Oddball observation: Saunders and Moore were the only Ms w/o a base hit. They were the only Ms who have never played for another team
Heh!
I have no reason to doubt Doc's eyes-on assessment. But, the NUMBERS show 8 hits in 5.2 innings. My concern with Fister from day one is hits allowed.
Ya, keeping in mind that two or three of them were pop flies lost in the sun, scored as "hits," so it's more like 6-7 hits in 7 IP... as well, there was a four-bouncer between 3B and SS that missed Figgins' glove by a foot and Ryan's by the same...
Still: Doogie WILL DEFINITELY give up LOTS of hits, as did Tommy John. He also will walk nobody, so his survival boils down to his HR rate.
Jury's not out on Fister. If his HR rate is 1.0, his ERA+ will be north of 100. If not, it won't. Fortunately he pitches in Safeco. Tommy John in Safeco = golden. We'll see about Fister.
Good stuff San'.
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On the TTO's, we might also note that the only 2 homers came from guys who won't provide them this year, so what happens when Smoak, Cust, Olivo, Bradley, and the real masher Ichiro start hitting a few :- )