M's vs Dodgers 4/13-15

[gowazzu02]

Good lord nwinaz and annointed one.... Send JAckson down to "send a message" and replace him with "guti"????? MY lord do you guys hear yourselves?

Let me save you all a bunch of frustration, no matter WHAT AJackson does, he will be on the big club until ATLEAST the all star break.... I find it hard to believe even if he royally struggles they will do anything even at the AS break.

Man this is baseball, and they are 6 games into the season. Good lord.

 

[cezero]

Let me save you all a bunch of frustration, no matter WHAT AJackson does, he will be on the big club until ATLEAST the all star break

yeah, probably.

it's not like a call up couldn't replace his productivity over 60 games so far with the m's, though, .230/.270/.265/.530, 60 OPS+ and 0.1 overall WAR.

if a move is ever made, it needs to be done long-term.

 

[wazzu31]

That was my issue with the way they set the roster up. There aren't options of bringing guys up and down or allowing a Jackson to sit on the bench for awhile. It'd be nice if Weeks could do a little CF but Lloyd doesn't have confidence in his defense and none in Willie.

 

[cezero]

obviously, the m's haven't seen much of LA's starter tonight. here's a link to how they've done in the limited meetings:

Brandon McCarthy Batter vs Pitching Stats - ESPN

Ackley, Cano, and Cruz have all hit a HR off of him.

He's K'd Austin Jackson in 4 of 7 at bats.

All of Smith's hits off him have been doubles.

 

[unlvmariners]

I am confident going into this game against McCarthy. That being said usually when I feel confident about a game it means we shit the bed. Have got to get the offense out of bed earlier today than yesterday.

 

[Mariners_44]

You guy's see the lineup tonight? Smith RF, ACKLEY CF, & Cruz RF. That OF leaves something to be desired defensively, but offensively they have been on a terror. Plus, with AJ on the bench it shows that Lloyd won't stick around too long unless it's Rodney.

 

[cezero]

You guy's see the lineup tonight? Smith RF, ACKLEY CF, & Cruz RF. That OF leaves something to be desired defensively, but offensively they have been on a terror. Plus, with AJ on the bench it shows that Lloyd won't stick around too long unless it's Rodney.

jackson has had terrible success against the pitcher.

small sample size, but 4 of 7 AB's have been K's.

 

[gowazzu02]

I was scratching my head trying to figure out why Cruz was getting so much outfield run this year. Didn't realize we lost the DH so early in the year. Should be a fun series. luckily we miss kershaw and greinke

 

[unlvmariners]

I like that they are giving Ackley this start to leadoff, it is good timing to do it. It will be good to see how well he does in that spot as well as in CF. I hope he does well leading off but I am not getting my hopes up.

 

[wazzu31]

I like that they are giving Ackley this start to leadoff, it is good timing to do it. It will be good to see how well he does in that spot as well as in CF. I hope he does well leading off but I am not getting my hopes up.

I like that they are as well. If for nothing it puts Jackson the bench thus holding him accountable not only for his offensive struggles but booting that easy play costing Felix.

 

[cezero]

bartender to the DL

leone called up

 

[unlvmariners]

accidental injuries are frustrating.

 

[unlvmariners]

I like that they are as well. If for nothing it puts Jackson the bench thus holding him accountable not only for his offensive struggles but booting that easy play costing Felix.

Exactly.

 

[NWinAZ]

Good lord nwinaz and annointed one.... Send JAckson down to "send a message" and replace him with "guti"????? MY lord do you guys hear yourselves?

Let me save you all a bunch of frustration, no matter WHAT AJackson does, he will be on the big club until ATLEAST the all star break.... I find it hard to believe even if he royally struggles they will do anything even at the AS break.

Man this is baseball, and they are 6 games into the season. Good lord.

1- Never said he would be anywhere else.
2- Never said they would do anything with him.
3- Never said this was anything else but baseball.
4- Never asked you to refer to me as Good Lord.

To review what I originally said in fewer words; Jackson sucks. He has sucked since joining us. I don't see his sucking to change anytime soon. We don't have anyone to replace the sucking Jackson.

 

[NWinAZ]

Scott Weber ‏@LookoutLanding 1h1 hour ago

Let's look at the bright side, guys. Austin Jackson has looked reallllly bad and if Ackley is semi-viable in CF that's a good thing.

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Looks like others have seen the same thing. SHOCKER!!!!

 

[cezero]

Scott Weber ‏@LookoutLanding 1h1 hour ago

Let's look at the bright side, guys. Austin Jackson has looked reallllly bad and if Ackley is semi-viable in CF that's a good thing.

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Looks like others have seen the same thing. SHOCKER!!!!

kind of hard not to notice a 60 OPS+ and all of his other abysmal stats.

will be interesting to see how the outfield situation plays out for sure.

evidently ackley was more surprised to be hitting leadoff than playing CF tonight, according to drayer.

 

[NWinAZ]

both surprising to me but not much to lose

 

[Podunkparte]

Yes, Jackson has sucked, but I can kind of understand it a little with moving teams last year. That can be a real distraction when you consider he's a human being. Doesn't excuse his production but makes it a little more understandable.

Now, we're starting a new year. I'm willing to give him more than a week to show whether or not he'll settle into his career averages before dodging the falling sky.

 

[cezero]

It's just a really tough situation.

Can't fault LMC for doing this tonight at all. As NW and other have said, options are pretty limited at this point as far as the roster goes. Trying to fix things from within like this is pretty smart, IMO.

 

[NWinAZ]

we are not talking about a fallen sky just about a player who has struggled since arriving. could change but probably won't.