Good news for M's fans
The past few days have been pretty good for M's fans. First of all, Bavasi woke up and realized what everyone has been saying for weeks- dump Spiezio. And so he did.
This is such a good move for so many reasons. The biggest though has to be simply getting rid of a negative cloud in the clubhouse, so kudos for M's management for biting the bullet and admitting it was a terrible signing.
The other good news is Felix pitched again, and the results continue to be encouraging. It is kind of silly to keep throwing superlatives his way, so we can only just continue to be amazed. There is no way he can keep up this kind of pitching of course, because if he did he'd be the best pitcher in baseball history, but it sure is fun to watch.
All M's fans HAVE to be excited about Friday, when Felix takes the hill against Chicago. Enough of the M's facing Detroit, Minnesota and KC, let's see how he pitches against a team that might well win the World Series. Of course the really big start will be the Yankees game, but for now Friday can't get here soon enough.
Steve Kelley in the Times writes that Ryan Franklin needs to be removed from the team. While I don't think much of Steve's writing, it is big news to the M's management when a senior writer of a major paper calls on the club to dump a player. Is there any reason to keep Franklin?
The only reason to keep him is if the club sticks him in long relief, where he has been effective, and out of the starting rotation. The problem of course is the rotation is so threadbare after Felix we have to start guys like Harris. There really are not many alternatives, which is the only reason Franklin is still on this team.
I'd look for Ryan to be let loose in the offseason, but before that can happen, the team needs a plan to retool the starting rotation. Making a few more trades before the trading deadline would have really helped this team (Eddy, Meche etc...) and the list of available free agent pitchers is not inspiring.
It's too bad there is not another pitcher besides Felix to get us excited about next year.
The next big thing? Probably the expanded roster in September. Perhaps Bucky will be called up, perhaps Morse plays more in the outfield, perhaps a pitcher comes out of nowhere and impresses... until then, just plan to be at the game Friday.
The past few days have been pretty good for M's fans. First of all, Bavasi woke up and realized what everyone has been saying for weeks- dump Spiezio. And so he did.
This is such a good move for so many reasons. The biggest though has to be simply getting rid of a negative cloud in the clubhouse, so kudos for M's management for biting the bullet and admitting it was a terrible signing.
The other good news is Felix pitched again, and the results continue to be encouraging. It is kind of silly to keep throwing superlatives his way, so we can only just continue to be amazed. There is no way he can keep up this kind of pitching of course, because if he did he'd be the best pitcher in baseball history, but it sure is fun to watch.
All M's fans HAVE to be excited about Friday, when Felix takes the hill against Chicago. Enough of the M's facing Detroit, Minnesota and KC, let's see how he pitches against a team that might well win the World Series. Of course the really big start will be the Yankees game, but for now Friday can't get here soon enough.
Steve Kelley in the Times writes that Ryan Franklin needs to be removed from the team. While I don't think much of Steve's writing, it is big news to the M's management when a senior writer of a major paper calls on the club to dump a player. Is there any reason to keep Franklin?
The only reason to keep him is if the club sticks him in long relief, where he has been effective, and out of the starting rotation. The problem of course is the rotation is so threadbare after Felix we have to start guys like Harris. There really are not many alternatives, which is the only reason Franklin is still on this team.
I'd look for Ryan to be let loose in the offseason, but before that can happen, the team needs a plan to retool the starting rotation. Making a few more trades before the trading deadline would have really helped this team (Eddy, Meche etc...) and the list of available free agent pitchers is not inspiring.
It's too bad there is not another pitcher besides Felix to get us excited about next year.
The next big thing? Probably the expanded roster in September. Perhaps Bucky will be called up, perhaps Morse plays more in the outfield, perhaps a pitcher comes out of nowhere and impresses... until then, just plan to be at the game Friday.
posted by Tom at
10:59 AM
