May 2017
You have the right to head back to the dugout, Dept.
Posted by jemanji on 05/31/17
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ARIEL MIRANDA: UNCLEAR
Only saw about 20 of his pitches. Between that and Brooks we could grok that:
1 His "splitter" wasn't cutting or diving much, which, no huge tragedy. But since the change tunnels exactly with the heater, more cut is nice.
2 He wasn't owning the inside third or failing at it. "Unclear" goes the chessplayer's evaluation - not so much a copout :- ) as a statement that "you shouldn't opine with so little data." Or that's the idea-r.
3 His rhythm and attack were muy excelente. Despite the conditions, despite watching Anderson get royally skewered, Miranda looked... Read More
your daily SSI saber puzzle
Posted by jemanji on 05/31/17
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This is one of the reasons that James retains me as a fan:
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Can this if this is one of those "Should Pete Rose be in the Hall of Fame?" questions. But isn't the two-base hit the most consistently productive offensive weapon? (RBI+R) Wouldn't teams do best to build around players with gap power than guys with upper-cut swings?
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Answered: 5/30/2017
Well, let's see. . ..there were 8,254 doubles in the majors last season, and according to The Book the run value of a double is 0.77 runs, so that means that doubles added 6,356 runs to offenses last year. By the same... Read More
and the M's get ready to haul in a big name SP ! Fer shure!
Posted by jemanji on 05/30/17
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There isn't any amount of theorizing that's going to pique our interest in a 2017 pennant race, like there isn't any amount of grousing that is going to stand up to an 8-game winning streak. A picture's worth 1,000 words, eh. Monday afternoon's game was just such a picture.
Our fillin #11 starter, whats-iz-Ganglion, scrounged 5 innings and held the Rockies to 5 runs. The Skip was positively giddy about the "ultra quality start" Coors adjusted. We ain't kidding. He was gushing all over the performance in the postgame. One of yer all-time great 9.00 ERA's, but ya, we know what he meant... Read More
Christian Bergman may have a bowl of nightlock berries in his future, but ...
Posted by jemanji on 05/29/17
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Hi guys! :- ) Missed yer. The health issue was enough to warrant a hospital stay for three, four days but not serious enough to worry about.
Sudden thought. Did that last sentence seem a little daffy to you? ... good deal. We haven't lost our stroke Yet!
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It would be MINIMIZING Christian Bergman's performance to wave off a 4-hit shutout* in Fenway Park. That's the equivalent of a 300 score in bowling. Not unseen, not enough to get a Tour card based on a single evening. But then again it ain't like your maiden auntie is going to roll one, now is it?
It would be MAXIMIZING Bergman... Read More
Everybody loves a dirt dog. Well, if he doesn't shake off in the house.
Posted by jemanji on 05/29/17
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"Gamer" now part of the nickname rotation per Matty's recommendation. Gamer's mental errors went, the arrogance stayed. He's got a wonderful combo of dirt dog and "I got this." A unique personality on the TV screen.
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Baseball-reference, sorted by OPS+, shows the four stars and Ben Gamel doing great. Everybody else doing fine. (For the sake of precision, Kyle Seager's OPS+ also looks only "fine" but he's rounding into form here.)
Watching a baseball game, of all things a man might choose to do with his time, we happened across the sight of a beardless Gamel inside-out'ing a fliner to... Read More
Posted by jemanji on 05/27/17
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Seen on Greg Johns' feed:
++ Paxton's done after 4 innings in rehab start for Arkansas. Allowed 2 runs on 5 hits, no walks and 5 Ks on 55 pitches. Due back Wed for M's.++
Thanks for not rubbing it in Grizzly that our F-22 required more time in the hangar. I promise to be far less gracious after his first start back. But these 98 mile per hour lefties can be worth the wait. Trust me on this one.
Zeus returns as the #3 starter in the AL by WAR. He does not show up on the list at all unless you remove the qualified and filter, though.
I'll never get tired of printing that last line – it's... Read More
Miraku zenkai powa Dept
Posted by jemanji on 05/26/17
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As to whose Zenkai power and by how much their already-awesome might will soar ever higher (ahem), fill in your own blank. There are at least a dozen answers available to suit your own taste.
