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KING FELIKKKKKKs
Number of K's corresponding to his last start. Corresponding to his next, Servais sez
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"I just sat down stairs with Rick and Scott, and they're pretty confident he's going to make his next start," Dipoto said shortly before Tuesday's game against the Astros. "Felix feels good, he went out and did his pregame work and felt perfectly good about it. It was a precautionary measure taking him out of last night's game, which I think was the right thing to do.
"I was very encouraged with how he threw, and I believe he is as well. I thought he threw the ball great. Right now, we anticipate him making his next start."
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Felix is a bit like me, willing to gimp around until I'm sure I'm perfect. Don't overreact to my grimace shots :- )
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JUNK YARD DOG STRAINING AT HIS CHAIN FOR THE 8TH INNING
Check Aaron Goldsmith's twitter feed for serveral convincing arguments that Altavailla's SLIDER has become his strikeout weapon. TWITTER FEED 90+ pitch with cut, not sweep, movement. Taught by Zych.
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THE NEW KID IN CLASS, EVAN MARSHALL
Dipoto charcterized him as "one of the better sneaky 7th-inning guys in the league" in 2014. Heavy mid-90's sinker, high groundball rate. Here's the article.
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NOW THAT'S A HR TRACKER
@billyhill decided to 3-D print Robinson Cano's 39 homers for 2016: https://twitter.com/billyhill/status/848904365255479296/photo/1
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98 + FROM THE SOUTHLANDS
Read someplace that a lefty in the league finished #2 with 30-some balls thrown at over 98 MPH. Paxton was #1 with ... 230-some such pitches. Aside from everything else, K-Pax comes into the season as BY FAR the fastest lefty in the American League. Aside from being our #1. Stop it, James, STOP it. The two gamer, that is.
The Mariners types will tell you, to a man, that Paxton has the Cy vibe around him this year. Knows that he can do, let's go do what we gotta do type shtick. We, at least, are willing he make it so.
Will be watching for that low karate-chop curve ball that has been giving everybody fits.
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SAME LINEUP TONIGHT 3rd STRAIGHT GAME
Which would be exactly my lineup. Perhaps with an understanding that I reserved the right to decline at-bats to any customer, including the two left hand defense guys.
BABVA,
Dr D
