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End of April
OKHe_Needs_More_Time said:
To be fair PLSS had similar ideas back in February only suggested Al Qaeda do it.Ron_Fairly said:What needs to happen now
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Labor DayWith the way things are going, absolutely agree that there's no way that they are going to get in the 85 win range. I also said that they COULD get to the 85-90 win range IF the pitching got back healthy and everything broke right. With the news that came out later that day with Walker (who I'm questioning at this point whether he comes back at all this year), that's going to destroy that prediction as part of getting to that range was him coming back healthy.
When I said what I said about finishing the month 2-3 games over .500, they were 7-5 w/ 3 more games against Texas (including a Felix start) 3 in Miami (while missing Jose Fernandez), and 3 at home against Houston. Since then, they've lost 7 in a row (including 2 Felix starts). They blew a 9th inning game in Texas, gave up a walk off slam in Florida, and then blew an 8th inning lead in Florida.
With a 7-12 record they have a run differential of -6. They haven't been good in 1 run games so far (0-3) and that's a concern with the bullpen and young players trying to execute situational hitting.
It's very possible that this is the worst rut of the season that they are going through at this point.
Bigger issue, which it always has been with the Mariners, is that until there is an ownership change that puts real leadership in place that has an interest of winning across all aspects of the organization instead of just the P&L statement, the high water mark for this team will always be the 85-90 win range because there will always be holes in the roster/organization and anything that COULD go wrong not only will go wrong, but not have a viable contingency in place.
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End of AprilTSIO
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Kim only said Oregon COULD get the death penalty. He didn't say they WOULD. Looks like we need to learn the difference.Tequilla said:With the way things are going, absolutely agree that there's no way that they are going to get in the 85 win range. I also said that they COULD get to the 85-90 win range IF the pitching got back healthy and everything broke right. With the news that came out later that day with Walker (who I'm questioning at this point whether he comes back at all this year), that's going to destroy that prediction as part of getting to that range was him coming back healthy.
When I said what I said about finishing the month 2-3 games over .500, they were 7-5 w/ 3 more games against Texas (including a Felix start) 3 in Miami (while missing Jose Fernandez), and 3 at home against Houston. Since then, they've lost 7 in a row (including 2 Felix starts). They blew a 9th inning game in Texas, gave up a walk off slam in Florida, and then blew an 8th inning lead in Florida.
With a 7-12 record they have a run differential of -6. They haven't been good in 1 run games so far (0-3) and that's a concern with the bullpen and young players trying to execute situational hitting.
It's very possible that this is the worst rut of the season that they are going through at this point.
Bigger issue, which it always has been with the Mariners, is that until there is an ownership change that puts real leadership in place that has an interest of winning across all aspects of the organization instead of just the P&L statement, the high water mark for this team will always be the 85-90 win range because there will always be holes in the roster/organization and anything that COULD go wrong not only will go wrong, but not have a viable contingency in place.
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End of AprilI love this thread almost as much as Fetters loves nachos.
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