Wednesday A Big Day For Silva

by Jeff Sullivan on May 4, 2009 6:05 PM PDT in Seattle Mariners News, Regular

Looks like Carlos is running (lol more like waddling!) out of chances:

Wakamatsu said Silva, who turned back the clock to 2008 when he gave up six runs in the third inning Friday, will make his next start but the Mariners won't tolerate another poor outing. Silva is scheduled to start Wednesday at Kansas City.

With RRS still on the mend, giving Silva one more opportunity makes some sense. Wakamatsu would like to see him right the ship, and for the time being we're pretty short on starters anyway. That said, the daydreamer in me wishes we were giving the ball to Jason Vargas instead. He's been real good through four starts in Tacoma, and yesterday he looked terrific in picking up seven swinging strikes on 45 pitches, including five against righties. Both his slider and his changeup looked good enough to make him a reasonable candidate for the back of the rotation. He definitely opened my eyes.

But we can leave the Vargas discussion for another day, after he gets some more successful innings under his belt. For now, what's important is that Silva's job is in jeopardy. In the second year of a four-year contract. Carlos Silva is why even when I'm being pessimistic, I'm never sure if I'm being pessimistic enough. Wednesday is going to be fascinating.

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This is joyous news

I was very worried we would keep running him out there all year despite being awful just because of his contract.

by OlSalty on May 4, 2009 6:07 PM PDT reply actions

Even at the risk of a loss, I want him to fail miserably.

Open up his slot in the rotation for a more worthy canidate.

by Omerta on May 4, 2009 6:19 PM PDT reply actions

Even at the risk of coughing up the division lead?

Texas(!) is our biggest threat right now and if they manage to beat us today, then a win against Silva makes them the front runners. I guess it would be ultimately better for us, I’d just rather have it come against, say, his old buddies in Minnesota rather than a division rival.

I'm more like I am now than I've ever been.

by ralphie81 on May 5, 2009 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions

He is slated to start tomorrow against the Royals.

by Sec 108 on May 5, 2009 9:07 AM PDT up reply actions

Ah, crap.

Forgot this was a two game series. Ok, the Royals work. Suck away, Silva!

I'm more like I am now than I've ever been.

by ralphie81 on May 5, 2009 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions

If there was a way to get him on the staff at....

Oakland, Anaheim or Texas. Where he could do us some good. Just saying….

by SW WA Coug on May 4, 2009 6:24 PM PDT reply actions

I dunno.

I’m going to be a bit tempered on this. Wednesday is going to be the earliest something happens provided he has an outing as disastrous as his previous one. The good news is that he’s definitely on notice. One decent-to-good outing is not going to be enough to save him.

by ThundaPC on May 4, 2009 6:34 PM PDT reply actions