Game 20, Mariners at Royals
Dave · April 26, 2010 at 4:00 pm · Filed Under Mariners
Hernandez vs Davies, 5:10 pm.
Happy Felix Day.
After a rough weekend, the M’s should be able to rebound somewhat against a bad Royals team. With Felix on the hill, tonight will feel like a disaster if the M’s lose. The line-up returns to semi normality with the return of both Bradley and Wilson, though the batting order is still going to make you want to throw something.
Ichiro, RF
Figgins, 2B
Gutierrez, CF
Lopez, 3B
Griffey, DH
Bradley, LF
Kotchman, 1B
Johnson, C
Wilson, SS
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Mike Sweeney on deck? Jesus, why not just send out Dave Valle?
And our fate lies in the hands of Rob Johnson. A popup or weak ground ball?
Oh wow. That was definitely a strike.
But it doesn’t matter anyway. Mike Sweeney is up.
Goodnight.
Sweeney PH to first pitch swing!
Even Rob Johnson knew that the final pitch was a strike. He was thinking “ball? really?!? okay….”
Bradley didn’t look good rounding third….great…
Running for Mike Sweeney will be Ty Cobb’s corpse.
Sweeney got a hit.
Sweeney drove in a run.
I saw God.
Aaaaand…it’s the Hugmeister to the rescue!!!
If stretching that out into a double re-aggrivated his injury, that would be just incredible.
Wow, KC is like the some weird baseball player graveyard. All these players at the fragmented ends of their careers. Most of which I didn’t realize were still in the game.
Yeah, team, just keep toying with me.
Do they really patrol moving down seats at Kauffman Stadium? The stands behind the plate are completely empty.
Sad. Given the pitching match-ups over the next two days, we’re probably looking at a 6 game losing streak to two of the worst teams in baseball.
Dear GMZ and Wak, the time for change is now!
That would be so sad if they did. The ushers should appreciate the fact that they even have anybody showing up there to pay their crummy salaries and not be jerks about policing “instant seat upgrades.”
From the Salt in the Wound Dept:
7 IP, 7 hits, 2 ER, 3BB, .018 WPA
7 IP, 7 hits, 3 ER, 1BB, .101 WPA
The top line is Felix tonight.
The bottom line is Carlos Silva tonight.
Granted, Felix had 7K to Carlos’ 3, but Carlos didn’t give up a HR and Felix did.
Is tomorrow Snell’s last start in the rotation?
However, we were able to save several thousand on the post-game buffet.
Keeping dead weight like Griffey at full-time DH and Sweeney clogging the bench completely goes against the win-now mentality established by the Cliff Lee trade. Where will we be if this team misses the playoffs despite a great season from Lee because two critical roster spots were wasted on hitters who can’t hit.
I just don’t understand the behavior from two otherwise shrewd individuals in Jack Z and Wak.
A real DH in the lineup with Griffey on the bench would change the complexion of this team so much. I just don’t understand.
Hey, it’s not for nothing that The Chef has replaced Carlos Zambrano in the Cubs’ rotation.
I have a feeling that the Griffey decision isn’t coming from them, regardless what they say in the media.
As for Sweeney, I think he has pictures of the management naked with Bea Arthur. Nothing else makes sense.
The Griffey decision wouldn’t bother me at all, and I wouldn’t care where it came from, if he was a bench player behind a real DH. Give him the start once in a while, keep his face out there, retain him as a good clubhouse presence, etc., and maybe just maybe the team can win it all and send Junior off into the sunset.
But adding Sweeney into the mix is just… baffling. Even keeping Branyan to DH would have made more sense.
Based on the results so far I’d keep Snell in the rotation and send RRS to the pen. And I like RRS. But Snell has been a better pitcher this season, and not all of that is righty lineups in unforgiving stadiums. In fact according to xFIP, RRS right now is the worst pitcher in baseball.