Comments on: Season in Review: Seattle Mariners

By: philosofool

philosofool — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:14:07 +0000

Morrow, while more interesting to contemplate as a starter, was needed to replace the injured Putz, so that wasn’t a waste. It was what it was. The starting rotation unravelled due to injuries…

Miguel Batista, Carlos Silva and Jarrod Washburn. It hurt a lot, but it wasn’t an injury.

By: Jason T

Jason T — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:33:15 +0000

Morrow, while more interesting to contemplate as a starter, was needed to replace the injured Putz

To do what? Save games?

As for Betancourt’s defense wasn’t slipping. He still gets to more ground balls than your average SS. His range is unreal

The point is he’s making fewer and fewer plays every year. I don’t give a s*** how many balls he gets to if he’s incapable of fielding them or throwing them.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:30:38 +0000

I disagree on a couple points.
Morrow, while more interesting to contemplate as a starter, was needed to replace the injured Putz, so that wasn’t a waste. It was what it was. The starting rotation unravelled due to injuries…
As for Betancourt’s defense wasn’t slipping. He still gets to more ground balls than your average SS. His range is unreal. My beef with him, is that he seems to be lazy with routine ground balls – and that has improved. Now, if he could look at a few pitches before swinging the bat – he might boost the BA as well. Just leave him in the #2 spot of the order.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:30:39 +0000

A very well-written and succinct evaluation, Matthew.

(I doubt he actually forgot anything, philosofool, but we both know it would take a MUCH longer post to list every egregious error. :))

By: philosofool

philosofool — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:27:12 +0000

Things you forgot to mention: Jose Vidro fell below replacement level. One prospect, Jeff Clement, had no more use for AAA but struggled a little with MLB. Another, Wlad Balentine, showed that he probably needs more time in AAA to develop some plate discipline and fielding. They wasted Brandon Marrow as a reliever for half the season. The pitching coach told Felix Hernandez to throw more fastballs–he has among the best off-speed stuff in the universe. (Dave Cameron is going to correct me by eliminating “among”.)