Game 99, Red Sox at Mariners
7:10. Thank goodness Jarrod Washburn has returned to the rotation!
I’m so glad. Fun facts about Jarrod:
- he finished 4th in AL Cy Young voting only six years ago
- he’s a workhorse, who has started over 30 games every year since 2001 except 2004 and 2005
- his career ERA is under 4.13, far below league average
- he has a career winning percentage over .500 despite playing for the 06-08 Mariner teams
- despite having pitched over 1600 innings, he’s walked only 500 batters and given up just over 200 home runs
- at the same time, he’s struck out nearly a thousand batters — that’s almost the magic 2:1 ratio analysts and scouts look for!
- he averages a balk only once every four years
- because of the below-market contract he signed with the Mariners, he’s under team control for another season! He’s a cost-certain bargain this year and next!
- his baseball-reference page can be sponsored for only $20?
- he’s 97-0 with a 2.12 ERA in games where he’s awarded a win
- he holds opposing lefties to a .245/.302/.399 line
- he’s a seasoned playoff veteran
And he’s left-handed! It’s all true. I hope no astute team trades for him, because he’s the heart and soul of this Mariner staff.
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It’s almost like you mean the opposite of what you say.
Um, 2.12 era in the games in which he’s been awarded a win? Really?!?
“Hi, I’m unemployed and I live with my parents!”
On Mariner All Access, they showed the video room for the M’s and it had a lot of VHS tapes.
Somehow, the fact that the Mariners rely on VHS technology did not surprise me in the least.
I do not believe you. Those tapes are of the Betamax variety, not VHS.
I assumed they were Super 8.
“Click to Edit” freaks me out. Poster’s Anxiety is a real disease, please give generously.
Oh, I think the Mariners are ‘astute’ enough to hold on to the heart and soul of their pitching staff.
Ah crap, I think there is some kind of card and or badge I have to turn in.
“97-0, thats actually impressive. Oh wait…. Damn it!”
Our strategy of starting Washburn only against bad teams has been derailed by the flu. I hope we don’t end up wishing we had traded him yesterday…
The sarcasm was just dripping off that post.
Also, he’s 0-94 in games that he lost, so that kind of negetates some of that other good stuff.
If he was clutch he’d have come through and been credited with a win in at least a few of his teams losses, you know, just on principle.
But, but…97-0! He’s never lost a game he’s won! That’s amazing!
Washburn and Yuni: The two players the Mariners can’t live without. They’d both just be so difficult to replace.
By an amazing coincidence, the Sox have a pitcher and shortstop who I think would be ideal, ideal I tell you, for any rebuilding team to acquire. I’m speaking, of course, of Manny Delcarmen and Julio Lugo.
Jarrod is indeed the heart and soul of this team. If heart means “pouting whenever there’s an error behind you and making sure those runners score” and soul means “throwing your catcher under the bus.”
On Friday, there was an error behind Felix. One pitch, one double play, end of threat. Baseball is a team game, and if you think you are entitled to perfect play by your teammates, look in the mirror first, Jarrod.
My first thought of Miguel Cairo as DH is ‘huh, what are they thinking?’ Then more importantly ‘at least he’s not Vidro.’
SHHHHHHHHH
The good hitters on the Red Sox have hit well both at home and on the road. The sash weights, the albatrosses, the anchors, the mill stones around their necks, Lugo, Crisp, Varitek and Ellsbury, have been okay to good at home but terrible on the road. If the Mariners give up any production to those guys (or their replacements, Alex Cora is done and Lowrie hasn’t begun) it will be very hard to beat the Sox.
But Bill Krueger likes the Mariners in this one! Which doesn’t happen often!
Lester hasn’t pitched in 12 days, so there’s some chance he could be rusty and off his game.
I think the Sox pushed both him and Matsuzaka back to get a little time off.
On NESN they briefly interviewed Willie Bloomquist about the status of the M’s franchise.
