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Ya this team is supposedly the greatest elite pitching organization and marshmallow is powerless to coach himSibelius Hindemith wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 2:34 pmServais' comments seem odd. If he thinks Kikuchi was overreacting to bad outings and listening to too many suggestions why didn't he do something about it? Isn't that a manager's role?
He was good for us in spurts. He actually made the all star team for the M's. His issue has always been consistency. He will have a few good outings and then get absolutely bombed for a few outings. In 2021 for the M's, in his 10 best starts he gave up just 6 runs in 62.2 Innings for a 0.86 ERA. In his 10 worst starts he gave up 46 runs in 41 innings for a 10.09 ERA.Big_Maple wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:34 pmIn other former Mariners news, I was watching the Jays game last night. They’re looking like they’re starting to click.
Yusei Kikuchi tossed 6 innings, and apart from a few hiccups, he looked really good. Why wasn’t he this good when he played for us? He’s 2-1 on the season with 33 SOs and a 2.38 ERA.
. Now O'Neill, who was traded last winter for 21-year-old fringe pitching prospect Victor Santos and reliever Nick Robertson, is playing well in his first days with the Boston Red Sox, generating a .459 on-base percentage and a .750 slugging percentage.
In a sense, St. Louis was vulnerable for this kind of scenario to play out -- O'Neill had played well for the Cardinals in the past, finishing in the top 10 of the MVP voting in 2021 and winning two Gold Gloves, but he was sidelined by injuries constantly in 2022 and 2023. As Jordan Walker, Lars Nootbaar, Dylan Carlson, Alec Burleson and other outfielders graduated into the majors, the Cardinals had to make choices and began by dangling O'Neill into the market last year.
And if O'Neill goes on to have a strong season, the Cardinals might not be the only team with regret -- all teams other than the Red Sox could've snagged him for a good deal, as well.
Ever since Kelenic came back from kicking the cooler he's hit like Ichiro in his later years.
I don't want to continue to revel in his failures now that he's gone, but I am still bitter about how he shit in the nest on the way out.bpj wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 10:04 pmGood hitters adjust. Bad hitters don't, and then they kick coolers. Just kidding, maybe he'll figure it out, but I think the pitchers have found his holes. And they're drilling them like a Texan oil field.
.633 OPS in his last 15 games.
.473 OPS in his last 7 games.
fraley is still sitting around a .900 OPS… and we’re stuck watching Raley bunt to try to get hits. Caballero isn’t lighting the world on fire though, but doing better than Polonco…Sexymarinersfan wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 4:25 amWhy don't we just call this thread, , Former Mariner Kelenic tracker?
Yep Winker, Fraley, Kikuchi and Seager of have all been discussed in the past couple pages.....Juliooooo wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 4:41 amfraley is still sitting around a .900 OPS… and we’re stuck watching Raley bunt to try to get hits. Caballero isn’t lighting the world on fire though, but doing better than Polonco…Sexymarinersfan wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 4:25 amWhy don't we just call this thread, , Former Mariner Kelenic tracker?