Game 30, Mariners at Tigers
Jeff Weaver gets a chance to start in a flyball-friendly park against Justin Verlander. 10:05 am. No TV.
The Mariners are a half-game out of first place. They’ve been outscored by opponents by some amount of runs, yet there they are. The margins for the others? A’s +13, the Angels +5, Rangers -36. So it’s not as if the competition’s been particularly fierce.
Part of the reason it feels weird is that the team’s played, well, check this out.
Number of times the offense scored that many runs as “.”
Number of times the pitching allowed that many runs as “+”
0 - ..+++
1 - ..+
2 - ...+++++
3 - .....+
4 - ....+++
5 - ....+++
6 - .+++
7 - ...+
8 - ..++++
9 - .++
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11 ++
12
13
14 .+
15 .
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weaver is terrible
Can Weaver even COUNT to his era?
#294 So you’d be pretty confident with him coming out of the bullpen with let’s say a 1 run lead?
I wanna see Terry name out the eight center fielders that are better than Ichiro.
I know the ERA validity argument has been beaten to death in this post, and I 100% agree with Dave and the other 99% of the ussmariner nation that believe ERA is useless for accurate pitcher evaulation. I read the evaluating a pitcher post just last week and think it should be required reading for all Baseball announcers and writers.
So how about this middle ground:
From baseball-reference.com
Mariners’ W-L
GmSc => 50 11-0
GmSc
the last should have been GmScr below 50 4-15
Game score is fun, like quality starts, but it’s nothing more than that.
Game score is fun, like quality starts, but it’s nothing more than that. (See # 306.)
And it’s quite subjective. Suppose Bill had valued economy of pitches as much as he did strikeouts, giving a point for each pitch below 100? Then KERRY WOOD would no longer hold the distinction of having pitched the best game in MLB history It would be Red Barrett.
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The only thing I think that it shows is that the M’s bullpen and the batters haven’t blown a well pitched game by the pitcher, and they have managed to overcome 4 poorly pitched games.
New template looks great, good job DMZ&Company.
I am succumbing to the “ERA is not a great way to evalutate pitcher talent” arguement.
I’m also dropping the Doyle comments, wasn’t aware so many dug him so much around here.
that Brandon Inge, sharp as a tack–
“It’s an easy difference,” said Inge, who saw Weaver last season when the right-hander helped the Cardinals win the World Series. “He pitched well then, not so well today.”
what you said.
#302
First I’d like to see him in mop up work, just to see if the move to the bullpen does help him out. I wouldn’t immediately throw him into high-leverage situations, as he’s never been a reliever.
How terrible a pitcher are you when you throw 5 1/3, you give up 6 runs, and your ERA actually goes down?
Weaver’s now 0-6, and he’s not getting better…when Felix comes back, is Weaver done? I’d rather the M’s simply cut him loose and pay him his salary than give this guy any more chances to lose games. And bullpen work? Please, he’s obviously not cut out to be a MLB pitcher.
I like the new look as well. Great work fellas.
Great template, I love it. Good job.
#313 – Hopefully they can convince him to play for the Angels so he gives them negative contribution. Maybe that’s worth a few million.
Hey Derek, what about the enhanced post buttons? Are they coming back?
Also, would it be difficult to put a year on the date for your posts? When I go check out previous year posts the date is there but I can’t tell which year it’s from. Not a huge thing, but it would be nice.
Like the look, hate the blockquote (can’t read ’em; the contrast is often very wonky).
AT MOST….mop up work for Weaver. He shouldn’t even get near the start of a game.
But, of course….there’s a world of difference between “should” and “will”…
Agreed, the blockquote is weak. It’s almost impossible to read. Perhaps just making the font darker. not sure about all that though.
Stop complaining. Especially if it’s on the to-do list. Seriously, it’s really annoying.
I think you should move everything a little over to the left, and then a little back over to the right.
LET’S DO THE TIME WARP AGAIN!
I think that rather than conveying contagious and sunny optimism, your theme should be conveying gritty intangibles. Call it the “Willie Bloomquist” theme.
Can we add that to the to-do list?
Hmmm. Another to add to the “Theme To Do Items” list:
There’s not enough beer. Need more beer.
kthxbye!
In the meantime, you can highlight the blockquote with your mouse, which makes it look dark blue.
Thanks for all the work on the site, Derek.
Also, we should be upping the quota of Unjustified Vidro Hatred in the theme.
cowbell?
Also, shouldn’t there be a couple hundred units of snark built into the template…
Plus a minor temple or two for Doyle worship…
I’d be very surprised NOT to see Weaver in the rotation again. Pleasantly surprised, but surprised nonetheless…
“Stop complaining. Especially if it’s on the to-do list. Seriously, it’s really annoying.”
Sorry, I thought that I read the To Do list and didn’t see those in there. I apologize about the “complaining”.
From DMZ’s post:
“Please don’t just complain – I need help a lot more than I need to hear that we suck or whatever.
Also, and I can’t stress this enough: this is not my strong point. I wouldn’t do this if I didn’t have to. So help, or leave me and the people who are helping alone.”