Speaking of video footage, did anybody else notice that FSN just showed the Richie Sexson bump? Hah!
Cairo bats sixth, Clement eighth. Yay team.
I wish T.J. Simers was covering this team. He would rip this awful organization everyday. Morrow plays too key a role in the bullpen my ass.
More evidence to suggest the hat theory.
Hey, the Sox have Varitek batting somewhere besides 9th. These things seem to happen.
Does anyone else think that Youkilis and JD Drew didn’t belong on the allstar team?
As bad as Varitek has been… I’ll take .214/.298/.347 over .210/.253/.286.
If Washburn goes 97-0 the rest of the season, he should win the Cy Young.
I thought both Youkilis and Drew should have fallen just short but, hey, good for them.
Ellsbury immediately 0-2. Plus ca change . . .
Don’t look now, but Richie Sexson just drew a pinch hit walk. Yup.
The Mariners are paying good money for Richie to draw those walks for the Yankees
I sort of miss the juxtaposition of Pedroia standing next to Sexson and looking him right in the belt buckle.
I think the Sox pushed both him and Matsuzaka back to get a little time off.
Pitching to this M’s lineup is as close to “a little time off” as a pitcher can get. I mean, they still have to throw on their off days, so what’s the difference?
Jarrod’s favorite vacation spot? Briggsville, Wis.
eh, Carl Hamilton is down with that whack DVD technology– he just can’t bear to throw out the hundreds of tapes he has of Edgar hitting.
Could you?
Can I just say, I’m watching these games only and entirely in the expectation we may get to see another edition of this?
Bellermine Prep? really?
See, Manny brings an entertaining unpredictability to the game that competent fielders couldn’t hope to bring to audiences.
That was a surprising swing.
So Jerome Holtzman died at age 82. He was actually just 78, but since 82 was only four years away he was credited with it anyway. He also gets to claim several extra grandchildren, since one of his sons might start sleeping with a younger woman tomorrow.
Ichi, was that you?
I think Jeremy Reed died at age 27.
While Ichiro’s PA may have ended in a poor way, he still saw more pitches in that at bat than Bloomquist and Ibanez combined. Sigh.
did Manny untie his braids?
Just in case you were wondering, apparently there’s no question about Manny having a few more home runs in his bat…
And thanks to the edit feature, I can already update you on the fact that there is also no question about Jarrod being a good fielder…
And before I even finished typing that, I learned that there is additionally no question that the middle infielders were playing towards the hole…
Man, and here I was thinking there were all these questions floating around!!!
Didn’t we used to have a player named Jeremy Reed?
The problem with game tracker is there’s no tracking Manny Being Manny. MBM would be a very important stat.
Rizzs is bringing Blowers’ “no question about it” tic front and center. Mike’s done it what, a dozen times already?
(no question about it)
That third strike to Youkilis was shin high. And then the ump shows his paste on Jason Giambi mustache!
Andruw Jones makes Jose Vidro look like Stan Musial. It could be worse, M’s fans.
No question about it, you’re going to see some good defense out of them.
How can you let your career fall apart because you get fat? It’s not like he’s submitting TPS reports all day or responding to client emails. What else should Andruw Jones be doing besides keeping in shape in the offseason? Oh well. He got that contract from Colletti.
There’s no question about it, there are a lot of overly fat players in MLB.
That was a pretty bad AB by LaHair.
I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say there’s no question about it – LaHair really wanted to get his first hit there…
Coco Crisp A.K.A. Father Time?
Does anyone know, is Safeco a Questec park?
Way to go there Coco. The same pitch as all the others took you completely by surprise. Sigh.
Washburn’s beard is creepy… there’s no question about it.
A Varitek hit?!?!
Sacre bleu!
No ques…
tec.
(almost had you!)
Maybe he’ll put it on a tee for you next time, Lowrie. That’s the only way it would be easier.
