Re: Mariners finally get themselves a decent Starter!
Honestly? My Dream for the M's this post is as follows:
get rid of Piniero and Sexson; Take anything you can get.
Sign Zito and Mulder/Marquis/Suppan.
Get a first baseman who can hit for average.
the end.
As for your BP questions, you sure do make it sound like our ERA sat entirely on the back of one Rafael Soriano....once more....bullpens don't win games, entire teams do -- and pitchers that eat innings help the team a hell of a lot more than pitchers in the BP, who should have bit parts in the team, if that. If you lack faith in Mateo, Sherrill,and half a dozen other brilliant relievers in the M's organization, then perhaps you haven't been watching them pitch for the past few years. Mateo may have an ERA in the 4's, but with a good enough rotation in front of him, he could definitely be a pretty decent setup man. The setup man isn't the most important role on the team, and that is BY FAR the truth. Sherrill? I wouldn't want him as the setup man, he's too valuable in other situations -- but what about Mark Lowe? Take a look at his ERA. Sean Green has the potential to be great for our BP as well. There are many options. It would definitely be a battle for the role in ST, and what is so bad about that?
Let me ask you this about the Soriano deal: What good is a setup man who has nothing to set up? Soriano was coming off of an injury last year, re constructive surgery, but some how Horacio is now this horribly injury ridden player from back east? We got a 27 yr old lefty for the back of the rotation...something that the M's haven't even attempted to do for like five years, but automatically it's a bad thing because we gave up a setup man who had nothing to set up in the first place? Your logic doesn't make sense to me.
We've been waiting so damn long for them to change up the rotation from outside the team, and they finally do, so lets complain now because it's not perfect? Come on!!
With the M's in talks with Zito, and three or four starters from the World Series Champion Cardinals still available to fill in the middle of the rotation, I don't see how you can complain about the first good sign M's fans have seen regarding the direction that management is taking the team in about 5 years.
As for Felix being a potential ace...yeah, maybe -- if he tries hard enough; However, I think a more realistic plateau for Felix is a #2 guy, and he'd be damned good at that.
For now my Christmas wish for the M's is to see the M's Rotation as such by spring training:
Zito
Marquis
Washburn
Felix
Ramirez
Honestly? My Dream for the M's this post is as follows:
get rid of Piniero and Sexson; Take anything you can get.
Sign Zito and Mulder/Marquis/Suppan.
Get a first baseman who can hit for average.
the end.
As for your BP questions, you sure do make it sound like our ERA sat entirely on the back of one Rafael Soriano....once more....bullpens don't win games, entire teams do -- and pitchers that eat innings help the team a hell of a lot more than pitchers in the BP, who should have bit parts in the team, if that. If you lack faith in Mateo, Sherrill,and half a dozen other brilliant relievers in the M's organization, then perhaps you haven't been watching them pitch for the past few years. Mateo may have an ERA in the 4's, but with a good enough rotation in front of him, he could definitely be a pretty decent setup man. The setup man isn't the most important role on the team, and that is BY FAR the truth. Sherrill? I wouldn't want him as the setup man, he's too valuable in other situations -- but what about Mark Lowe? Take a look at his ERA. Sean Green has the potential to be great for our BP as well. There are many options. It would definitely be a battle for the role in ST, and what is so bad about that?
Let me ask you this about the Soriano deal: What good is a setup man who has nothing to set up? Soriano was coming off of an injury last year, re constructive surgery, but some how Horacio is now this horribly injury ridden player from back east? We got a 27 yr old lefty for the back of the rotation...something that the M's haven't even attempted to do for like five years, but automatically it's a bad thing because we gave up a setup man who had nothing to set up in the first place? Your logic doesn't make sense to me.
We've been waiting so damn long for them to change up the rotation from outside the team, and they finally do, so lets complain now because it's not perfect? Come on!!
With the M's in talks with Zito, and three or four starters from the World Series Champion Cardinals still available to fill in the middle of the rotation, I don't see how you can complain about the first good sign M's fans have seen regarding the direction that management is taking the team in about 5 years.
As for Felix being a potential ace...yeah, maybe -- if he tries hard enough; However, I think a more realistic plateau for Felix is a #2 guy, and he'd be damned good at that.
For now my Christmas wish for the M's is to see the M's Rotation as such by spring training:
Zito
Marquis
Washburn
Felix
Ramirez
That's exactly what I was thinking when I saw this thread. Then I read this was about the Ho - Soriano trade, and I was all 
Comment