs or Harang aren't morphing into something else overnight. But if we have a trade in the works, then 24 hours gives you time to ink the deal. Worth pondering......16 hours 47 min ago
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Bat571: I tend to agree, Spec, but with just the slight hope that Peguero's worked hard enough to turn it around. Giving it one more shot while also trying to shake things up a bit doesn't seem all that bad an idea to me. Then if he goes down (literally) swinging, it would be without regret.17 hours 55 min ago
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Spectator: I, personally, don't care if C-Peg is claimed. i don't think he has major-league value. And if we need OF insurance, I like Abe Almonte. I think F.Martinez would be claimed as well, and that wouldn't break my heart, but I do think some team would grab him and stick him on their 40-man. Z might finally be ready to do that, but I don't think it's easy for him. Apparently they won't be announcing the 40-man move until tomorrow.18 hours 1 min ago
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Bat571: As to pitching, I think it rides on how Bonderman does tonight. Beaven has pitched better each outing since going down, so it will be either Bonderman if he shows 7-8 inning stuff, or Blake coming up to replace Harang by next Monday/Tuesday's start18 hours 2 min ago
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