Seattle Mariners @ NY Yankees Aug 1-4

[sutz]

We'll be lucky to get one of these with half of our lineup out on the IL.

TODAY'S PITCHING PROBABLES:
Mariners: Marco Gonzales (6-10, 3.66 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 60 strikeouts)

Yankees: Domingo German (0-1, 8.22 ERA, 1.83 WHIP, nine strikeouts)

 

[Sports Hernia]

Marco is going to get lit up. Hope I’m wrong.
Can we not throw any fastballs to Judge this series?
Make him hit the breaking ball, or better yet just walk him.

 

[sutz]

Oops! Not a good start.

 

[Hawk-Lock]

This here is exactly why we traded for Castillo. Nobody would trust Marco to start a playoff game.

 

[sutz]

Kyle got one back at least.

 

[sutz]

And they pitch to Judge with a man on base. 5-1 Yanks.

 

[Sports Hernia]

And they pitch to Judge with a man on base. 5-1 Yanks.
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Worse yet they throw him a first pitch fastball. His double was also on the fastball. Marco’s fastball is batting practice.

This team is really dumb at times. I’m a Joe Nobody and even I know you don’t throw first pitch fastballs to Judge. …and Marco and the Mariners are surprised by the result, every time.

 

[sutz]

They said it was a cutter, but it in any event didn't get far enough inside. It should have been off the plate.

 

[Sports Hernia]

They said it was a cutter, but it in any event didn't get far enough inside. It should have been off the plate.

Cutter is a fastball with movement. Marco’s fastballs (all types) are batting practice. He needs to throw more of speed pitches, change up, curve, slider.


Wish he would embrace the Jamie Moyer school of pitching, slow, slower, slowest, and rarely throw the fastball.

Problem is he and the Mariners still think his fastball is good.

 

[Crizilla]

*yawn*.

 

[Sports Hernia]

Nothing but change ups to Judge and he strikes out?
No shit! < sarcasm off >

 

[Sports Hernia]

Horrible game. Piss poor pitching by Marco, piss poor AB’s by most of the lineup.

Kelenic’s stance is too open and stretched. He is too slow to the ball. Close the stance a bit and shorten the swing. Until then he’s getting owned on the outer half of the plate, and is going to get tied up on the inner half.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

BP Marco strikes again. This team isn't good enough on offense WITH all their guys. Without their best 2 or 3 hitters? They just don't stand a chance, period.

 

[sutz]

First pitch 4:05 pm PDT

Logan GilbertRHP, #36
vs
Jameson TaillonRHP, #50

 

[SoulfishHawk]

With all the guys we have out, I would be plenty happy with even getting 1 out of 3 in this series. Yankees are fricken loaded. M's are just a shell of their full selves w/out Julio and France

 

[sutz]

Well, with a little luck maybe Logan today and Castillo tomorrow can keep the games close. We might have a shot in a low scoring affair. Doesn't happen a lot in that stadium, though.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

God I hate the Yankees. Almost as much as the Cheatstros

 

[Ruminator]

God I hate the Yankees. Almost as much as the Cheatstros

Asterisks are my most-disliked team. The next time we face them, I want to freaking SWEEP them with wire BBQ grill brushes!

 

[SoulfishHawk]

I'm surprised more talk hasn't come out about how they magically threw right at Julio and put him on the IL. I mean, the very first batter the next game, the M's throw at Altuve.
that......was..........awesome

 

[Ruminator]

Horrible game. Piss poor pitching by Marco, piss poor AB’s by most of the lineup.

Kelenic’s stance is too open and stretched. He is too slow to the ball. Close the stance a bit and shorten the swing. Until then he’s getting owned on the outer half of the plate, and is going to get tied up on the inner half.

At the beginning of the 14-game win streak, it seemed like the light went on in the minds of some of our batters. That needs to happen again.