Game Thread: Thank God for the Oakland A's ( TOR games - who cares )

[ulmax]

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#1 reason is that Crawford knows the strike zone and rarely swings at really bad pitches.

France and Julio are not recognizing pitches very well and hacking themselves into terrible pitch counts ( not to mention tons of strike outs ) the past 2 weeks.

Both started the 1st 2 weeks of the season spraying the ball around and not chasing bad pitches.
So strange how the wheels fell off both those guys about 2 - 2 1/2 weeks ago.

I think the current .423 win % is who this team is ( and it could get a little worse )

They do not appear to be a complete enough ball club to consistently play .500 baseball.

They will have a 5-6 game winning streak or 2 and nibble at the .500 mark on a few occasions, but with Ray out for the season and so many offensive holes in the line up, what you see is what you are gonna get this year at the ballpark.

So sad as the potential and hype was there.

What wasn't there was the front office dedication and commitment to bringing in players that could truly make a difference. Instead they went to the bargain bin in hopes of catching lightning in a bottle and now find themselves with 3-4 guys on the 25 man roster who are nothing more than dead weight and have zero trade value to anyone around the league.

Yes .that.did..happen..
But .
The mariners.still..have.minor.
League..guys .to..work in.
And when..it starts..looking.
Bad..8s when stuff..starts happening..
Usually .
Let's see.with the As

 

[ulmax]

Run differential .is the..thing..
And...hitting
..is...the.prob..
So..bring the minors guys...on..
May as well....

Cuz...the..dancing
..looks like aerobics..right..know..
Lolololo

Yeah well....
Try something.new..before..its to late.m

 

[AceKeptic]

At this point, might as well; not going anywhere for a while.

 

[MarinersBestFan]

I honestly stopped watching after the 9th inning when it was 0-0

I knew for a fact the M's could not push a run across the plate to win in extra innings

 

[wazzu31]

Man the offense needs some help. Is there a legit reason Ford isn’t on the roster? Is La Stella really that important?

But just by me typing that they will put up 8 tomorrow.

I meant eventually they will put up 8 runs, not in one day.

 

[Anointed One]

Anyone want to try to talk me off the edge...?

No, i'm on the edge with you...

 

[Anointed One]

This team is so hard to watch... Especially when Dipito keeps saying, "we just have to give our guys time. The law of averages will eventually catch up and they'll start to hit the ball" blah blah blah...

No urgency from our skipper and this FO is the problem with this team...

 

[Anointed One]

3-9 in one run games and 0-5 in extra inning games... Tired of watching this team squander quality starts by our SP's... McGee throwing a no hitter into the 6th and we can give the poor guy 1 run? Great showing by McGee, hopefully the Flexen era is now over as a starter...

 

[Msfann]

Trammell with a grand slam in the 1st!! This pitcher is throwing a ton of pitches in the 1st. 35 so far.

 

[WizardHawk]

Trammell with a grand slam in the 1st!! This pitcher is throwing a ton of pitches in the 1st. 35 so far.

And Marco immediately gave half of the lead back.

 

[Msfann]

They are making a huge deal on the toronto broadcast about the ump missing a call that could have ended the inning before Seattle scored.
Funny how they didn't seem to give this much of a crap when the umps were blowing calls during the rest of the series. But they just have to complain hard about this one.

Its because the toronto pitcher threw a fit in the dugout and smashed a tablet computer.

 

[WizardHawk]

So far, this feels a lot more like the 2019 M's than the 2022 version.

 

[Mariners_44]

This team really blows!

 

[Msfann]

Mariners gotta Mariner!

 

[AceKeptic]

Game over already.

NO EARLY LEAD IS SAFE WITH THESE GUYS...might as well just cancel the season.

 

[Mariners_44]

Haggerty at first base is god awful

 

[WizardHawk]

They played it cheap in the off season and failed to make a serious move on fixing the batting order. Is anyone really surprised at this?

They have just 1 guy hitting over .250 and just 5 hitting over .225

They are the second worst team in the league batting just .02 above the hapless Royals.

This is a garage team this year.

 

[WizardHawk]

lol

Start off 4-0 in the 1st, and Marco gives up 8 by the 3rd. Servais has zero fucks to give and leaves him in.

We are starting off our next streak of seasons without reaching at least a wildcard quite emphatically.

 

[AceKeptic]

lol

Start off 4-0 in the 1st, and Marco gives up 8 by the 3rd. Servais has zero fucks to give and leaves him in.

We are starting off our next streak of seasons without reaching at least a wildcard quite emphatically.

Yep, another 20 years of rebuilding...

Maybe more if we keep getting staff who doesn't really give a crap.

 

[Anointed One]

Ms go up, 4-0… Then the Ms say ”Marco”…. Jays quickly respond, “Polo”!!!