Welcome To The Big Leagues, Dan Cortes
Dave · September 24, 2010 at 7:56 pm · Filed Under Mariners
Fastball, 98, strike one.
Fastball, 96, strike two.
Fastball, 96, groundout.
Fastball, 98, strike one.
Fastball, 96, ball one.
Slider, 87, strike two.
Fastball, 97, ball two.
Slider, 85, strike three.
Fastball, 98, groundout.
Stay a while, won’t you?
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That is some serious Cheese.
He deserves some Cheddar.
I am sick and tired of watching a bunch of players that are AAAA material. It is the end of the year, and we have nothing to play for. If anything, I would like to lose the rest of our games, in an attempt to better our chances in the draft. I want to see the call-ups get a chance. I’m just tired of seeing these awful players run out there daily, when we have a matt mangini and a Greg Halman riding the bench.
Cortes is a lot of fun to watch. We watched him here in Tacoma and it was great to see how fast the ball was coming.
Cortes also taught my 8-year-old how to pitch at Rainiers camp this summer. His advice was simple: just imagine that the catcher is someone you really hate and throw the ball as hard at him as you can like you are going to put him out. He said to him to not hold anything back and to just throw the ball as hard as possible. Amazing stuff.
I caught the last few innings on the radio, and Cortes sounded impressive. I’d like to have seen him.
I was also curious, though, about Varvaro, who pitched the following inning. Neihaus seemed in awe of a couple curves the guy threw to put guys away – although oddly enough he couldn’t seem to locate his fastball (usually it’s the other way around).
He will never replace Yuniesky in my heart.
WSG, Varvaro’s curve was pretty sick. Had really good break to it.
Cortes was just on another level though. His slider had splitter like vertical break.
You mean all the ache and disease Yuni caused?
Dave,
How about a Dan Cortes vs. Brandon Morrow comparison? I like Cortes’ stuff better than Morrow’s. Cortes also doesn’t have to deal with diabetes and is a fierce gamer/competitor. He also has more control of his pitches than Morrow.
I can’t wait until he breaks the 100 MPH barrier because those are always fun. Still, what Cortes showed today is more than enough, way more fun than watching some scrub like Wright or Sweeney.
finally, I read a post and smile.
(looking around, confused, blinded by the misfortunes of this season)
Hmmm… Anybody seen a guy that might make a good closer, if/when we deal the DA?
Just curious, there’s gotta be one around here somewhere… Throws some serious heat, has a “gamer” attitude, and some nasty moving stuff to boot???
(I agree with WanderingInSodo… Big smile at Cortes’ stuff.)
Yep, it looks like the M’s might actually be getting some value out of the dumping of Yuse-less-ky Betancourt after all.
mymrbig
That comment reminds me of my favorite line from Tommy Boy.
“I’m detecting a tone of sarcasm.”
“Well I’d hope so, cause I’m laying it on pretty thick.”
The Pirates will never catch us. Although I notice that they have scored ~50 runs more than us this year. Yikes!
That got me wondering what Endy Chavez is up to, so I checked.
He was signed to a minor league deal by the Rangers last winter, and played in a few scattered minor league games in June and July. He’s currently on their AAA DL. Looks like his knee isn’t ready yet.
Yuni, the gift that keeps on giving.
If we trade Lueke, Cortes will make it all better.
Finally, the real reason our pitchers love having RoJo catch em.
Funniest thing I may have read in awhile.
Wait, we got Cortes in the Yuni deal? That makes me feel all happy inside!
For the Neil Young fans: Cortes the Killer. Hopefully his song is as long as Neil’s.
If this was a comment on LL I would have rec’ed you. Awesome.