Cactus League Game 3, Padres at Mariners

Jay Yencich · March 4, 2012 at 11:23 am · Filed Under Mariners 

Good day to you and welcome again to baseball. This marks the first game of the Cactus League season against our rivals, the Padres. It feels like a return to normalcy. I know that for the past two days, I had felt as though something was “off” about this spring training that I couldn’t quite articulate. Now I know: we weren’t playing the Padres yet.

The news circuit is somewhat slow this morning. Rick Rizzs guest blogged an article about Griffey at the official Mariners blog. It’s formatted like a Steve Kelley article. The actual Steve Kelley talked to Jamie Moyer, who is attempting that comeback with the Rockies. Imagine for a moment if he ended up in the Springs instead to start the season. Oh my. Larry Stone talked about Trayvon Robinson and some of the struggles he experienced at the end of last season. Larry LaRue talked to Alex Liddi and apparently he’s a big deal back home. If none of these do it for you, re-read Marc’s piece on Noesi and/or be glad that no one on the team has Valley Fever.

As playing the regulars proved somewhat ineffective yesterday, we’re doing something weird again. Wedge wants to play the guys and so we will play the guys. With the way things look now, I can only imagine what it will be like this coming Saturday, when we get our first split squad.

CF Figgins
SS Kawasaki
3B Seager
1B Carp
DH Montero
C Jaso
2B Rodriguez
LF Robinson
RF Chiang

P Vargas

The bench today features fourteen guys. Pitchers we might see include Furbush, Henn, League, Snow, Marquez, Fox, Grube, Ruffin, and Patterson.

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26 Responses to “Cactus League Game 3, Padres at Mariners”

  1. Westside guy on March 4th, 2012 11:56 am

    Three words no mortal man ever wants to hear: Figgins in center.

  2. Jay Yencich on March 4th, 2012 12:08 pm

    I don’t generally want to hear about Figgins much of anywhere.

    Hey look guys Jaso is catching Jason

  3. stevemotivateir on March 4th, 2012 12:14 pm

    I wonder if Figgins in center is more of a showcase to shop him with versatility? They can’t seriously be considering starting him there in the regular season.

  4. stevemotivateir on March 4th, 2012 12:15 pm

    NICE! Worked the count, THEN tagged it!

  5. stevemotivateir on March 4th, 2012 12:16 pm

    Wow, over the 410 sign? I wonder if Sims called that correctly?

  6. Paul B on March 4th, 2012 12:19 pm

    Maybe Figgins will go oh for March, and be gone by April.

    That’s some upside to wish for.

  7. stevemotivateir on March 4th, 2012 12:21 pm

    I’d be more hopeful for a .400 spring, then shipped with less money.

  8. stevemotivateir on March 4th, 2012 12:21 pm

    Good to see Seager off to a hot start today.

  9. sexymarinersfan on March 4th, 2012 12:36 pm

    Yeah I’m here at my first game literally a few feet from Seager at 3rd. He had big smiles when he came back out. Carp gave him a big high five back on the field. It’s so warm down here!

  10. Westside guy on March 4th, 2012 12:38 pm

    They’re talking about lowland snow up here!

  11. stevemotivateir on March 4th, 2012 12:44 pm

    And Seager continues to deliver!

  12. stevemotivateir on March 4th, 2012 1:05 pm

    Really?! Jaso stealing bases?!!

  13. stevemotivateir on March 4th, 2012 1:08 pm

    Yes, that was an overreaction on my part;)
    Always interesting listening to Jack. Would have been nice to hear more on the outfield though.

  14. stevemotivateir on March 4th, 2012 1:24 pm

    Wow, this is Seager’s day!

  15. stevemotivateir on March 4th, 2012 1:30 pm

    Montero knocks in Seager and Carp, Jaso walks…. maybe it’s bad pitching, but I’m enjoying this;)

  16. Jay Yencich on March 4th, 2012 1:31 pm

    So in case anyone missed that, it was another Montero extra-base hit to right field.

    4-0 Mariners because of shenanigans.

  17. stevemotivateir on March 4th, 2012 2:08 pm

    I don’t know if I heard that wrong, or if Sims/Rizzs called it wrong, but I swear I heard Carp scored on that Montero double. Doesn’t matter, but man… I really can’t wait to see the games on tv.

  18. 68GTCS on March 4th, 2012 2:34 pm

    ugh

  19. stevemotivateir on March 4th, 2012 2:35 pm

    Lot of sloppiness from both sides today.

  20. Jay Yencich on March 4th, 2012 2:44 pm

    Awww I wanted extra innings.

    Now I have to do work.

  21. stevemotivateir on March 4th, 2012 2:44 pm

    Nice! Good for Mike

  22. darndy on March 4th, 2012 2:45 pm

    Nice!

  23. stevemotivateir on March 4th, 2012 2:47 pm

    Chavez had a strong throw earlier, so it’s fitting he gets the game winning hit as well.

  24. Paul B on March 5th, 2012 7:55 am

    Is Chavez a good fielder? For some reason, I might have had him confused with someone else.

    I see he had a poor year in his first jump to AA, so assume that is why he isn’t on the top prospect lists.

  25. FamousMark on March 5th, 2012 8:18 am

    re-read Marc’s piece on Noesi and/or be glad that no one on the team has Valley Fever.

    This morning, Larry LaRue tweets, “Mariners C Jesus Montero was sent home today with flu-like symptoms.”

    I’m still glad that no one on the team has Valley Fever, but now I’m worried about it!

  26. Westside guy on March 5th, 2012 9:53 am

    I had never even heard of “Valley Fever” until yesterday, when I read a story about one of the Mets’ players.

    It sounds like a disease name from the 1800s, like “consumption” or “black bile”!

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