M's 2-0 vs Angels 0-2 4/2/14

iceman1685 · Post #1 » by **iceman1685** » Thu Apr 3, 2014 1:38 am

The Seattle Mariners have routinely been among baseball's worst offensive teams over the past four years.

So far, that's changed dramatically.

The Mariners will try to continue their offensive onslaught as they go for their best start in 19 years while sending the Anaheim Angels to their worst in 22.

Seattle (2-0) owns the lowest batting average over the past four seasons at .235. The team did little to change that hitting an AL-low .237 last season, ranking only better than Miami (.231).

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/mariners-angels-preview-064230358--mlb.html

iceman1685 · Post #2 » by **iceman1685** » Thu Apr 3, 2014 1:39 am

This will be the first time i have seen paxton pitch and i cant wait. i hope he is as good as the end of last year

time for a sweep to stat the season i cant remember the last time that happened

iceman1685 · Post #3 » by **iceman1685** » Thu Apr 3, 2014 2:04 am

who is your pick to click aka the player to have the biggest impact.

i honestly think we will see cano not get walked on prpose and he makes them pay going 4-5 with 4 rbi's 1 hr a double and 2 singles

iceman1685 · Post #4 » by **iceman1685** » Thu Apr 3, 2014 2:10 am

Angels pitcher Santiago looks like a walk machine

Post #5 » by **Sweezo** » Thu Apr 3, 2014 2:46 am

M's up 1-0 early! Great base running by Miller...I thought he was dead meat at second but that slide was sublime. Also a great catch by Almonte an inning ago to kill a scoring opportunity for the Angels.

iceman1685 wrote:Angels pitcher Santiago looks like a walk machine

I'm glad he/they decided to attack Cano with Miller on 2nd. He made them pay. The M's started off making Santiago throw a lot of pitches as he struggled with his command...they need to stick with that plan.

BTW I appreciate the game thread but be careful about posting full articles without a proper cite/link...you typically don't want to go over three paragraphs as a rule.

Post #6 » by **Sweezo** » Thu Apr 3, 2014 2:49 am

Two good defensive plays by Will Bloomquist at 3B. I don't mind him getting the start tonight. I normally oppose it but he hits LHP pretty well.

iceman1685 · Post #7 » by **iceman1685** » Thu Apr 3, 2014 3:00 am

Sweezo wrote:M's up 1-0 early! Great base running by Miller...I thought he was dead meat at second but that slide was sublime. Also a great catch by Almonte an inning ago to kill a scoring opportunity for the Angels.

iceman1685 wrote:Angels pitcher Santiago looks like a walk machine

I'm glad he/they decided to attack Cano with Miller on 2nd. He made them pay. The M's started off making Santiago throw a lot of pitches as he struggled with his command...they need to stick with that plan.

BTW I appreciate the game thread but be careful about posting full articles without a proper cite/link...you typically don't want to go over three paragraphs as a rule.

thanks for the tip also i called the Cano making them pay since smoak has after a few ibb.

and there was a cite at the bottom of the preview citing the associate press. not sure if that is what you meant.

iceman1685 · Post #8 » by **iceman1685** » Thu Apr 3, 2014 3:02 am

Sweezo wrote:Two good defensive plays by Will Bloomquist at 3B. I don't mind him getting the start tonight. I normally oppose it but he hits LHP pretty well.

yeah getting him some playing time is not a horrible idea since seager has struggled in his first 2 game

iceman1685 · Post #9 » by **iceman1685** » Thu Apr 3, 2014 3:05 am

Paxton looks like a top of the rotation guy maybe even an ace in a few years.

felix/kuma/paxton is a great trio

Post #10 » by **Sweezo** » Thu Apr 3, 2014 3:11 am

iceman1685 wrote:and there was a cite at the bottom of the preview citing the associate press. not sure if that is what you meant.

Typically you want to add the URL if you can.

iceman1685 wrote:Paxton looks like a top of the rotation guy maybe even an ace in a few years.

