Thursday Morning Quick Hits For The Seven Of You Not Watching Basketball

by Jeff Sullivan on Mar 18, 2010 10:30 AM PDT in Seattle Mariners News, Regular

Michael Saunders - cut. No surprises here; while some held out hope that Saunders would impress and force his way into a roster spot, it was never going to happen, barring injury and a spring torrent of homers. Saunders is a fine player, and he's likely to have a fine career, but that career is still a little ways off, and for the time being he'll continue to develop in AAA. Do not take this as an indication that the front office is down on Saunders. There's just no reason to believe he's ready right now to outproduce what we have.

Mike Koplove - cut. Comrade has impressed everyone that's seen him this month, so this is too bad, but with Kanekoa Texeira looking great and Sean White seeming healthy, Koplove was redundant. He'll be effective in Tacoma, though, and while I wouldn't count on it, it wouldn't surprise me to see him in Seattle at some point this season. He can pitch to Major League hitters.

Levale Speigner - cut. Levale Speigner was still around, which, hey, good for him. But he's not around anymore.

The Mariners sent Miguel Celestino to Boston today to complete the Casey Kotchman trade. You might know the 20 year old Celestino for having the same last name as Jose Lopez's middle name. You will not know Celestino for anything else. On the other hand, Googling "Miguel Celestino" "good pitcher" turns up twice as many results as "Miguel Celestino" "bad pitcher" so we might've just gotten screwed.

Everybody in Red Sox Nation is becoming familiar with Adrian Beltre's signature charge-and-barehand-and-throw-off-balance play on groundballs. Jose Lopez is incapable of doing any one of those three things, let alone all three in rapid sequence. Going from Adrian Beltre to Jose Lopez in the field is like going from a Palm Pre to cans.

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Prospect Insider has learned that one of the minor leaguers -- if there is more than one -- is a catcher, likely from a short-season club.

Whoops.

by Janic on Mar 18, 2010 10:40 AM PDT reply actions

You better get in that fuckin' mitt

by Teej on Mar 18, 2010 10:41 AM PDT reply actions 6 recs

That really fucking pains me to look at.

I hate everything about that photo, and if there are children in the background I hate them as well.

by EnglishMariner on Mar 18, 2010 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions 7 recs

I bet that guy in the middle loves that photo.

by ThundaPC on Mar 18, 2010 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions

It's going to hurt every time I see these kind of photos.

I had to flag it.

Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.

p.s. fuck you angels

by InSpokane on Mar 18, 2010 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions

Those green uniforms are just disgusting.

Beltre in one and standing next to John muthafuggin Lackey makes me want to start a Joy Division cover band.

by I Lick Squirrels on Mar 18, 2010 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

HOOO LEEE FUCK! WHAT A PLAY!

It feels like I’m dying.

Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.

by JAH on Mar 18, 2010 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions

I'M JOHN LACKEY!

by Vatinius on Mar 18, 2010 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Oh god I had almost forgotten.

Mariners/D Broncos/BSU Broncos fan in Seattle

by appleshampoo on Mar 19, 2010 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions

Does anyone else find it shocking that the best prospect dealt in the Swisher to NYY trade

happened to go to New York along with Swisher? I like a lot of things that KW does, but trading Swisher/Texeira for Nunez/Marquez/Betemit has to be one of the worst moves in recent memory.

And Jeff Marquez is just freaking awful. How do you put up an FIP over 7 in Triple-A?

I like baseball.
I write for Beyond the Box Score and The Hardball Times Fantasy

by Satchel Price on Mar 18, 2010 10:43 AM PDT reply actions

Sigh.

I can’t wait to see how Beltre’s BBTN play of the day numbers jump.

Baker opines that likely one of the things they want Saunders working on is getting more ‘horizontal force’ on his swing.

by msb on Mar 18, 2010 10:48 AM PDT reply actions

I can't blame BBTN for not including many Mariner Web Gems.

Only because the show is usually recorded in the early innings of games.

But yeah, Beltre’s numbers are going to increase substantially. To the same degree as Jack Wilson’s will decrease.

by Wilder. on Mar 18, 2010 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions

Wow...

You’re right! Maybe losing Miguel Celestino is a bad thing…

Does the World Series trophy come with a plate of bacon?

by PositivePaul on Mar 18, 2010 10:52 AM PDT reply actions

Miguel Celestino bad pitcher

Start pasting that all over the web.

by Janic on Mar 18, 2010 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions

I think Google has a problem

I just did a “fight” and 420,000 beat 43,800,000.

What kind of math do they use at Google?

by Paul AB on Mar 18, 2010 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions

Toasty hazy math

by chaney on Mar 18, 2010 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions

What is a basketball?

by Dewey N on Mar 18, 2010 11:25 AM PDT reply actions

It's a sport where two handfuls of sloppily-dressed guys

Jump around at one end of a room until a ball falls through a metal ring, then run to the other end of the room and do the same thing. Repeat a couple of hundred times. Aside from the occasional buzzer-beater, it’s something so dull it makes Ryan Franklin throwing to first to hold a runner seem like the X Games.

by wandergeist on Mar 18, 2010 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs

I miss the days when I would have fought this comment like a rabid wolverine.

by Chris Hafner on Mar 18, 2010 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions

You forgot to mention the tattoos.

Does the World Series trophy come with a plate of bacon?

by PositivePaul on Mar 18, 2010 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions

The last time I actually watched basketball, it was when nobody had them

by wandergeist on Mar 18, 2010 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions

Don't forget that it's a sport with an intentional handicap.

Dribbling.

Fans are typically idiots.

by The Typical Idiot Fan on Mar 18, 2010 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions

Whatever it is, it's retarded and boring.

by BrettJMiller on Mar 18, 2010 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions

Jeff

Not sure if anyone has mentioned this lately, but the quality of your posts have been extraordinary lately. I always enjoy your stuff, but you’ve taken it to a whole ‘nother level. Keep up the good work (and no, I don’t need to borrow money or a place to stay).

by Geeves72 on Mar 18, 2010 1:11 PM PDT reply actions