Sunday Game thread

[bpj]

Marco Gonzale'Zzzz

[Sexymarinersfan]

Happy Baseball Day! Only 5 hours and 41 minutes to go until we get to follow the game on Gameday.

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/padres-vs-m ... ame=642018

Opening Day lineup except for Fraley?

Nope, I think they will still keep Kelenic in AAA for a month so Fraley's job to lose in LF.

This is the right call. Fraley was too good of a hitter in the minors not to at least see if he can be worth something. Eventually you could flip him or just use his left handed bat off the bench. You could not have done this with an everyday LF. Especially with Kelenic waiting in the wings right behind him.

[D-train]

Marco Gonzale'Zzzz

[D-train]

Opening Day lineup except for Fraley?

Nope, I think they will still keep Kelenic in AAA for a month so Fraley's job to lose in LF.

This is the right call. Fraley was too good of a hitter in the minors not to at least see if he can be worth something. Eventually you could flip him or just use his left handed bat off the bench. You could not have done this with an everyday LF. Especially with Kelenic waiting in the wings right behind him.

Could have flipped a everyday player as early as June.

[bpj]

They certainly gave Mallex enough time to make that trade worthwhile, might as well give Fraley a chance to make up for how terrible Mallex was..

Maybe he can get the net trade value from in the negatives to 0 at least.

Might as well see Fraley and Marmolejos for 30 games or so since they didn't sign anybody that deserves an everyday spot, we can see if Kelenic looks like he'll be an improvement over them at that point. I hope he excels in AAA and forces the issue quickly, but we'll see.

[D-train]

Rainiers season doesn't start until April 8th. The only play 20 games in April and that assumes no rain outs. I don't thing he will be up until Mid May at the earliest.

[D-train]

https://twitter.com/Mariners/status/1366132211330605061

[Petert]

I love when Rizz talks about Dave Niehaus' cocktail preferences. "Prickly Pear Martini" ?

[bpj]

https://twitter.com/Mariners/status/1366132211330605061

Good to see those two off to a good start! I like our lineup. Looks like an 85 win team to me.

Could have been a 90 game winner with an MLB left fielder.

Maybe Fraley even surprises us..

85 seems very likely to me though.

[bpj]

Moore with an error, a walk and a stolen base so far.