Series Thread: Mariners vs Marlins, April 17th-19th

[cezero]

gallardo is aids

 

[Cloud]

Buhner in the booth. This game is over

 

[PolarVortex]

Gallardo = Buzzkill
= Debbie Downer
= Douchenozzle
= Scrotum cheese sniffer

 

[Anointed One]

gallardo is not fun to watch

not just because he's not a very good pitcher, but because he takes forever between pitches.

Yeah, teams been playing well but if there is one glaring weakness, it's definitely Gallardo...

 

[Cloud]

Yeah, teams been playing well but if there is one glaring weakness, it's definitely Gallardo...

Was not a fan of the trade because Seth Smith is a beast... hate it even more now

 

[cezero]

Was not a fan of the trade because Seth Smith is a beast... hate it even more now

his first name is actually garry

who knew?

 

[cezero]

please get a hit off this fucker

 

[Destroydacre]

gallardo is not fun to watch

not just because he's not a very good pitcher, but because he takes forever between pitches.

I can't wait until Gallardo is DFA'd

 

[Cloud]

Gallardo is making 11mil this year to suck. Always that someone.

 

[Cloud]

Gallardo pitching and Buhner in the booth is always a winning combination

 

[Anointed One]

I can't wait until Gallardo is DFA'd

I give him 4 more weeks... Then he'll be gone...

 

[Destroydacre]

JMR brought up some good points. I think it's easy to overreact to a cold start than it is to react to, say, a cold couple of weeks in July. We're still early enough in the season to where batting averages can be swayed heavily by a 3 for 4 day and an 0 for 4 day. Case in point: Motter's batting average is sitting at .321 right now. If he goes 0 for 4 today (I hope he doesn't), that average drops 40 points to .281. If he goes 0 for 4 again tomorrow, that average drops another 31 points down to .250. Hell, a couple of 4 for 4 days in a row out of Valencia and he's suddenly hitting .281.

Obviously asking someone who has struggled the way Valencia has to go 4 for 4 two days in a row is asking a lot, but the point is that this time of year it doesn't take much to raise your batting average a ton or to kill it quickly. Cano, Cruz and Seager are starting to climb out of their early funks and the only two reasons they're given a pass is that they make too much money to just get rid of and they've established themselves as much better hitters than their first two weeks of 2017 would suggest that they are. The old Mariners would have stuck with a player like Valencia far beyond mid April and I don't think Servais or Dipoto will do that. Giving him until May to figure things out isn't beyond reason I don't think. Servais will find a way to get Motter at-bats after Segura comes back in the meantime.

For me the thing is even if Valencia does come around, he is still going to be just a mediocre player offensively and below average for what you look for from a first baseman, and on top of that he is below average at fielding the position. Why wait for a guy to come around when you know his ceiling is still below average?

 

[Cloud]

Simple fact of the matter is Valencia is and will be taking AB's away from guys that needs it more. No benefit in having him around... hell even if they dont put Motter at 1B, I'd take Volgelbach over Valencia.

 

[cezero]

getting hit doesn't count, nelly

 

[Banned 10x]

Uh oh

 

[Cloud]

Gonna seriously get no hit by.... Chen? 31 years.
We need to mark every Tuesday home game as a loss.

 

[Cloud]

Wow.. they pulling Chen.

 

[cezero]

cano helped with that pitch count

 

[Banned 10x]

I'd be pissed as a Marlin fan. Let Chen throw until he gives up a hit

I'd also be pissed if I was Chen

 

[Banned 10x]

Nice at bat Martin