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We saw this twice last home stand . . . great pitchers having issues in certain situations . . . Felix vs Rangers, and Verlander at Safeco Field, both had history that said they weren't worth the prices required to back them in those situations. We get another this weekend, as Felix has been historically poor vs the Angels. We all know that players change, and change again. But what if the angle is strategy when it comes to Pitcher vs Teams matchups? Verlander just doesnt pitch that well in this building. And Felix has not been great against two divisional foes. IMO, there is a reason the Mariners don't allow Felix to pitch vs these teams in spring training. And that reason is those teams already know him well and the Mariners dont want to give them more opportunities in meaningless game to get more for the advance scouting reports. Just a thought.
The holes in the Mariners lineup were exposed once again tonight . . . Smoak was a disaster for Wedge and quite beneficial for those of us backing the Halos ML or RL tonight. In the fourth with bases loaded and no outs, Seattle managed a HBP and 3 strikeouts . . . in the fifth with two runners on and no outs, they failed to get the ball out of the infield with 2 k's and a pop out. . . in the 6th, they score twice with runners on 2nd and 3rd with no outs, but they did it without a hit . . . later, they put together 4 straight hits and failed to score. you get the idea.
I think Felix likely wins on Saturday, but i dont think he wins this game often enough to justify paying -160 . . . that being said, this Angels team seems to be almost in as much disarray as the Mariners . . . nonetheless, i will wait, i think Blanton's horrible numbers will drive this price up in my favor.
The holes in the Mariners lineup were exposed once again tonight . . . Smoak was a disaster for Wedge and quite beneficial for those of us backing the Halos ML or RL tonight. In the fourth with bases loaded and no outs, Seattle managed a HBP and 3 strikeouts . . . in the fifth with two runners on and no outs, they failed to get the ball out of the infield with 2 k's and a pop out. . . in the 6th, they score twice with runners on 2nd and 3rd with no outs, but they did it without a hit . . . later, they put together 4 straight hits and failed to score. you get the idea.
I think Felix likely wins on Saturday, but i dont think he wins this game often enough to justify paying -160 . . . that being said, this Angels team seems to be almost in as much disarray as the Mariners . . . nonetheless, i will wait, i think Blanton's horrible numbers will drive this price up in my favor.
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