M's offensive
I said before Anaheim came to town it was an important series. Getting swept by the Angels, and looking terrible in the process, is making it hard to be optimistic about this team right now.
With a terribly difficult schedule of Boston and NY ahead, the M's in all likelihood will never see .500 again this season. This is not meant to be negative- I hope the M's rip off 10 wins in a row right now. Just trying to be realistic.
We all know what happened over the offseason. After losing 99 games, the team made 3 acquisitions this winter.
Pokey Reese- Hasn't appeared in a game yet. May never play in an M's uniform
Adrian Beltre- looks lost at the plate. Huge disappointment so far.
Richie Sexson- Actually playing about as well as could be expected
So basically we are back to last years team. The fact the bullpen has been effective and the starting pitching surprisingly good has been undermined by the horrific hitting of last year. Boone is done as a hitter. Catcher and SS an automatic out. Trading Carlos Guillen looms as one of the dumbest trades in team history.
When you are only scoring a couple of runs a game, we all understand you will not win many games. Not only that, you kill any enthuisiasm from fans because no one likes watching a team go inning after inning blowing chances and making journeymen pitchers look like Roger Clemens.
We all know what is happening with the Yankees. The club is in danger of falling seriously behind in the standings, so the team tries to shake things up. What will Bavasi do? Anything?
No one wants to see panic moves. However, there are obvious moves that should have been made earlier that need to happen. Get rid of Sele. Get rid of Nelson. Create and use a bench. These are all good places to start.
I certainly am not going to call for bringing up Felix or anything crazy like that. The pitching has been pretty effective so far, but if you are going to lose lets at least get a look at possible future pieces of the puzzle.
Let's hope the Red Sox are in a forgiving mood and the M's can get a win soon. Otherwise, this is going to be a LONG season.
I said before Anaheim came to town it was an important series. Getting swept by the Angels, and looking terrible in the process, is making it hard to be optimistic about this team right now.
With a terribly difficult schedule of Boston and NY ahead, the M's in all likelihood will never see .500 again this season. This is not meant to be negative- I hope the M's rip off 10 wins in a row right now. Just trying to be realistic.
We all know what happened over the offseason. After losing 99 games, the team made 3 acquisitions this winter.
Pokey Reese- Hasn't appeared in a game yet. May never play in an M's uniform
Adrian Beltre- looks lost at the plate. Huge disappointment so far.
Richie Sexson- Actually playing about as well as could be expected
So basically we are back to last years team. The fact the bullpen has been effective and the starting pitching surprisingly good has been undermined by the horrific hitting of last year. Boone is done as a hitter. Catcher and SS an automatic out. Trading Carlos Guillen looms as one of the dumbest trades in team history.
When you are only scoring a couple of runs a game, we all understand you will not win many games. Not only that, you kill any enthuisiasm from fans because no one likes watching a team go inning after inning blowing chances and making journeymen pitchers look like Roger Clemens.
We all know what is happening with the Yankees. The club is in danger of falling seriously behind in the standings, so the team tries to shake things up. What will Bavasi do? Anything?
No one wants to see panic moves. However, there are obvious moves that should have been made earlier that need to happen. Get rid of Sele. Get rid of Nelson. Create and use a bench. These are all good places to start.
I certainly am not going to call for bringing up Felix or anything crazy like that. The pitching has been pretty effective so far, but if you are going to lose lets at least get a look at possible future pieces of the puzzle.
Let's hope the Red Sox are in a forgiving mood and the M's can get a win soon. Otherwise, this is going to be a LONG season.
posted by Tom at
3:16 PM