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Sorry we have been derelict amigos :-) We're sharing a hospital room with an individual roughly comparable to Leo Durocher and they're getting a little kidney thingie cleared up. Good news on it BTW and we probly head home tomorrow.
Thanks for bearing with us and here's a Freeman Heston chat thread I guess. Churn is a good thing if you figger a dime is being made on every widget on average... Read More
Surplus starter spaghetti
Posted by moethedog on 05/22/17
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Due to the broken body parts of Felix, Iwakuma, Paxton and some other guy that now litter Safeco Field, the M's have had to dig deep into the pasta barrel to find "major league" (used carefully with some of these guys) arms to fill the void. While a Fister or two was fairly available, we've rolled our own, to varying degrees of success. Here's a sort of report, from the peanut gallery, assuredly, of the guys we've trotted out onto the mound. Of course, I'm not including Gallardo (Thank goodness we've had his innings, but beyond that he's mostly been "Bleh!") or Miranda (currently our ace,... Read More
and we do mean zero
Posted by jemanji on 05/18/17
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Cemeteries were not as well thought out, say, five hundred years ago. If one got crowded, the local magistrates would simply evict the tenants and toss their bones into a facility they politely termed a "Charnel House." Which brings us to the Oakland A's offense. Christian Bergman (!!) posted a box score of 7.1 2 0 0 0 2 9 which will serve as (1) the best memory of his baseball career and (2) the best memory of any Mariner pitcher's 2017 so far. It was quite literally the best end result by a Mariner to date, Paxtons included.
The key to Bergman's success, much less dominance, was a... Read More
the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog, Dept.
Posted by jemanji on 05/18/17
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JEAN SEGURA
Can you picture him in a slump? Either can I. Once in a while you have that experience where you eagerly try the Sonic Route 44 Diet Cherry Sprite -- and find out it's not only delicious, but comes with a deluxe retro styrofoam cup, a lime wedge, a cherry and a hard candy sitting on the lid. The D-Backs would trade us back Ketel and Taijuan for EITHER of our prize possessions.
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BEN GAMEL
Along with the previous entry, is making the first inning as fun as a K-Pax start. After Wednesday, Dr. D did wonder even further about Gamel's ability to turn around a 96 MPH fastball,... Read More
among the first 50 comments, our fave was ... drumroll ...
Posted by jemanji on 05/18/17
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All apologies for selecting a "Letter On Donald Trump" from a Denizen whose worldview is similar to my own. I did feel though that Rick had a measured and nutrient-dense mini-essay, one which raises concrete points that can easily be commented by either side.
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Left hates, Coulter disappointed, must be doing something right
Trump's form is ugly as ugly, but I'm fine with the results.
A friend recently asked me why I support Trump, when Mike Pence stands ready to step in, someone more inclined to see things the way I do. One reason is that while I think his form is atrocious and not... Read More
Book Readings in Seattle
Posted by tjm on 05/17/17
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I'll be talking about my new book Saturday at Elliott Bay at 3 p.m. and Sunday at the RBI Club at Safeco at noon and at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park at 5:30.
Here's a bit about the book:
Off Speed: Baseball, Pitching and the Art of Deception contains among other things a history of pitching, a history of personal fandom and a pitch-by-pitch breakdown of a single game – Felix Hernandez’s perfect game on August 15, 2012. Tracing the evolution of pitching and the pitcher’s art of deception, Off Speed tells the story of baseball’s 150-year hunt for new pitches. Using the framework of a... Read More
and what could be sweeter than a Mariners postmortem
Posted by jemanji on 05/17/17
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No, there weren't any SportSpyder links that seemed likely to pique the interest of the erudite Denizen. Yes, the Mariners are sucking wind in their attempt to even draft the leaders, considering they are out their top four starting pitchers and their "minor deity" rookie. No, there was not enough to pick through in Tuesday's loss, to justify a postgame. Yes, there was one baseball item of interest (to Dr. D), that being on 538.com:
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First of all, you NeverTrumpers, note that Dr. D is into far-left sites. Up to and including Nate Silver and TheDailyKos. Hold it, let's separate that... Read More
runnin' down a dream, Dept.
Posted by jemanji on 05/17/17
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Not that any Denizens had bailed, that we'd noticed. :- ) But here's an Attaboy for 'im even during his little HR drought.
