Editor's Choice
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Moe sez,
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Martin is broken. Did you hear the comment about his return to a higher hands approach at the plate? If you go all of ST and 2 weeks of the season with a new approach AND then toss it aside it means you're lbroken; perhaps only for the time being, but you're broken. Mike Fiers is a career 1.25 WHIP and 3.84 ERA guy. He's not bad. If Martin starts tonight I will yell at my TV. Oaths may be included. Hide your women and children.
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And Blissed sez,
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You're spot on with Martin. He had a few moments early last season but over the past 5 months of play has been mostly a rally-killer. Too many other good options to continue down the path of his name inked into the lineup. Let's open that competition back up for AB's Servais! Spring Training wasn't the end of the battle for starting jobs was it?
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Dr. D sez, He'd be interested to hear your lucid, 1-syllable explanations for why the OF rotation did not survive the plane flight out of Arizona. He doesn't remember the OF bench being frozen out like this even during the Griffey-Buhner days. Just don't get it.
Great point about revamping the swing in week 1 Moe.
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Blissed also sez,
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Looking forward to seeing Motter in the OF and 1B mix when Segura comes back. He put up some decent numbers in AA/AAA in 2014-15.
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Dr. D sez, he hasn't studied Motter at all. Did he hit in 14-15 and then get tweaked or divorced or something in 16? Youse guys think he has a chance to be a good role player, perhaps vs LHPs as Dipotos says?
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MisterJonez sez,
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They'd make you answer a minimum of 70 or 80 questions (LPN vs. RN, don't remember which was which) but they'd *randomly* throw out the results for something like 20 of them. If you got enough of the not-thrown-out questions right, the test stopped then and there and you got your license. If you didn't get enough right, you had to answer more questions until the system was satisfied you were either good to go or in need of a re-take. Thankfully there was also a maximum number of questions that could be asked (200 something?).
Seemed pretty bizarre to me, but hey--maybe it would work wonders for parity in sports leagues?
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In a sense that's kind of what they do in sports -- give you a pass when you're out of synch and take it with a grain of salt when you're super hot. But still ... would like to know more about the theory here. Throw out 20 of 80 Q's randomly? Whyfor? Maybe just to make sure the test was slightly different from everybody else's?
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Tacoma Rain sez,
[Servais' bullpen usage seems chaotic]
Dr. D sez, Yeah it does. I like Scott Servais but as a chessplayer, he shows the signs I'm used to seeing from somebody who "loses the thread" during the moment-to-moment conflict. Not saying he has done so; just saying some signs are there consistent with that.
SSI is not the type of place to start fretting about the manager based on 2-and-8. It is these curiosities that have our attention early. Think these curiosities will gain the players' attention if the record gets to 4-13?
Seattle managers who had nice first years, and none after that, include Lloyd McClendon, Don Wakamatsu, and Bob Melvin - every Seattle manager in fact who HAD a good first year, other than Lou Piniella. Hargrove, McLaren and Wedge never had winning years.
Again, I'm a Servais supporter. But would be interested to hear what Denizens regard as his pros and cons.
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BABVA,
Jeff
That's how I understand the NCLEX boards used to work(still do?)