Finally

by Jeff Sullivan on Mar 24, 2009 7:19 PM PDT in Seattle Mariners News, Regular

Earlier this month Randy Messenger came on like gangbusters, but a couple bad outings in a row have dragged his numbers down to a more appropriate level for a guy like Randy Messenger, which should be enough to keep the coaching staff from thinking that he earned a roster spot. Mind you, I don't know how much the coaching staff liked Messenger in the first place or how much they care about ST performance, but as far as I'm concerned, anything that might help keep bad players away from the roster can only be good, and Randy Messenger is a bad player. This also leaves David Aardsma and maybe Shawn Kelley as the only bullpen standouts to date, which is both stupid and pretty cool. The longer we go without Mark Lowe doing something positive, the closer we become to an interesting experiment.

Incidentally, six Mariner pitchers have struck out at least twice as many hitters as they've walked so far in ST. Those pitchers have allowed 83 hits and 42 runs in 55.2 innings. Nice month for the defense.

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Well this sucks

by JI on Mar 24, 2009 7:30 PM PDT reply actions

Don't shoot the Messenger

by Graham MacAree on Mar 24, 2009 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Good sir

you late.

by lemonverbena on Mar 24, 2009 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions

I would argue that it's better than the polio vaccine.

by Aaron Campeau on Mar 25, 2009 12:07 AM PDT up reply actions

Brandon Morrow for closer!

You got slurved bitch.

by Slurvey on Mar 24, 2009 8:41 PM PDT reply actions

Fuck you.

You got slurved bitch.

by Slurvey on Mar 24, 2009 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions

If we just took Lincecum we'd have a cy young winner and Putz in the pen because we'd be winning.

You got slurved bitch.

by Slurvey on Mar 24, 2009 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions

Um..

If we took Lincecum, we’d have had another closer because there’s no way in hell this organization would’ve given him a chance to be a starter.

by Bodhizefa on Mar 24, 2009 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions

No he's a freak and the organization would've been uh what a freak he can't close, start him.

And also he’s 5’11 and 180 pounds that doesn’t shout threatening at all.

You got slurved bitch.

by Slurvey on Mar 24, 2009 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions

170 pounds...

You got slurved bitch.

by Slurvey on Mar 24, 2009 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions

5'11"

heh. that’s a good one.

by msb on Mar 24, 2009 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah. The 170lbs is almost as laughable, too.

by marc w on Mar 24, 2009 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions

And he really should put on a towel.

Fans are typically idiots.

by The Typical Idiot Fan on Mar 24, 2009 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions

Well I agree

How many times do you think Felix and Erik will keep the game close through 7-8 innings only to let Lowe/Aardsma come into the ninth an blow it? I’d rather watch Morrow lock down a nice outing by these two every once in a while than watch anyone else throw it all in the trash.

by oneseasoncom on Mar 24, 2009 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions

I'd rather watch Lowe/Aardsma lock down a nice outing by these two all the time.

by ThundaPC on Mar 24, 2009 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions

Like Erik Bedard will ever go 7-8 innings.

by Aaron Campeau on Mar 25, 2009 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions

Three times.

And I think there will be 12 times that some other SP will prevent us from winning a game that Brandon Morrow as a SP would win.

by Matthew on Mar 25, 2009 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions

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by BrettJMiller on Mar 25, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions

About fucking time

I thought Messenger was finished when he was removed from the 40-man. On a kinder note, I feel bad for wishing one of our pitchers to fail so hard, especially without a lot of good options for relievers.

by JLC on Mar 24, 2009 9:03 PM PDT reply actions