We knew he wouldn't slug .600 for the next five years. And the enemy pitchers did figure out they better not stick their fingers in the doggie's mouth, namely challenging him in any way during a hitter's count. So Motter has to adjust back, take a few balls the other way. (Don't assume that nobody will ever make another mistake to Motter. He'll get runners on 1B and 2B, the pitchers will fall behind trying to get him to chase, and they'll lay some in there for him... Read More
perhaps it's not the prettiest in modern history
Posted by jemanji on 05/17/17
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Like we sez, a balanced diet in your political oatmeal is -- if nothing else -- less MONOTONOUS. Y'feel me?
If this kind of masochism means for you a challenge to progressive consensus, we can recommend Camille Paglia's latest this week. She had a great line that helped revolutionize my own understanding of gender politics: she said "never for a moment in my life have I felt like a female." Neither has she ever felt like a male. For some reason, that put her perspective in a new light for me. It's also mostly consistent with the Scriptural concept of "eunuchs," those not driven by... Read More
Quick look at the top-10 and some other system players
Posted by G_Money on 05/16/17
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It's about time to take a look at the farm, strange a place as it is right now. I had some time, so here's the Mariners top-10 from MLB.com and how they've done over the first 5 weeks of the season:
1: Kyle Lewis, CF - Still rehabbing from his torn ACL. He's been taking swings off a tee and is right on schedule. 2: Tyler O'Neill, RF - 22 year old Tank is having issues with contact again. .210/ .275/ .365 with 39 Ks against 12 walks in 142 PAs. That's why he's still in the AAA oven. Gotta let that cake bake...3: Nick Neidert, RHP - Over 10 Ks, under 2 walks per 9, 2.88 ERA in high-A with his... Read More
... but which half of the inning are we counting up here ...
Posted by jemanji on 05/16/17
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1 = Mariners' winning streak
10 = Mariners wins, out of 13 games played with Griffey statue nearby
24.1% = Portion of 2017 schedule played
-3.0 = Games out of playoffs
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2 = Number of times Jean Segura reached base Monday
2 = Number of times Jean Segura scored runs Monday
24 = Runs, Segura, 2017
27 = Games played, Segura, 2017
44 = Base hits, Segura, 2017
264 = Base hit ratio, over 162 games
262 = Ichiro's major league hits-in-season record
7.1 = How many WAR did Ichiro get that season
YES = Are Jean Segura 2017 and Ichiro 2004 "comparable players" (defensive specialists with high AVG... Read More
and still sitting #15 in the AL for wins above replacement
Posted by jemanji on 05/16/17
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Haniger is #15 in the league in WAR, despite playing 21 games to most others' 35-38 games. Ben Gamel is #33 in the league, despite only 18 games' activity. If you check Fangraphs there's a trick to finding them on the WAR leaderboards: you have to drop the filter that says "Qualified" by amount of time played.
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Ran across this Hey Bill from late in 2011:
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Michael Morse of the Nats seems to have really broken out this year. Before this year, he was mainly described as a "utility man." This year he's been a big slugger. But he's also going to be 30 years old next season. My... Read More
Now THAT's what I call smart hitting, sez Josh
Posted by jemanji on 05/13/17
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IN THIS CORNER, WEARING THE BLUE TRUNKS, Dept.
Josh Donaldson is a committed launch-angle evangelist. "I've done a lot of research," he says. "... I believe in it [high launch angles]. And as 80%, 90% of you are aware, Mitch Haniger is a Josh Donaldson disciple. You're talking about a guy who was nowhere* for 25 years, tried it Donaldson's way, and is now an 8-WAR player. ... :- )
We've got the prospect of Ben Gamel doing something similar. Do we? I can tell you this much, kids, if Haniger is a 5-6 WAR rookie and Gamel is a 4-WAR rookie, this team is going to be GOOooooood. For a... Read More
kewl Statcast grab courtesy Marc W at USSM
Posted by jemanji on 05/13/17
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1) Excellent article by USSM on Ben Gamel's launch angle. They give his 2016 launch angle as 4 degrees, and this year's as 12 degrees.
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2) This meets the eye test. The Mainframe signs off on the wonderful 2017 launch angles. Well, those are a matter of record. What we mean is, we sign off on the fact that Gamel's batted balls have been dangerous for enemy pitchers' BABIP's.
