Baltimore @ Seattle

[BlackMamba]

3 game home series.

the pitching matchup gives the mariners the edge, first two games we have f

[MrNate]

Nothing could be worse than our last series against the orioles, hopefully our pen starts to perform a little better.

[b_roy7]

Please let Bedard pitch the 3rd game. Redemption time for the M's.

[Bay_Areas_Finest]

3 game home series.

the pitching matchup gives the mariners the edge, first two games we have f

[Bay_Areas_Finest]

Why didn't anyone tell me that Arthur Rhodes was still tossin 94-95 mph? Dude can still be useful, for sure.

God damn, how many great games has Felix pitched this year w/o a win? 3 or 4 now?

[b_roy7]

^I think 3. JJ's back.

[BlackMamba]

yeah, i've been worried about the felix situation. he has pitched some amazing games, still the offense can do anything so he goes out without decision.

and good to have putz back, i think this stabilizes the bullpen.

and yes, i just saw dickey i no longer the starter for game 3, it's washburn.

and about bedard, if he's back i think it would be vs. the A's or even vs. the indians.

[MrNate]

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Actually, Dickey was just optioned to Tacoma. Which I'm thinking means he's gone since last time he went through waivers any team could have claimed him. I think he has some value to an MLB team...

Didn't we give Minnesota some scrub minor league catcher so we didn't have to deal with that anymore? I'm pretty sure we did.

[Basketball Jesus]

Yeah; the Mariners gave up Jair Fernandez to obtain Dickey's option.

[Ex-hippie]

I don't think Sweezo was referring to the requirement that he be offered back to Minnesota or Milwaukee or whoever it was. That was taken care of by the trade. It was about a possible waiver wire claim. I'm not sure I understand, though, since Dickey's contract is a minor league contract -- not that I really know, but I'd think a player under a minor league contract can actually be sent to the minors like the agreement says. Or maybe not; maybe when the team "purchased the contract" of Dickey rather than "recalling" him the way they do with prospects, it subjected him to the normal procedures. I don't know. Anybody got a baseball equivalent of the Larry Coon FAQ here?

[Basketball Jesus]

Looking at his career, I think Dickey may have had some of his original options left.

[Sweezo]

I'd been bagging on the Rhodes idea quite a bit, but...who expected him to be throwing as hard as he is right now? I'm still 100% against having him overtake RRS but I guess I'll take a hard throwing Rhodes over an inconsistent EOF for the time being.

It's great having JJ back. I was concerned, but he looked as good as ever last night.

I don't think Sweezo was referring to the requirement that he be offered back to Minnesota or Milwaukee or whoever it was. That was taken care of by the trade. It was about a possible waiver wire claim. I'm not sure I understand, though, since Dickey's contract is a minor league contract -- not that I really know, but I'd think a player under a minor league contract can actually be sent to the minors like the agreement says. Or maybe not; maybe when the team "purchased the contract" of Dickey rather than "recalling" him the way they do with prospects, it subjected him to the normal procedures. I don't know. Anybody got a baseball equivalent of the Larry Coon FAQ here?

Yep.

This Dickey thing really doesn't make sense to me now, as it seemed pretty clear that once we traded away the scrub catcher to the Twins, we still had to pass Dickey through waivers to get him to AAA. Why would we have to go through the latter process if he still had options remaining?

[Sweezo]

Go figure, Silva's at home...and his K's and BB's are spiking again.

[Basketball Jesus]

Silva pitched a pretty decent game but, man, were the M

[Bay_Areas_Finest]

We need Barry Bonds in the worst way.

[BlackMamba]

or like BBJ points out, some fresh young talent that can make us feel calm that in the next 5 years we'll have good pitching and good batting.

[Sweezo]

I'm comfortable with the pitching. For the most part, the starters have kept the M's in ballgames. I can't fault Silva, a contact pitcher, for giving up two runs in seven innings. Or even RRS for giving up a solo shot. If your staff gives up three runs, they've done their job.

And if a starter goes down, other teams have worse contingency plans than Baek or Dickey. Meanwhile, Morrow's looking alot better as well.

Offensively, though...holy crap. It's a problem when you think adding Barry Bonds would bring some youth to the lineup...

Meanwhile, Oakland signs Frank Thomas for about $350k. What a crock of ****.

[Basketball Jesus]

Bonds isn

[b_roy7]

Bonds isn

[b_roy7]

Wow, giving up a 5-0 lead. There goes the bullpen again.