Tuesday, July 27, 2004
Dead on about Wilson and Olivo, Matt. I could not believe Olivo was not starting last night with a left-hander on the mound for Oakland. Believe it or not, Olivo has the highest slugging pctg. in the majors vs. lefty pitchers (.844 on 19-for-45, with 5 HR's and 19 RBI). 19 RBI in 45 AB's against lefties! That's incredible! The best thing right now is if they'd just trade Wilson to the Twins, Dan's middle aged fans be damned...
And tonight Melvin has Olivo in the lineup against another lefty, Mark Redman, but he's got him batting seventh, behind 5th place hitter Jolbert Cabrera and 6th hitter, Scott Spiezio, who is hitting .210(!) this season.
And tonight Melvin has Olivo in the lineup against another lefty, Mark Redman, but he's got him batting seventh, behind 5th place hitter Jolbert Cabrera and 6th hitter, Scott Spiezio, who is hitting .210(!) this season.
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
Anyone else notice the "real reason" Miguel Olivo is now hitting well? He showed up at Safeco last night wearing #8, which had previously been worn by 1B coach Mike "Enough" Aldrete. Olivo had been wearing #7, last worn by one Jeffrey Howard Cirillo, who apparently put a curse on the uniform since Olivo had been 1-for-8 with several strikeouts in his first three games with Seattle (all wearing #7).
Olivo had a clutch HR in the ninth on Monday night, then singled and scored the winning run in the 11th inning. Today, getting a start for the second day in a row (first time w/ the M's), he had three hits, including two doubles. Aldrete is now wearing #9.
And now that we have a new starting catcher, we can discard the old one we no longer need around. According to Wednesday's Seattle Times the Twins are now interested in Dan Wilson since Joe Mauer just went on the DL for the second time this season. How bout if we give them Wilson and Guardado for Justin Morneau and Michael Cuddyer. We could even throw in Wee Willie Bloomquist to fill Cuddyer's spot on the Minnesota bench. Wilson, as a 10 and 5 man can veto any deal, but he just might accept a deal to the Twins, since he's a Midwest boy (Illinois) and went to college at Minnesota. If the Twins bark about the salaries, we could offer to pay most of what Wilson and Guardado were making (about $2.5 mil for the rest of the season). We get two more cheap position players, one of whom (Morneau) could end up being a star. What's the point of worrying about paying the salaries of the departed players when Howard F. Lincoln has already come out and said that any money saved this year will not be added to the 2005 player payroll? If the money isn't gonna be used in '05, we may as well buy some prospects with it...
Olivo had a clutch HR in the ninth on Monday night, then singled and scored the winning run in the 11th inning. Today, getting a start for the second day in a row (first time w/ the M's), he had three hits, including two doubles. Aldrete is now wearing #9.
And now that we have a new starting catcher, we can discard the old one we no longer need around. According to Wednesday's Seattle Times the Twins are now interested in Dan Wilson since Joe Mauer just went on the DL for the second time this season. How bout if we give them Wilson and Guardado for Justin Morneau and Michael Cuddyer. We could even throw in Wee Willie Bloomquist to fill Cuddyer's spot on the Minnesota bench. Wilson, as a 10 and 5 man can veto any deal, but he just might accept a deal to the Twins, since he's a Midwest boy (Illinois) and went to college at Minnesota. If the Twins bark about the salaries, we could offer to pay most of what Wilson and Guardado were making (about $2.5 mil for the rest of the season). We get two more cheap position players, one of whom (Morneau) could end up being a star. What's the point of worrying about paying the salaries of the departed players when Howard F. Lincoln has already come out and said that any money saved this year will not be added to the 2005 player payroll? If the money isn't gonna be used in '05, we may as well buy some prospects with it...
Wednesday, July 14, 2004
Please, please, please let the M's next move be an outright release (or DFA) of John Olerud. I am so sick and tired of watching him ground out to second base.
It looks like we have two new memebers of the Seattle Mariners. Accordinng to David Cameron at USS Mariner the M's are finally calling up Bucky Jacobsen and lefthanded reliever George Sherril. One spot on the 40 man roster was cleared when Rich Aurlia was designated for assignment on Saturday and another move (such as a trade of Mike Myers or Ron Villone) is needed to clear up a second spot on the 40 man. As far as the 25 man roster, one spot was cleared when the team optioned Matt Thornton to Tacoma on Monday -- the second spot is likely to be the same move that creates a spot on the 40 man (Myers, Villone or ???). I'ts anticipated that the club will send down Pat Borders and activate Miguel Olivo as well. If that's the case they could save a 40 man spot by DFA'ing Borders, who isn't likely to be claimed on waivers...