It's true that his batting line is based on a .450 BABIP, but it's also true that if he keeps hitting this good, 8+ of his next 20 batted balls are going to land him on base somewhere. (Check out his soft hit... Read More
why even PLAY, if that's how you feel about it dude
Posted by jemanji on 05/12/17
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THE SPIRIT WAS WILLING, THE COMMAND WAS WEAK, Dept.
Back in the day at Boeing, we heard that they tested airplane windshields by firing 600-MPH chickens at them. Previously euthanized, we'd like to assume. The chicken cannon may be an apocryphal story; Chase De Jong's outing was not. No such pre-euthanasia luck applies for 23-year-old control artists who can't control anything.
You could see the seeds of an Aaron Sele-type attack, at least if you were rooting for the kid. He threw a 12 o'clock to 6 o'clock curve ball with excellent late break and deception, so much so that --- > the... Read More
don't tell me you're going to show that swing on TV, dweeb
Posted by jemanji on 05/12/17
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ZUUMBALL
Obviously has the glove of a 1st-string catcher. Obviously has shown flashes of easy power. Obviously is well-liked by teammates, pitchers, and coaches alike. Obviously is working with one whale of a Cirque Du Soleil net, as far as the Mariners are concerned. Does this make his 3rd or his 4th turn in Tacoma dry dock?
Jerry Dipoto just gave Zunino a 72-hour leave of absence before his Tacoma report. This means he is probably sincere about repairing Zunino (again) as opposed to head-faking his fellow GM's. Besides that, it was just a great human thing to do.
But the M's have a... Read More
Posted by jemanji on 05/10/17
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HANAGAMEREDIA DYSMOT
Does not sound at first glance like a syndrome you would want to contract, does it? Well, maybe the Astros will catch a good case of it, next time around.
This is where you step out of a fresh shower ... pour a steaming cup of strong coffee ... toggle on your computer ... and settle in to enjoy 1,200 words of sthick that tell you the M's are hitting good. Whether you are Russell Wilson or an SSI Denizen, it's all about routine.
Dr. D's own routine is searching for stats tables like this one:
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To put that in a bit of perspective ... ML averages are 30% for fish rates... Read More
need 4 more arena ball games in Canada, boys
Posted by jemanji on 05/10/17
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With 16 hits and 9 runs Tuesday, followed by 16 hits and 10 runs Wednesday, there's not going to be a lot here. But as y'know, we live to serve.
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THE DESIGNATED HITTER
Didn't get to join the festivities. Well, he came in for one play, lining a single up the center.
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RYAN WEBER
Threw his 6th consecutive nice game at Tacoma, then watched Sam Giviglio - the one starter with fewer K's than he had -- join the luxury towers at Safeco. The probables are now De Jong - Bergman - TBA - Miranda - Gallardo. I guess this is their comment that Weber's approach won't translate to Toronto.
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Posted by DaddyO on 05/10/17
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I mean, really, who ARE these guys?
Mitch Haniger, Jean Segura, Guillermo Heredia, Ben Gamel, Taylor Motter.
Young, good and in Mariners uniforms.
We have been treated to a succession of young busts over the years (including from this team Mike Zunino-- he went out from among us because he was not of us). But these guys are different. Are we sure there isn't some cosmic mistake, a sort of Bizzaro World in which young Mariners players are not only not bad, not only good, not only doggone good, but, in the words of Tony the Tiger, "GrrrrEAT!"
I mean you guys all know it, but look at this:
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Andrew Moore, obviously about age 13, shown twirling a 3-hitter for the Beavers
Posted by jemanji on 05/09/17
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Andrew Moore gets the start for the AAA Rainiers on Tuesday night.
Jeff: "The Mariners promoted their best pitching prospect to Tacoma. Maybe we should head out tomorrow night."
Cindy: "They moved him up because they're getting ready to put him on the Mariners or because he was good in AA?"
Jeff: "I think I'll put that on my blog. Thanks hon."
G-Money: "You do realize I adopted Moore circa 2013, right. I just don't remind people of my groks every other post."
