Mariners Update

Something has to change...

We are 14 and 24 on the season, which is the exact same record as the 101 loss 2008 M's. Our team batting average is around .230. If you subtract the two outliers of this statistical set (Ichiro .354 and Guti .298) then our team average is below .200. We have lost almost 15 games during the opposing team's final at-bat. Our starting rotation has one of the lowest ERA's in baseball, but day in and day out I watch our bullpen blowing leads or tie games. Of course, they wouldn't look so bad if we could put runs on the board.

Something has to change...

Griffey is not working as our DH. I love what this man has done for Seattle baseball. I loved watching him as a kid and I loved watching him last year. As much as I love him, I love winning more! He isn't anywhere near the Mendoza line. He has absolutely no power... to the point where a fly ball to the warning track makes the local Seattle news. He continues to try and force his way through the defensive shift that they place on him, but without any success. He doesn't have a single home run folks. His slugging percentage is the lowest for any DH in baseball. HE ONLY HAS ONE JOB! He isn't driving in runs, so he needs to be replaced (as gracefully as possible).

Something has to change...

Chone Figgins is a career M's killer! He used to smack us around and then steal bases like it was nobody's business. He's hitting .185 folks. Worse yet, he is hitting behind Ichiro at .354. The result: Ichiro gets on base and Figgy fails to move him over, or worse yet he grounds into a double play. Everyone is calling for Figgy to be moved from the two spot to the nine spot so that Ichiro can drive him in if he walks. YOU ARE ALL MISSING THE POINT! He is negating the work of our best hitter right now by hitting behind him. Get him the hell away from Ichiro so that we can keep a few runners on base!

Something has to change...

Our pitching is a mess! You think our starters are doing well? Fister and Vargas are pitching as well as any number 1 starter in baseball. Cliff Lee is pitching so well I can't put it into words. However I want to talk about Felix... Felix is a true competitor. We have seen him dominate for years, and he went ahead and signed a long term deal with us which shows his devotion. However, he has zero run support and a bullpen that blows any decent start he may have. Talk about pressure! If he gives up two runs, he is going to take a loss. If he throws a shutout through 8, the bullpen will blow it in the ninth. That goes for all of our starters. Cliff Lee is going to get traded so no need to worry about him, but Fister and Vargas can't possibly keep this up. If we lose our starting pitching... God help us. RRS and Snell have lost their starts before they even take the mound.

Something has to change...

I want to believe in this team! I want the playoffs, so much so that I will throw Jr. under the bus. I want a first basemen who can hit! I want Figgy to hit like his baseball card says he will! I want Milton Bradley to figure his shit out and play baseball!!! I want Jose Lopez to start hitting somewhere within the realm of last year's 90+ RBI season. I WANT A DH WHO CAN HIT! God help us if we can't figure it out. 2008 is not such a distant memory...

Something has to change...

There was a clear method to the madness of this M's squad. We were built on pitching and defense. Our lineup lacked power, but we were going to play the small ball necessary to scratch a few runs on the board. WHERE IS THE MOFO SMALL BALL WAK!?! I am watching sub .200 hitters swing for the fences when they should be bunting. Last night I watched Griffey (around .185) hit into a double play with runners on first and second and nobody out. A bunt would have left us second and third with one out, but NO! We end up with a runner at third with 2 outs??? This is nothing new! Guti made the third out at third base... I learned not to do that in T-ball! I just watched Casey Kotchman jog across the plate while Rob Johnson was thrown out at third for the third out (the run didn't score because he slowed down). What the hell are we doing M's??? PLAY SMALL BALL GOD DAMNIT!

P.S. For those of you calling for Wak's head... It isn't Wak's fault for not having the pieces to work with in the first place. The last thing we should do right now is fire Wak!