1. Segura is pretty good. Well, make it really good.
2. Paxton might be the best starting pitcher in baseball with a last name not starting with K. Although such a name would be very appropriate for him.
3. My goodness, how much do I want Vogelbach, Gamel and O'Neill to wreck havoc on AAA pitchers for about 10 days before we can call them up and let loose the dogs of war.
4. #3 is silly, I know....and only partially tongue-in-cheek.
5. If the Seahawks lose their first game of '17, then they've stumbled through the first 1/16 of the regular season. It is worth remembering that the M's have stumbled through the first 1/54 of the regular season.
6. It feels more painful and ominous than that.
7. Our bullpen is pretty good. I said that before, didn't I?
8. Diaz is nearly unfair.
9. If both Martin and Dyson are in the lineup tonight, I will shed a tear. Or two. Really. Not tongue-in-cheek,
10. And as always, I would glady trade one of the two of them, speedy stealth weapons as they are, for a battle Tank. And here I'm really not tongue-in-cheek. Were O'Neill an Astro, they would have him up quicker than you can say "Bob's your uncle," telling him to not fret the K's (as improvement will come) and to just hit 30 balls over the fence.
11. My favorite Cuban is on the mound tonight. Time for me to put up or shut up. C'mon kid!
12. But two or three homers would be nice, wouldn't it?
C'mon Mariner bats. Move 'yer bloomin' arse!