In spring training we boggled about his Ultra King Felix (TM) pitch sequences, which apparently have not abated SO far. (... Read More
M's crawling out of the coffin in the Homestand, in the Division, in the Metaphor
Posted by jemanji on 05/08/17
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THE STATE OF THE M'S IN 7 BULLET POINTS
1 Sitting on an OPS+ of 112, and facing the Rangers' easiest pitcher, M's fans settled in for 8 runs by the ballclub and 3 hits by Ben Gamel. (True, the M's have only scored 8+ runs in 6 of the last 13 games, but they're still *THIS* close to 5.00 runs per game. In Safeco.)
We setted in for 8. What we got was zero runners past first base for, oh, two three hours real time. "Fate of the Furious" made thirty, forty million bucks during the time it took the Mariners to get a runner into scoring position. Tell me that's not microcosmic.
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what worries Dr. D, is how Chase's mother is going to take this post
Posted by jemanji on 05/08/17
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Sez Bill,
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The Phillies announcers are saying that when Howie Kendrick (33) comes back, it will cause a problem in finding playing time for Tommy Joseph (25) who is in a bit of a slump and Aaron Alther (26) who is hot. At what point do teams decide to play the young guys even if the older guys are hitting better? I mean, I get that if Kendrick is hitting that helps you win now, but surely if you think Joseph might develop (though he's not THAT young, surely) then Kendrick needs to watch while you let Joseph and Alther play?
Asked by: MikeChary
Answered: 5/3/2017
It is a problem in a... Read More
did slow and steady ever win anything, really?
Posted by jemanji on 05/07/17
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14-AND-17 with +8 RUN DIFFERENTIAL
Don't know why I hadn't thought of it this way, but the Mariners are missing their #1, #2, and #3 starters. And their Mike Trout. (Everybody else has played close to 30 games, to Haniger's 20, but Haniger is still #7 in the American League in WAR.) Yet the Mariners are close to .500 and have a +151 -143 run differential.
So, we've been about an 85-win team about to add four big names at the trade deadline. LOL. Well, maybe not. But we were missing Segura too, with Felix and Smyly, so the run differential ain't really all that bad. Maybe you even... Read More
Worst Wager this, you putz
Posted by jemanji on 05/06/17
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HE WHO MUST NOT BE NAMED
In the second half of 2015, and all during 2016, Gallardo threw a fastball that was (1) slow, or "minus," and (2) more wild than most AA pitchers throw them. The result, last year, was an inconceivable 6.5 strikeout, 4.7 BB, plus Gopheritis tragedy. In spring training 2017, his fastball had some juice back (to average-solid) but was, if anything, even wilder.
His change-speed game consisted of a -5 MPH slider that had one plane and that got blasted accordingly. Not just in 2016, but since summer 2015 and also this March. Dr. Detecto recorded these facts in... Read More
Dr. D would be glad to roll out an apology in the postgame
Posted by jemanji on 05/05/17
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INJURY BUGS CREEPY-CRAWL THE SIDES OF MT. OLYMPUS
Jerry Dipoto assures us that it's nothing more than some irritation in the forearm. IFF that's true then (for me) it's the most benign injury a pitcher can have from his weapon shoulder down, including blisters and torn fingernails.
You might remember Felix' forearm strain as a rookie (?) right after he tore the Red Sox limb from limb in Fenway. He was snapping in a little too much finger pressure. Our resident "fizz" G-Money will probably confirm that tippy-end fingertips are connected to the forearm cords.
We fancy that Paxton's new... Read More
nice piece of Miranda cheese for you there fella?
Posted by jemanji on 05/05/17
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ON ARIEL MIRANDA
That was without a doubt the best game I've seen him throw, and the most encouraging. He seemed to take about -1 MPH off the fastball, at the gain of locating it in critical moments. Here are his first 2 strikeouts in the 7th, this previously being his 3rd-trip bugaboo:
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To Ben Revere: Fastball outer third strike one (the hitter wants more of a hitter's pitch to open the AB). Fastball above the hands, inside, strike two. Slider breaks below the knees. Slider sails (safely) wide - Revere wants it, swings, fouls it off, still 1-2. Last pitch, 93 mph heater, inside... Read More
couldn't find a Heredia meme, sorry
Posted by jemanji on 05/04/17
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If the M's could take the 2nd Angel game, they're 13-16 and then would need only a split leading up to the Paxton win. A record of 15-17 would beat a lot of records, say, 2-8. Here is the matchup: Mike Trout is being rested, which against a journeyman wild LHP feels like at least a run or two.
