Finally, we beat the Yanks
With the M's playing so poorly, a win over the hated Yankees isn't quite so special. Then again, reading about an 11 game win streak for the Yanks would really suck, so maybe last night was better than it felt at the time.
Moyer got shelled again. But before we get too worked up, we have to look at the schedule. It was not in the M's best interests to play Anaheim, Boston, NY, Boston and NY in consecutive series. The fact Moyer has looked terrible against the best hitting teams in the AL is not cause for jumping off a bridge. We really do need to give the starters a few more weeks before we start even considering making huge changes.
I imagine the pitching will look better against SD and some of the other teams, but then again the W-L record of our upcoming opponents is not in the M's favor. We are going to continue to see good teams, but I still expect the pitching overall to get better than what we've been seeing.
Borders is officially back today, which means Rivera will certainly be sent down. While I am against the move, it's not a big enough deal to get worked up about. I'd rather they just play Rivera in the meantime while Wiki gets healthy. That way you justify having him (Rivera) on your 40 man roster. Right now Rivera is a huge waste to be on it if you are so afraid of using him in actual games. It's not like using Rivera is going to be a huge dropoff from what we are getting from Olivo (HE'S HITTING .140!!). How much worse can Rivera do?
And have I mentioned Olivo can't catch the ball either?
This is the sort of Bavasi/Hargrove roster management that drives me crazy.
All in all, the team is underperforming from even our .500 expectations coming into the season. Is this team capable of putting together a nice winning streak?
I really don't think it is.
With the M's playing so poorly, a win over the hated Yankees isn't quite so special. Then again, reading about an 11 game win streak for the Yanks would really suck, so maybe last night was better than it felt at the time.
Moyer got shelled again. But before we get too worked up, we have to look at the schedule. It was not in the M's best interests to play Anaheim, Boston, NY, Boston and NY in consecutive series. The fact Moyer has looked terrible against the best hitting teams in the AL is not cause for jumping off a bridge. We really do need to give the starters a few more weeks before we start even considering making huge changes.
I imagine the pitching will look better against SD and some of the other teams, but then again the W-L record of our upcoming opponents is not in the M's favor. We are going to continue to see good teams, but I still expect the pitching overall to get better than what we've been seeing.
Borders is officially back today, which means Rivera will certainly be sent down. While I am against the move, it's not a big enough deal to get worked up about. I'd rather they just play Rivera in the meantime while Wiki gets healthy. That way you justify having him (Rivera) on your 40 man roster. Right now Rivera is a huge waste to be on it if you are so afraid of using him in actual games. It's not like using Rivera is going to be a huge dropoff from what we are getting from Olivo (HE'S HITTING .140!!). How much worse can Rivera do?
And have I mentioned Olivo can't catch the ball either?
This is the sort of Bavasi/Hargrove roster management that drives me crazy.
All in all, the team is underperforming from even our .500 expectations coming into the season. Is this team capable of putting together a nice winning streak?
I really don't think it is.
posted by Tom at
12:50 PM
