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15-2 run against the Mariners at home was just unreal. We all thought this game was in the bag when we went up by 2, but not so much today. The M's beat the Rangers 2/3, so it's not a complete surprise. And Floyd just hasn't been pitching well. Career-wise, his results against the Mariners were great...and he sucked again, yet was in position to get the win again somehow.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 2, 2012 -> 07:13 PM) Quintana is in? I thought we needed him to start. Yeah, if Danks still isn't ready.

Why are you throwing change-ups to a guy hitting .180 in Figgins? Oh, well...just seemed like that ball that Konerko hit was our best shot. But still not over yet. Quintana in. Not sure if you can go back to Reed again tmrw, but Monday's an offday.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 2, 2012 -> 06:46 PM) Who do Mariners have left in their pen? Shawn Kelly (Kelley?) and their little-used Japanese reliever

This is it. Score here. Don't or can't force Nathan Jones to go three innings, can we? Reed's the only one left in the pen. Guess they'd probably go to Quintana if they had no other choice.

QUOTE (MAX @ Jun 2, 2012 -> 06:22 PM) All three of those semen aren't ready for the bigs. Imagine if Marcus Semien played for the Mariners, Harrelson would blow out his aorta.

Well, purely for entertainment value, no fan who attended the game today could say they're leaving without getting their money's worth.

99 mph high cheese takes out Montero. Be careful with Smoak, he's the most dangerous hitter in their line-up the last 20 games. 7 homers in that time frame.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 2, 2012 -> 06:15 PM) Whatever that pitch was, it was 88 mph and wound up almost being hit backwards in time. 122 MPH contact speed to tie Stanton? Who measures that? Is it picked up on the radar gun incidentally going out the other way, or is someone specifically timing bat head/contact speed off the bat?

QUOTE (Noonskadoodle @ Jun 2, 2012 -> 06:16 PM) TANKKKKKKKK MERCYYYYYYYYYY How do you guys think Tank would fair in the HomeRun Derby? He would fare fairly well at the World's Fair. LOL.

QUOTE (Noonskadoodle @ Jun 2, 2012 -> 06:16 PM) TANKKKKKKKK MERCYYYYYYYYYY How do you guys think Tank would fair in the HomeRun Derby? He would fare fairly well at the World's Fair. LOL.

Why would anyone in baseball throw a slider to Dayan Viciedo, even at 90-92 MPH? Haha. 414 feet to straightaway right. Hitting a ball over the bullpen in RF. Wow. He almost hit one to the fence earlier to the game on a checked swing.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 2, 2012 -> 06:11 PM) Be nice to get a few runners at least to guarantee 3/4 bat next inning I'd be happy with Beckham getting a shot at this point. Gordon has a 700+ OPS for the first time in ages.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 2, 2012 -> 06:11 PM) Be nice to get a few runners at least to guarantee 3/4 bat next inning I'd be happy with Beckham getting a shot at this point.

97 MPH cutter there in the shadows. Forget hitting that. Isn't Wilhelmsen their new closer now? Have a lot better chance against him than this guy. 92 MPH change-up.

Well, one thing's for sure. They don't have League as their closer, so this game is far from over. But you have to be pretty surprised they could score 3 runs in late afternoon shadows. And we definitely can't afford to give away any of our bullpen depth via trade. It's shaky enough, as is. And we need to find a better solution at 3B.

9 blown saves.... Luckily we've won our last three. Hudson once again showing why he's not going to stick as the solution at 3B in all likelihood. Absolutely have to block that ball...should have been out by a mile.

Crain, Sale, Floyd and Humber...when they're on, you're not going to find four better curveballs on one team in the majors.

Once again, for the 20th time. Zach Stewart had an ERA of 7.88 against all major league teams last year not named the Twins (and reality, their AAA affiliate with all their injuries). Good he is not. Serviceable depends upon your opinion.

You'd almost swear that West did that intentionally to test Selig's nearly blanket protection of the umpires.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 2, 2012 -> 04:14 PM) Mariners have him lunging to cover the outer half. Fukudome will probably get a start in LF tomorrow. Millwood the way he's going is not a great match-up for Dayan, but he doesn't have the super high velocity, so you never know. We win again today, he might only change out Flowers...and that's not even a sure thing with back-to-back day games. 6th time in 7 innings the leadoff man reaches for the M's. Joe West with the balk call. Cue Hawk rant? Did his knee go behind the pitching rubber? Went for the controversial call when it was far far far from clear that it was a balk.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jun 2, 2012 -> 04:09 PM) Zach Stewart has a good sinker and a good changeup. Mix in a breaking ball and consistent command (he's been fairly good in this area, really) and he should be an innings-eater starter SHOULD being the key word of that sentence.

Quintana would still be more effective as the long man, but perhaps he's going to have to go down to BIRM/CHAR and continue starting as our primary insurance policy. We don't want Stewart as our 5th, that's for sure.

QUOTE (MAX @ Jun 2, 2012 -> 04:03 PM) He did throw a curve. 3-2. Was fouled off. Plus he doesn't call the pitches. It wasn't a curve. It was something like a cutter/slider/spinner, but it most definitely wasn't a curveball. Really hard to call Stewart's pitches because almost all of them are 82-89 MPH these days.

How the hell do you lose a 0-2 count to Brendan Ryan? Jesus. Stewart sucks. Just had to throw a curveball, but no. And Hudson needs to learn he's playing 3B, not SS as well...almost starting to miss Morel's defense, because they should have had a DP or at the very least the forceout at 2B.