Mariners battle giant Ursquidly Diddly (M's vs Astros game thread 1)

[Petert]

Nice to see Seager continue to streak positive.

[DavidGee24]

Trammell deserved better. I'd like to see Tucker take a dirt bath his next time up.

[seattlefan-daBronx]

That was actually a good at bat for Trammell.
He just got robbed by Tucker.

[DavidGee24]

He doesn’t have overwhelming stuff, so I think it’s unfair to expect miracles out of his arm so early in his career. Even the best pitchers have needed at least a year, sometimes two, to match ability to intelligence to finishing off development. Sheffield’s barely pitched 100 innings in ML - barely 2/3 of a season in more normal times for a starter. What I’ve seen so far in his other outings makes me curious to see if he can nail down consistency and a third quality pitch. If so, he becomes a solid MOR. (I have more confidence in him and Dunn than YK, who tends to have better stuff on average, but falls apart like a cheap suit more often than not.)

Good point in that comparison. Kikuchi, even when it looks like he's cruising, puts a couple guys on and then gives up that big blast, the instant two-three runs. Sheff and particularly Dunn tend to avoid that.

[IStillLoveTheMs]

Sheff's stuff was far better last year. He's not locating his fastball and his slider hasn't had the same bite. Terrible combo for a guy like him.

[Petert]

‘Location, location, location.’ Great play by Trammell, but more luck than a great read of the wall. Still, gottta love it.

[seattlefan-daBronx]

SHIT....pull him.

[Sibelius Hindemith]

13 base runners in 5.1 innings. Major suckage. Mariners are back to being the Space Men's bitches.

[Coeurd’Alene J]

Nice throw catcher

[Petert]

Sit down, Smegman.