What’s the crowd look like? I’m guessing a sea of red, green and pink.
58. sportsvision & mlbam provide the tracking data at safeco
Ouch. That’s gonna leave a bruise.
No question about it.
#65. The Sox would like to have every park be a Questec park. The umps get graded in those parks. I think the suspicion is that the umps call looser strike zones in the non Questec parks.
Proving conclusively, Pedroia, that you are not hitting in Fenway Park. That was off the wall for an rbi double in Fenway.
Sims has got to stop filling air by reading in great detail about just who is struggling on the Sox, and augmenting the info with little anecdotes about hearing Francona talking to some reporters or talking to one of the Sox beat guys — everytime he does, they get a hit.
“special” rally fries
Yuni didn’t swing!!!1!1eone
Rizzs seems to think that a good portion of the Sox fans in attendance actually drove all the way down I-90 from Boston. Has he filled his gas tank lately?
He always seems to hit well against the Red Sox.
Damn him.
Man, Yuni has been crushing the ball to the opposite field
Good play by Billy Barty.
Nice play by Pedroia, wow.
Is anybody counting the NQAI’s?
You know, Varitek won’t be able to keep this up. I know a nice Japanese catcher who is under a very reasonable contract for almost three and a half years.
OMG OMG OMG, Blowers goes for the 3x in talking about Varitek in one near-monologue:
pitcher?
You mean catcher, not pitcher?
I bet they’ve looked at him. Texas has, like 3 prospects behind Saltalamacchia. They might be the ones to deal with.
Sorry, catcher. Maybe we can throw in a pitcher too… what is Masao Kida doing these days?
68. my understanding is that every park now uses sportsvision technology supported by mlbam to track pitches. this data is used in a variety of ways (tv broadcasts, umpire grading, and content for the online sites that use mlbam data)
god. An inside hanger and he got away with it. Come on J.D.!
84. You may be right. I only knew of the umps being graded using the Questec system.
You’d be sending about $20 million along with Johjima, right?
Johjima has a weirdly unadaptable looking swing.
Ladies and Gentlemen get your fairly priced Washburn while he lasts!!!!!
Jarrod’s favorite restaurant?
Cimarolis
Detroit is throttling KC. Yikes….19-0 in the top of the 8th, 10 runs in the 8th.
89. Haha! The Sox are doing what they can to help the M’s make a sale.
Ladies and Gentlemen please ignore Mr. Beltre this evening, he’s not for sale.
you know, I think there’s a song in there somewhere …
The Question by The Moody Blues?
Perhaps Blowers has a secret identity as the masked crusader, The Question.
Yay. Another popup off weak slop from Washburn. Yay.
Remember the name Marshall Hubbard when the FO decides to trade him for some more of that chemistry needed to win a wild card spot next year.
L. Ron Hubbard? He’s in the Mariners’ system?
60 players on each All-Star team!
Idea: Replace Rally Fries with player-derived Rally Rocky Mountain Oysters until play improves?
no, a new one– maybe a sad one, with a sax solo.
Okay wow, that ticking clock of editation is indeed quite intimidating. But a nice option!
“Player-derived”? Should I ask?
TEK!!!!!!1
Oh
my
god
Varitek gets a HR?!!?!? You’re ruining Mr. Washburn’s value!
so, Sims was telling us all about how badly Tek was struggling– so probably, a pitch on a tee was not a good idea.
would this be “that one bad inning” I’ve heard tell of?
Washburn has now let 3 of the shlubs of the batting order, in a row, get on base. That is a very bad sign for him.
Ellsbury has this unfortunate habit of never hitting fastballs.
Ugh. That would have been a home run in Fenway. Oh well.
That would have been gone in Fenway, but I’m glad it wasn’t. GOOOOO WASH, NO BURN!!
Jarrod’s favorite music?
Gary Allen.
I can dig it.
Wow. Quick inning for Lester. Good. Sox fans want to see as little of the pen as possible.