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The Mariners' sparkling outfield defense was the difference in Wednesday's game. The stolen home run by Guillermo Heredia is being sold as "the catch of the year," and that meant the M's OF defense changed a loss to a win. But he's made quite a few nifty snags in left.
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But I'll give you a dollar if'n you can tell us what MUTR is sposed to mean
Posted by jemanji on 05/04/17
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There has never been a Seattle Mariner pitcher who threw 82 MPH and was anything other than a bad punch line. In fact there has only ever been maybe 1-2 American League pitchers who ever (since 2002) did it. So SSI figgered it can't be done.
Iwakuma's last two starts did a whale of a lot to convince us otherwise. This is two games in a row in which he locked down the enemy at 81, 82 MPH. In fact his game logs:
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Notice the 0's, 1's, 2's, and 3's in the Earned Runs column. Every time but once. And he's doing this with a most strange toolbox:
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Iwakuma throws these pitches with... Read More
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Watching Hisashi Iwakuma spin these maddening little Mini Quality Starts (5.1 IP, 2 ER) the last several times out, the obvious question was --- > IS THAT SUSTAINABLE? Has anybody ever DONE this?
OK, here are the career leaderboards for slowest fastballs. Well, since 2002, when they started keeping track of slow fastballs. Sort the table by Pitch Type, then by FBv (fastball velocity), upside down. It gives you all the guys who threw super slow.
Actually it turns out there WERE guys who threw 85 MPH or slower. And for quite a while. Remember, we want RIGHT hand pitchers, and... Read More
M's trying out the LCHF (lack of competitive drive and horrible faux pas) baseball diet
Posted by jemanji on 05/03/17
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Dr. D saw the first 4-5 innings from the upper deck, and then left the ballpark with James Paxton still in the game and tied. That tells you all you need to know about the utility of this morning's post. It also tells you all you need to know about the Mariners' will to win, seeing as we could grok this ugly loss coming from three or four AU's away.
Honestly, that is what lousy pitching will do for you. The position players start making lots of sloppy errors, thinking about the 3-run homers they need in order to give themselves a chance. I'd be glad to blame Scott Servais -- if he had... Read More
Posted by jemanji on 05/02/17
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The M's have played well at home. If they go 2-2 in the non-Paxton games that will leave them where ... 15-and-17? Going to be at the game tonight, so no live blogging. Rather, Twittering. Tweeting? in any case, @jeff_clarke or search Dr Detecto. Like Matthew McC in Two for the Money, usually by Thursday we can give you the winners on Sunday. Or by the 2nd inning we can triangulate the outcome of the homestand. Worked out just as well for Matthew McC as it usually does for us.
Philosophical Birdwalk: you know in --- > golf tournaments, or in tennis matches, or in boxing, there... Read More
she blinded me with science, Dept.
Posted by jemanji on 05/02/17
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The most recent Hey Bill:
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Here's the problem with your answer (which I endorse wholeheartedly) "People who are not scientists have sometimes not dealt honestly with the material, not because they are dishonest but because they just don't QUITE get what science is":
Of course, they don't understand science nearly as well as scientists, and so they tend to overstate, and misstate, sometimes sincerely, sometimes duplicitously. But scientists are the experts in their fields,
Asked by: Steven Goldleaf
Answered: 4/30/2017
No, that's not right. But I give you credit for having... Read More
M's shoot for 3-1 in the other home games to hit .500
Posted by jemanji on 05/01/17
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WELL, WHAT DID YOU EXPECT
In James Paxton's career, Mike Trout is 2-for-20 with 10 strikeouts. That's about to get worse, much worse. But for the time being let's savor August 8, 2015. Also Pujols is 4-for-20, quickly to become 4-for-24. There's nothing to restore morale like taking D*CON to the pesky rodent Angels. I'll be there.
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IT'S 26 OF 162
Last May 1, the Cleveland Indians were 10-12. The Astros were 8-17. May 1 of the previous year, the Blue Jays were in 5th place in the AL East; they went 93-69 to win it by six. The Rangers were 7-15 that year on May 1 before going 88-74... Read More