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Chris Taylor, Jesus Montero to the M’s
Bob Dutton of the News Tribune reported this afternoon that the roster spot the M’s had opened up by optioning Taijuan Walker back to Tacoma will be filled by SS Chris Taylor. There’d been plenty of...
View ArticleGame 102, Orioles at Mariners
Hisashi Iwakuma vs. Wei-Yin Chen, 7:10pm Iwakuma’s a soft-tossing righty who’s whittled his walk rate down each year, and has fashioned himself into an elite MLB starter. Chen’s a soft-tossing lefty...
View ArticleThings I’ve Been ___ On
[Author’s note: I always think of more things to mention and this got out of hand pretty quickly. The final word tally is over 6500, but it all breaks down into discrete sections of 250-500 words,...
View ArticleGame 103, Orioles at Mariners
King Felix vs. Kevin Gausman, 7:10pm This is as high-profile a pitching match-up you’ll see in a game involving Baltimore. Kevin Gausman went #4 overall in the 2012 draft and his fastball averages over...
View ArticleGame 104, Orioles at Mariners
Chris Young vs. Bud Norris, 1:10pm Well that was frustrating. The M’s made Kevin Gausman look incredible, and they couldn’t convert several chances to knock a run in, forcing the game to extra innings....
View ArticleGame 105, Orioles at Mariners
Roenis Elias vs. Miguel Gonzalez, 1:10pm There’s a balance in writing these game preview posts between highlighting what makes individual pitchers distinct and/or unusual, and re-affirming and pointing...
View ArticlePodcast: Transactions Made and not yet Made
Sunday Evening Podcast! Jeff and I got this recorded a little early and why make you wait? Trades, Promotions, and the Wild Card are discussed this week. Podcast with Jeff and Matthew: Direct link! ||...
View ArticleGame 106, Mariners at Indians
Hisashi Iwakuma vs. Trevor Bauer, 4:05pm The M’s trouble scoring has brought their on-again, off-again pursuit of the second wild card to a head. According to BP’s metric, their playoff odds have...
View ArticleGame 107, Mariners at Indians
King Felix vs. Corey Kluber, 4:05pm For a while, Corey Kluber was just a fill-in starter, beloved only by Carson Cistulli for reasons that we’ll never really know. He was a fill-in in one of the Ryan...
View ArticleGame 108, Mariners at Indians
Chris Young vs. Zach McAllister, 4:05pm It’s the trade deadline! The M’s upgraded their offense by picking up OF Chris Denorfia for Abe Almonte and MiLB RP Stephen Kohlscheen. That’s…that’s not going...
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