The M’s offense goes gently into that great good night.
you know, Jon is all nice and healthy now.
maybe take a pitch or two, make him work a little?
I’m just saying.
5 pitches… Jeez
So how long will every plate appearance by J.D. Drew be accompanied by mention that he was the MVP of the All-Star game?
Come on Lowell shake the cobwebs off that bat.
Lowell eschews the 2-1 cookie and swings for a pitch he barely reaches for -gasp- another popup.
Looks like Jarrod “Beaver” Washburn is headed to the showers.
Let the Wash pitch or he’ll say more vulgar words into the camera.
Shock us with some competence, Coco.
I believe Mr. Rizzs and Mr. Sims are contractually obligated to say the exact same thing when every team and every player gets in a game. And if, as I often do, you watch half the game and listen to the other half on the radio, you will hear the same anecdotes twice in a game.
Were you aware this is the last season for Yankee Stadium, for instance?
It’s too much to ask that Varitek come through twice in one game. But I have to ask anyway. Please, Tek!
Oh jeez, Tek. At least go down on something close to a strike.
Aww, Yuni! There you are. Please to hit me something nice.
But, wait. Michael Kay has told me that only Jeter makes those catches.
was Lowell playing in on that play?
You know, I’m beginning to suspect that the Mariners are not a very good ballclub this year.
128. Lowell is Molina brother slow.
good thing Willie is finally getting that consistant playing time to show us what he can do.
so, not quite 6 innings, huh? and I didn’t even get to mention Jarrod’s favorite midnight snack or least favorite food.
Another squander by the Red Sox.
wow, actual pitches taken.
I was beginning to wonder if there was a really good episode of Hawaii 5-0 that they are all rushing to watch…
From the perspective of the fan of an opposing team, if you get by Ibanez and Beltre you have to feel like the danger greatly decreases. Now Lopez will get a hit to prove me wrong but that’s what you have to think.
On the train wreck that is the Mariners rotation, Washburn actually has been better than only Hernandez, really. At least he isn’t being taken out in the 4th because of a back back, or a sore groin, or something like that.
He has a huge contract, but I don’t blame him for signing it. The fact that he hasn’t pitched up to his contract isn’t his fault.
As for tonight, there’s no shame in throwing 100 pitches by the 6th inning against the league’s best offense, or giving up only 2 runs. Washburn is really penalized by not getting to face the hackmasters on his own team.
And so he does.
It’s not the league’s best offense. It might not be even with Ortiz in the lineup. And it’s especially not on the road.
That’s why we have veteran hitters like Cairo in the line-up.
Now we have Vidro replacing LaHair – nice.
Aaaaand, the best bat off the bench is Vidro. Sigh.
Hmm… so Cairo couldn’t get the job done, so now we’re pinch hitting Vidro… This is like a really bad, bizarre dream. Like the one I had the other night about aliens attacking with poison gas pods.
Borderline hit. Lowrie certainly had a chance to make an out or start a dp.
God. Vidro making a dangerous out.
Mound Conference Theatre
JL: who’s that pinch-hitting?
JV: Vidro
JL: Pepe or Jose?
JV: Dunno. Does it matter?
Kinda sorta almost warning track power there Turbo….back to the buffet with you
3-feet shy of the warning track power, thy name is Vidro!
Ouch. That will put a damper on his “speed.”
138, aren’t you quibbling just a little? Boston is leading the league on BA and OBP, and is 2nd in the league in SLG and runs scored. If that isn’t the best offense in the league, it’s certainly in the top 2. Holding them to 2 runs is a quality pitching performance.
carbo loading for the extra energy…
is Lowe the only pitcher out of the pen tonight?
huh. somehow I never noticed that Luis Alicea was the Sox 1B coach. For the last 2 years, apparently.
texas has the leagues best offense
jed lowrie will drive in 2 runs this inning just watch
#147 I agree. And believe it or not Washburn is #37 in the AL in ERA (and yes, I know everyone hates to use ERA, but as far as runs allowed it’s a useful number to look at in this case). Obviously that doesn’t put him in the top tier, but that would mean that he’d be an “average” #3 starter; and for just under $10 million this year (according to ESPN.com) that’s not a bad investment.
