Fernando Rodney
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Hard to blame McClendon, he doesn't really have any good options. Like everything else, this is on Z and/or his bosses.DerekJohnson said:must be the worst MLB closer I've ever seen in my adult life. and yet McClendon keeps trotting him out there.
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Why not try one of the other relievers? It can't be any worse.dnc said:
Hard to blame McClendon, he doesn't really have any good options. Like everything else, this is on Z and/or his bosses.DerekJohnson said:must be the worst MLB closer I've ever seen in my adult life. and yet McClendon keeps trotting him out there.
But yes, Rodney sucks. -
Wilhelmsen was pretty good a couple years ago. He fell off the next year, but he has to be better than Rodney. Carson Smith is another guy.
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This is just a poorly constructed baseball team.
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Updated avatar for perspective.
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I'm officially now on the bandwagon that TSIO and FUBAR.
At this point, I expect that Lloyd will not finish out the season as he becomes the scapegoat for Jack Z.
The people that criticize Rodney, while they have their reasons (and hard to argue with those reasons), this team is set up with him closing games. If you replace him as closer, there's a decent chance that you end up doing more damage than not. I'm a big believer in having your team slotted to perform specific jobs and having a clear set of expectations for players on what it is that they are being asked to do.
The common perception is that Carson Smith will be the better closer. I don't think that anybody can be a closer. There's as much that is needed to go on between the ears as anything else. But I digress.
Bigger problem with this team is their startling lack of execution. It's miserable.
I give credit to Zunino and Lloyd for showing some fire tonight ... there are a number of players on the roster that are busy collecting their checks and trying to hold onto those jobs instead of actually playing the game and producing. -
DerekJohnson said:
Why not try one of the other relievers? It can't be any worse.dnc said:
Hard to blame McClendon, he doesn't really have any good options. Like everything else, this is on Z and/or his bosses.DerekJohnson said:must be the worst MLB closer I've ever seen in my adult life. and yet McClendon keeps trotting him out there.
But yes, Rodney sucks.
Who will be the Troy Williams of the Mariner bullpen? -
downvoted for responding to my own post.DerekJohnson said:DerekJohnson said:
Why not try one of the other relievers? It can't be any worse.dnc said:
Hard to blame McClendon, he doesn't really have any good options. Like everything else, this is on Z and/or his bosses.DerekJohnson said:must be the worst MLB closer I've ever seen in my adult life. and yet McClendon keeps trotting him out there.
But yes, Rodney sucks.
Who will be the Troy Williams of the Mariner bullpen? -
What tells you that Carson Smith can't close? It's not like there isn't pressure in the 7th and 8th inning or coming in with a couple guys on base. And Smith has been a closer in the minors.Tequilla said:I'm officially now on the bandwagon that TSIO and FUBAR.
At this point, I expect that Lloyd will not finish out the season as he becomes the scapegoat for Jack Z.
The people that criticize Rodney, while they have their reasons (and hard to argue with those reasons), this team is set up with him closing games. If you replace him as closer, there's a decent chance that you end up doing more damage than not. I'm a big believer in having your team slotted to perform specific jobs and having a clear set of expectations for players on what it is that they are being asked to do.
The common perception is that Carson Smith will be the better closer. I don't think that anybody can be a closer. There's as much that is needed to go on between the ears as anything else. But I digress.
Bigger problem with this team is their startling lack of execution. It's miserable.
I give credit to Zunino and Lloyd for showing some fire tonight ... there are a number of players on the roster that are busy collecting their checks and trying to hold onto those jobs instead of actually playing the game and producing. -
I'm not surprised that you're surprised.Tequilla said:I'm officially now on the bandwagon that TSIO and FUBAR.
At this point, I expect that Lloyd will not finish out the season as he becomes the scapegoat for Jack Z.
The people that criticize Rodney, while they have their reasons (and hard to argue with those reasons), this team is set up with him closing games. If you replace him as closer, there's a decent chance that you end up doing more damage than not. I'm a big believer in having your team slotted to perform specific jobs and having a clear set of expectations for players on what it is that they are being asked to do.
The common perception is that Carson Smith will be the better closer. I don't think that anybody can be a closer. There's as much that is needed to go on between the ears as anything else. But I digress.
Bigger problem with this team is their startling lack of execution. It's miserable.
I give credit to Zunino and Lloyd for showing some fire tonight ... there are a number of players on the roster that are busy collecting their checks and trying to hold onto those jobs instead of actually playing the game and producing.
You don't know the Mariners AT ALL.
