Two years into a five-year, $64 million contract, Adrian Beltre has produced a .262 average, 44 home runs, and 176 RBIs. However, after the All Star break in 2006, Beltre slugged .552 with a whopping 18 home runs. Does this strong second half bode well for a turn-around in 2007, or will Mariners fans have to deal with 'A-Drain' once again? This blog intends to follow the 2007 season for Adrian Beltre, and the Seattle Mariners, and promises to hold no punches.
Stop me if you've heard this one.
A close game between the New York Yankees and the Seattle Mariners went into the late innings, where the Yankees piled on the runs and blew the game out of the water. A night after Spike Lee and Brad Pitt got to watch the Yankees crush the M's 12-3, in a case of deja vu, the Yankees nearly repeated the same performance in tonight's game. The differences were slight: this time, the M's actually had the lead going into the seventh inning. And Alex Rodriguez, sprained ankle and all, slugged two home-runs in the eight-run seventh inning that would never end, when nothing the M's tossed to Yankees batters resulted in outs. Thanks to the six walks allowed by the Mariners pitching staff, the Yankees finished with ten runs on seven hits- a far cry from last night's extra session of batting practice in which New York talled 12 runs on 20 hits. But it didn't matter as the Yankees rang up another win, this time by a 10-2 score.
I thought this bullpen was supposed to be good? You know, keep it to a seven-inning game, and all the other accolades that has been tossed to the M's pen all year. There is an old adage in baseball that "great pitching beats great hitting." Either this series against the Yankees proves that dage wrong, or else the greatness of the line-up far surpasses the supposed greatness of the M's bullpen that the adage doesn't even apply.
Not looking to repeat myself, but the Mariners are going to have to conjure up some 1995-style to make the playoffs. By dropping two of three games to the Yankees, the M's are looking up at a three-game deficit with 24 games to play. Mathematically, it could be done. But realistically, the moment of truth came when the M's were swept in three games by the Angels at home last week. The playoffs aren't in the cards for the M's this year, which is actually a good thing as it will prevent the front office from resting on its laurels and address the glaring holes in the team that are truly preventing it from being a great team (first base, second base, left field, but the most pressing need is the starting rotation).
So though I'm skeptical about these next few weeks, I guess I'll have to point out the obvious that the next season against the Tigers has play-off implications. One team will knock the other out of the hunt for the postseason, and luckily for Detroit, they couldn't pick a better time to face the reeling M's. I would say that the M's can safely play for the future and see what their young players can do. But for some reason, McLaren continues to trot out the same line-up, despite the fact that its averaged 3.6 runs over the past ten games.
For the love of God, McLaren, will you just let the kids play!?!?!?!?!
A close game between the New York Yankees and the Seattle Mariners went into the late innings, where the Yankees piled on the runs and blew the game out of the water. A night after Spike Lee and Brad Pitt got to watch the Yankees crush the M's 12-3, in a case of deja vu, the Yankees nearly repeated the same performance in tonight's game. The differences were slight: this time, the M's actually had the lead going into the seventh inning. And Alex Rodriguez, sprained ankle and all, slugged two home-runs in the eight-run seventh inning that would never end, when nothing the M's tossed to Yankees batters resulted in outs. Thanks to the six walks allowed by the Mariners pitching staff, the Yankees finished with ten runs on seven hits- a far cry from last night's extra session of batting practice in which New York talled 12 runs on 20 hits. But it didn't matter as the Yankees rang up another win, this time by a 10-2 score.
I thought this bullpen was supposed to be good? You know, keep it to a seven-inning game, and all the other accolades that has been tossed to the M's pen all year. There is an old adage in baseball that "great pitching beats great hitting." Either this series against the Yankees proves that dage wrong, or else the greatness of the line-up far surpasses the supposed greatness of the M's bullpen that the adage doesn't even apply.
Not looking to repeat myself, but the Mariners are going to have to conjure up some 1995-style to make the playoffs. By dropping two of three games to the Yankees, the M's are looking up at a three-game deficit with 24 games to play. Mathematically, it could be done. But realistically, the moment of truth came when the M's were swept in three games by the Angels at home last week. The playoffs aren't in the cards for the M's this year, which is actually a good thing as it will prevent the front office from resting on its laurels and address the glaring holes in the team that are truly preventing it from being a great team (first base, second base, left field, but the most pressing need is the starting rotation).
So though I'm skeptical about these next few weeks, I guess I'll have to point out the obvious that the next season against the Tigers has play-off implications. One team will knock the other out of the hunt for the postseason, and luckily for Detroit, they couldn't pick a better time to face the reeling M's. I would say that the M's can safely play for the future and see what their young players can do. But for some reason, McLaren continues to trot out the same line-up, despite the fact that its averaged 3.6 runs over the past ten games.
For the love of God, McLaren, will you just let the kids play!?!?!?!?!
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