We've gone 5 and 7 in our last two weeks, but we appear to be playing a little better. We knocked C.C. Sabathia around for six runs and four each off of Pedro Martinez and Curt Schilling. We've even picked two games in the standings. This week we've got three against Toronto and three against Chicago - all at home. Jamie Moyer has the double duty.
J.J. Putz is killing me. The scout that signed him should be fired. If you're a general manager, and scout comes to you and says, "I got this kid we need to sign; his name is Putz," I recoomend you let that one go. I think we got him in the same draft as Johnny Chokeartist. Seriously - Putz has appeared in 5 games in the last two weeks (all losses) and only pitched well once. That was the first of the five. He did have a second scoreless outing, but he failed to record an out, faced two batters and gave up a walk and a hit. His numbers in the other three: 3.2 innings, 7 runs, 2 losses. We've got a minor league system full of guys that can surely do better than that.
Last week's Mariner of the Week is also this week's MOW, which makes him also the Mariner of the Month. Without a doubt, the honor goes to Ichiro. At the end of April, he was hitting .255 with one home run (that came on the last day of April) 6 RBI and 4 stolen bases. In May he added two more home runs, 14 RBI, 7 stolen bases and went a robust 50 for 125, which comes out to an even .400 for the month. During the process, he raised his average from .255 to .335 and has All-Star caliber numbers again. He's even moved up to seventh in the AL batting race.
Posted by at June 1, 2004 10:36 AMJust so you know, Ichiro is also currently tied with Sean Casey as the Major League leader in hits (76).
Posted by: the booth at June 1, 2004 11:04 AMDid you know?
Ichiro is only the second person in history to record two 50 hit months in his career. The other? Pete Rose, who did it in July of '73 and September of '79.
Posted by: Deacon Blues at June 1, 2004 01:11 PM