Sept. 4th ~ 3 day Oakland Covid vacation over. Rangers in town Game Thread

[bpj]

Good shit JP.

JP started hot then sank like a rock but has heated back up over the last handful of games. JP is actually a pretty big piece looking forward.
Fails = probably have to trade for a all star
yahtzee = 3+ WAR annually

AS is in his two years as a Mariner he is a 2.4 WAR player per 162. He is fast and has already matched his previous high of 5 SB from last year.
If you are talking his 2020 WAR pace he is at a 3.7 WAR /162 pace and that does not include today's HR and that wil bump that up a lot.

Crawford has a ton of leeway because he's a SS. Even this season he's ranked 18th out of 26 qualified in OPS which isn't the end of the world for a rookie at all.

He seems streaky but thats why they say its a long season. Just need a few players hot at a time to win.

Have to find guys that the cumulative is worth having. JP seems like one of those.

[AT Funchal-Madeira]

I think there is gonna be an expanded format of some sort in the Arizona Fall League...

[Bil522]

Get fucking Hirano out of there.

From the man who wants Tankathon

[Hanjag]

I think there is gonna be an expanded format of some sort in the Arizona Fall League...

Good to hear D. I was thinking that the Orlando NBA format might be at play.

[Petert]

Get fucking Hirano out of there.

From the man who wants Tankathon

Indeed. But I’m not such a masochist as to want to blow a 6-1 lead in the ninth.

[DavidGee24]

Mariners win! We're HEROES!!!

Not one hard hit ball off Hirano and his stats still take a dump.

[rockycola]

GAME THREAD STANDINGS

rockycola……….……... 10-3 > .769
AT Fresno...……..……… 4-4 > .500
American Pig...……….. 1-1 > .500
D-Train...………..………. 1-7 > .125
DavidGee………..………… 0-1 > .000
Juliooooo………..….…... 0-1 > .000
Bil522 & Mary.......... 0-1 > .000
ddraig.................... 0-1 > .000
Coeurd'Alene J......... 0-1 > .000
bpj...............…...... 0-1 > .000
TraderGary………………. 0-1 > .000

Mariner record...…….. 16-22 (thru Sept. 4)

Sorry.....tankathon ain't in my vocabulary

.....and Nostrarocky does it again (with just a little s t r e t c h i n g of the facts)

by rockycola » Fri Sep 04, 2020 3:18 pm

D-train wrote: ↑Fri Sep 04, 2020 3:07 pm
Damn boys we have some freaking boppers in the lineup now. By FAR the best lineup of the year!!!!!!!
Thanks for posting the lineups, Darren.
Solid lineup. I foresee a Crawford big RBI day and a couple x-base hits. France is fucking gonna Joan of Arc all over the Rangers.

Crawford with 1 x-base hit and 3 rbi's and France leading the charge and getting the first run on the board. Works for me.....

[Sibelius Hindemith]

Yay, the Mariners are going to finish in that fuzzy middle ground between good enough to make the play-offs and bad enough to secure a top-10 draft pick!

[bpj]

Yay, the Mariners are going to finish in that fuzzy middle ground between good enough to make the play-offs and bad enough to secure a top-10 draft pick!

16-6 the rest of the way to finish with 32 wins. Sounds only semi unreasonable if they keep the A team on the field.

[D-train]

Darren could you post the win contest numbers again?

DT may have faded. I believe this is it as of Aug 13:

Nailed it. Couple pieces of pizza and I was out. Thanks PT.