No Mariners pitcher tonight has allowed an RBI to Boston’s number 1 through 7 hitters.
And that even held up for the 5-minute edit period!
But the M’s have the league’s worst offense, so at least they have that going for them.
well, they may have the leagues worst offense, but they may also have the leagues worst defense, too. so…yeah
As good as RA?
RBI is a useful number to look at as far as runners driven in.
I keep hearing about how few pitches Lester has used. Funny, I heard the same thing about Cliff Lee, and about the starter before that, …
The Sox would like to have every park be a Questec park. The umps get graded in those parks. I think the suspicion is that the umps call looser strike zones in the non Questec parks.
Isn’t Schilling at least still nominally part of the Sox?
Gritty single.
Aren’t we lucky!?
As Mariners fans we get to see Batista and Washburn pitch IN THE SAME GAME!!!
joy…
And believe it or not Washburn is #37 in the AL in ERA
37 out of 46. Pretty impressive stuff.
Why do I even bother watching? I don’t even hope for wins, just a good inning or two where the team, you know, scores a run or two.
Miguel Batista. When absolutely, positively, have to close the barn door after the horses are gone. And then burn down the barn.
Boy oh boy, keeping the Strasburg hopes alive.
BTW Pelekoudas, I am bored and I want to see some trades.
its just all sox fans now. reminds me of when the seahawks played GB and mirer had 7 TOs alone and there were hardly any hawk fans in the dome just pack fans. ill bet lincoln is happy about it
Wooooooo! I have Diamond Club seats for Wednesday’s game, and just realized it’s Felix Day!
Bottom of the eighth 1 out bases loaded Raul at the plate, and all he hears in his head is “STRASBURG” over and over again over the beat of Zombie Nation!!! He then grounds into the double play. Raul is committed!
I am a little upset with Batista. Given his pedigree, I thought he could have given the Sox an extra cushion. Although kudos to him for his last start. He is keeping the dream alive!
Refuse to Lose (Strasburg)!
OK, I still have FSN on. and just saw what I think is a non-ironic ad for a product called Anti Monkey-Butt powder.
Can we order some for Vidro, so that he can sit on the bench in comfort for the rest of the season?
Oooh…Rally Rocky Mountain Oysters sounds like one of those disgusting recipes that James Lileks dredged out of one of those ancient cookbooks from the 1950’s.
Well, unfortunately, those boneheads at our local RTN affiliate have rotated H-5-0 out for a while in favor of The Incredible Hulk…yecch!
Jarrod Washburn is at least worth 2 Silva Burgers and a side order of Garlic Rally Fries after his performance tonight.
#157 Considering how bad we all agree the M’s defense is, I don’t think I would use RA. ERA in this case would probably tell us a little bit more I think. Speaking of defense, I was watching the Diamondbacks game last night (Randy Johnson was pitching), and the Dbacks had some amazing defense that saved at least a run or two (impressive, considering they wound up winning 2-0). They make some bonehead plays from time to time (and had a horrible play in the 9th), but they are a fun team to watch.
ERA excuses a pitcher’s post-error performance though, which is highly important for M’s pitchers
ok. we’ve tied the Nats. Bring on the Padres!!!!!
DMZ, in that regard, then, Washburn actually fares even better. He’s only allowed 61 runs (3 unearned). Of course, the question would be how many errors have been committed behind him. Any way to figure that out?
Any team that uses Miguel “no hit infielder and rotting corpse” Cairo as the DH deserves to lose. Every game.
I feel better now, having said that.
Anyone notice the M’s had zero walks in the game?