2018 Seattle Mariners regular season thread

[raisethe3]

^^They will need that, because it won't be easy to get over the top on Astros.

 

[Bobblehead]

The beauty of this team is that they are doing it just playing baseball. This should be sustainable, there is no single hot streak by a player or the team, it's just every day play. When we get on a hot streak, hopefully it will be in Sept through Oct.

 

[Sports Hernia]

Hold their own against the great teams, beat up the bad-mediocre teams which there are a lot of.

 

[DJrmb]

Houston loses, can pull within a game and a half of them with a win tonight. Would really like to see Felix build off his previous three starts. Since his awful game in Tampa, he has been pretty great.

Welp, so much for Felix turning things around. Does he play down to the competition or something?

Edit: And my gosh, are these "futuristic" uniforms horrendous looking!

Looks like bad Felix is back. Hated the futuristic day 20 years ago, hate it today.
I’m turning into a grumpy old bastard! Now get off my lawn

Take it for what you want but Servais said after the game that Felix tweaked his back earlier in the week and they were just hoping to get 5 innings from him and hoping he could make it through. He also said that he couldn't fully extend to get the fastball down in the zone which is what hurt him in the 1st so he had to stop throwing it (he threw 9 fastballs out of his 81 total pitches for the game). With that knowledge I would say Felix is still on track and is learning how to pitch with his current stuff. I'd say he was still good Felix last night.

 

[TransGenderHawkFan]

Houston has just been swept by the Rays. Chance to get within a half a game with a victory today.

 

[raisethe3]

Damn, Blake Snell....that kid is good.

 

[Sports Hernia]

Houston loses, can pull within a game and a half of them with a win tonight. Would really like to see Felix build off his previous three starts. Since his awful game in Tampa, he has been pretty great.

Welp, so much for Felix turning things around. Does he play down to the competition or something?

Edit: And my gosh, are these "futuristic" uniforms horrendous looking!

Looks like bad Felix is back. Hated the futuristic day 20 years ago, hate it today.
I’m turning into a grumpy old bastard! Now get off my lawn

Take it for what you want but Servais said after the game that Felix tweaked his back earlier in the week and they were just hoping to get 5 innings from him and hoping he could make it through. He also said that he couldn't fully extend to get the fastball down in the zone which is what hurt him in the 1st so he had to stop throwing it (he threw 9 fastballs out of his 81 total pitches for the game). With that knowledge I would say Felix is still on track and is learning how to pitch with his current stuff. I'd say he was still good Felix last night.

Heard that, and that makes sense because he wasn’t finishing his pitches in that inning. Sounds like the back losseend up after that.

 

[Sports Hernia]

Damn, Blake Snell....that kid is good.

Yep good to see a local kid do well, even though he went to the rival highschool.

 

[raisethe3]

And now....that's the second straight series sweep. Very impressive. Haven't seen the M's do it in a very long time. :2thumbs:

 

[Sports Hernia]

Pitching was awesome today!

 

[sutz]

Pitching was awesome today!

On both sides. :mrgreen:

Hey, they manufactured a run. Thankfully, that was all they needed.

 

[Threedee]

Damn, Blake Snell....that kid is good.

Yep good to see a local kid do well, even though he went to the rival highschool.

What's this—a fellow Scot?!!?

 

[IndyHawk]

Pax was great..
His last pitch#110 was clocked @99mph
anyone get his bobblehead?

 

[Hawk-Lock]

Great game.

Looked like a nice bobblehead on TV, it actually looked like him.

 

[Sports Hernia]

Damn, Blake Snell....that kid is good.

Yep good to see a local kid do well, even though he went to the rival highschool.

What's this—a fellow Scot?!!?

For 1 year, Against my will. Went to Shoreline for 3 years until they closed it down.
Always considered myself a Shoreline Spartan. 8)

That isn’t the same school I went to 30 years ago. The only original building left is the theatre, which has since been remodeled (very nice) which I just saw a play at that my niece was in. . All of the sports fields and gym are awesome now. My nephew plays baseball and basketball for Meadowdale and the gym and baseball field at Shorecrest are the nicest ones he plays at. Shorecrest is a beautiful school now, wasn’t that nice when I went there.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Pax and Sugar were just plain Filthy. Boom

 

[Threedee]

Damn, Blake Snell....that kid is good.

Yep good to see a local kid do well, even though he went to the rival highschool.

What's this—a fellow Scot?!!?

For 1 year, Against my will. Went to Shoreline for 3 years until they closed it down.
Always considered myself a Shoreline Spartan. 8)

That isn’t the same school I went to 30 years ago. The only original building left is the theatre, which has since been remodeled (very nice) which I just saw a play at that my niece was in. . All of the sports fields and gym are awesome now. My nephew plays baseball and basketball for Meadowdale and the gym and baseball field at Shorecrest are the nicest ones he plays at. Shorecrest is a beautiful school now, wasn’t that nice when I went there.

I can't relate to the new Shorecrest campus.

 

[DJrmb]

Mariners signed Wade Leblanc to a 1 year extension with vesting options until 2022 worth up to 32m if all incentives are reached and fully vested.

https://marinersblog.mlblogs.com/ma...-contract-extention-c055be251b41?sf90174081=1

Not sure I exactly understand the move right now, but it does give them a cheap controllable arm for at least another year or two. Hopefully Leblanc will reward them with more quality starts and continue being a solid "crafty lefty".

 

[getnasty]

Good start so far tonight, good to see Seagar hitting the ball better.

 

[raisethe3]

Mariners signed Wade Leblanc to a 1 year extension with vesting options until 2022 worth up to 32m if all incentives are reached and fully vested.

https://marinersblog.mlblogs.com/ma...-contract-extention-c055be251b41?sf90174081=1

Not sure I exactly understand the move right now, but it does give them a cheap controllable arm for at least another year or two. Hopefully Leblanc will reward them with more quality starts and continue being a solid "crafty lefty".

Well, he's on display tonight.