He's got great stuff and he throws pretty damn hard. I think the sky's the limit but I want to see how long he can keep it up. He's looked great with the big club, but his minor league stats were never eye-popping.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=paxton001jam

I think he got better late in his stint with Tacoma but that's hard today without splits.

BayAreaMadSkill · Post #11 » by **BayAreaMadSkill** » Thu Apr 3, 2014 3:19 am

Why do you not bunt with Almonte there? Is Wedge managing this club again?

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iceman1685 · Post #12 » by **iceman1685** » Thu Apr 3, 2014 3:20 am

BayAreaMadSkill wrote:Why do you not bunt with Almonte there? Is Wedge managing this club again?

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they did try to bunt with him but he got a screw ball

Post #13 » by **Sweezo** » Thu Apr 3, 2014 3:22 am

BayAreaMadSkill wrote:Why do you not bunt with Almonte there? Is Wedge managing this club again?

He showed bunt twice...I think he was trying. To which I have the exact opposite reaction you did.

I don't like to give up outs especially against a SP who's struggling with his command. Then again, in that situation it might have meant an extra run scored if Miller came through in the same way.

iceman1685 · Post #14 » by **iceman1685** » Thu Apr 3, 2014 3:23 am

Astro mariner top of the AL west who would have thought that.

love the fact the Astros are beating up on the yankees

Post #15 » by **Sweezo** » Thu Apr 3, 2014 3:26 am

iceman1685 wrote:
love the fact the Astros are beating up on the yankees

It's shameful. Given the amount of money that team unloaded on McCann, Beltran, Ellsbury, and Tanaka you'd think they'd be improved by default. But that team's old at a lot of positions and their infield [Jeter/Teixiera/Johnson/Roberts] is just horrible. Sabathia looks like he might be finished.

iceman1685 · Post #16 » by **iceman1685** » Thu Apr 3, 2014 3:26 am

paxton looking stronger the longer he is out there reminds me of felix in that regards.

and what do we know about elias the SP for the mariners tomorrow?

iceman1685 · Post #17 » by **iceman1685** » Thu Apr 3, 2014 3:28 am

Sweezo wrote:
iceman1685 wrote:
love the fact the Astros are beating up on the yankees

It's shameful. Given the amount of money that team unloaded on McCann, Beltran, Ellsbury, and Tanaka you'd think they'd be improved by default. But that team's old at a lot of positions and their infield [Jeter/Teixiera/Johnson/Roberts] is just horrible. Sabathia looks like he might be finished.

yeah you would think they might just need to gel but i honestly am glad it is happening to them. i dont care for teams that buy buy buy and have no real farm. did you see the article of them getting rid of nunez there SS prospect that was thought to be jeters replacement.

Post #18 » by **Sweezo** » Thu Apr 3, 2014 3:34 am

iceman1685 wrote:paxton looking stronger the longer he is out there reminds me of felix in that regards.

That's 5 K's in a row...God bless the Angels for swinging at everything.

iceman1685 wrote:and what do we know about elias the SP for the mariners tomorrow?

Did you get a chance to watch him during the spring? Not many M's games were broadcast but I watched two of Elias' starts. There's not a ton of info on him given his age and status as a Cuban defector, but he throws low-to-mid 90's with a hard curve that cuts across the plate towards the outside edge with downward movement. He switches arm angels sometimes which might confuse hitters some but the conventional wisdom is it's harder to remain consist when you do that.

If he can locate that curve--and he did pretty well with it this spring--he's going to make some guys look foolish.

iceman1685 · Post #19 » by **iceman1685** » Thu Apr 3, 2014 3:35 am

Romero having a nice game. time for the mariners to put up a nice cushion with 1 out and runners on 2nd/3rd

Post #20 » by **Sweezo** » Thu Apr 3, 2014 3:35 am

Romero! Jesus...everyone's contributing right now...