Arenaball ... Fizzlers
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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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HISASHI IWAKUMA
Had been pitching with pain in his shoulder. Pretty gutsy outings, then, huh? Maybe with a couple of months he can re-join Smyly in July and it will be at 2015-16 proficiency levels.
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M's CATCHING POSITION
Dr. D has not given completely up on Mike Zunino but it is getting kind late for the types of garbage swings he is taking. We heard that Carlos Ruiz is the oldest player in baseball (?) and Tuffy Gosewisch is a 33-year-old defensive specialist. Who's next on this list?
We actually hit the last-7 days stats for a whipping boy but not one single Mariners has an EYE worse than 1:1, and several are at 4 BB to 2 K, 5:2, and so forth. Two guys are at 0:3 and 0:4 - Tuffy and Ruiz. We did notice 9 RBI for Valencia this week, 8 for Bamel, and 7 for Robby. Hold it, that doesn't belong in this post.
Bat571 suggests a trade, perhaps even a trade of our glitzy OF's. Hmmmm.
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CTL RATIO CULPRITS
Only two Mariners had unsightly BB:K ratios this week: Jean Machi and HWMNBN. On the other hand, James Paxton's ratio still gorgeously leads the M's, as does Mitch Haniger's WAR.
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DILLON OVERTON
Bowed and yielded the SP slot to Chase De Jong despite a 6:2 to 6:5 CTL edge and a 1.29 to 1.58 WHIP advantage. Well, if you don't like the rotation weather, wait two days.
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BABVA,
Dr D
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