Mariners season on cliff...
Having lost three games in a row, the M's are at a fairly critical part of the season. While they have been playing .500 ball for most of the season, they are now two games below and have a tough schedule staring them in the face.
Besides two more games against clearly the best team in the AL West, the M's also have Boston and New York to contend with. While both AL East clubs haven't been winning as much as expected, it's fair to assume they will give the M's all they can handle. It is not hard to envision the M's being 5-8 games below .500 by next weekend, and they may very well never see as many wins as losses in the standings this year.
Last nights game was so frustrating to watch. If we think of Franklin as our #5 starter, giving up 5 runs is not great but obviously not out of the realm of possibility. However when your offense is as anemic as our current bunch, it really didn't matter who was pitching. To watch the M's run out of innings, strike out, refuse to work the count, and just in general look pathetic time and time again is getting old. Anyone reminded of last year watching this team?
- Belre is not making solid contact time and time again. When he does, the ball dies and is not hit with any authority.
- It would be nice to have a catcher actually catch the ball. Nice throw by Winn at least.
- It seems like Ichiro is swinging and missing more than usual.
- This team is not good enough to have a SS and catcher be automatic outs. No one is stepping up right now on this team.
- We should expect Bavasi will start making some roster changes shortly.
It's not time to give up hope the M's can still salvage a nice season, but right now the offense is preventing this team from being competitive.
Having lost three games in a row, the M's are at a fairly critical part of the season. While they have been playing .500 ball for most of the season, they are now two games below and have a tough schedule staring them in the face.
Besides two more games against clearly the best team in the AL West, the M's also have Boston and New York to contend with. While both AL East clubs haven't been winning as much as expected, it's fair to assume they will give the M's all they can handle. It is not hard to envision the M's being 5-8 games below .500 by next weekend, and they may very well never see as many wins as losses in the standings this year.
Last nights game was so frustrating to watch. If we think of Franklin as our #5 starter, giving up 5 runs is not great but obviously not out of the realm of possibility. However when your offense is as anemic as our current bunch, it really didn't matter who was pitching. To watch the M's run out of innings, strike out, refuse to work the count, and just in general look pathetic time and time again is getting old. Anyone reminded of last year watching this team?
- Belre is not making solid contact time and time again. When he does, the ball dies and is not hit with any authority.
- It would be nice to have a catcher actually catch the ball. Nice throw by Winn at least.
- It seems like Ichiro is swinging and missing more than usual.
- This team is not good enough to have a SS and catcher be automatic outs. No one is stepping up right now on this team.
- We should expect Bavasi will start making some roster changes shortly.
It's not time to give up hope the M's can still salvage a nice season, but right now the offense is preventing this team from being competitive.
posted by Tom at
10:15 AM
