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July 20, 2002
CORRESPONDENT REPORT
Game Date Team Decision Record Win Loss Save
79 06/28 COL W 6-2 50-29 Pineiro Jennings
80 06/29 COL W 8-1 51-29 Garcia Hampton
81 06/30 COL L 3-4 51-30 Speier Sasaki Jimenez
82 07/01 KAN W 7-0 52-30 Moyer May
83 07/02 KAN L 5-7 52-31 Byrd Sasaki Hernandez
84 07/03 KAN W 3-0 53-31 Pineiro Asencio Sasaki
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• Lou Piniella Has Decided to Use Franklin In the 5 Hole Until another Injury Opens a Spot In the BullPen for Ryan Franklin . With the Return of Jeff Nelson, the Exquisite Work of Shigetoshi Hasegawa, and The Incomparable Relief Effort of Arthur Rhodes, Piniella Has Need Only In Long Relief. And John Halama Has Been Very Successful in that Role Accumulating a 2.18 ERA In 17 Relief Appearances Over a Span of 41 1/3 Innings, Striking Out 32 Batters, While Allowing Only 10 Earned Runs.
• Keep Track of Sporting News Updates for any Breaking News on Possible Spot Starts for Halama. Piniella May Throw Halama the Starting Bone to Reward him for Quality Work in The BullPen.
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• Joel Piñeiro Recorded his First major League Complete Game Shutting Down a Edmonds-Less Cardinal Team June 12th at the Safe. Piñeiro Has Dominated Right Handed Hitting In his Brief Career, and the Cardinals Were forced to Start right Handers Eli Merrero In Center and Eduardo Perez at DH During the 3 Game Inter League Series. Piñeiro Scattered 5 Singles While Striking out 6 Batters and allowing Piniella to Rest the Bull Pen For one of the Few times all season. Piñeiro Recorded his 2nd Career Complete Game Victory Against Colorado June 28th, Again at SafeCo Field. Piñeiro Has 3 Shutouts In his Last 7 Starts, 2 of the 3 Occurring at SafeCo Field with the other In Tampa Bay Against a Team that Has Given the Young Right Hander Serious Trouble in his Brief Major League Career. Piñeiro will Melt Down Occasionally, But His Control, Command Of a 92+ MPH Fast Ball, His Ability to Pitch To Both Sides of the Plate, and His Ability to Change Speeds Will Result in One of the More Consistent Seasons In All Of BaseBall. In Keeper Leagues, Piñeiro Is a Top Twenty Pitcher, and Should Be In the LineUp Almost Every Week. Keep in Mind, Joel Piñeiro Can Have Trouble With Good Left Handed LineUps – New York, Houston, Tampa Bay, Cleveland, Baltimore, and Minnesota – So Consider Keeping Him On the Bench During a Cold Stretch, Especially Against one of the Aforementioned. And of Course Remember, Fantasy is not an Exact Science, as Piñeiro’s Recent ShutOut Victory of the Devil Rays will so Obviously Exhibit.
• Note: Definitely Consider Starting Middle of the Rotation Starters at SafeCo Field as Pitchers with Quality Control Who Work the Outer Half Effectively Can Usually Keep the Ball In the Yard Limiting Damage to ERA and WHIP.
FIREMEN
• Kazuhiro Sasaki Pitched the first 2 Months of the Season Without Surrendering an Earned Run, Allowing Only 2 Unearned Runs Through May 30th. In June, Sasaki Gave Up 5 Total Runs, 2 Earned, with Back to Back Games Allowing 2 Earned June 30th and July 2nd Against Colorado and Kansas City Respectively. Sasaki Was Almost UnhHittable For the First 2 Months of the Season, So Some Deterioration in Performance is to be Expected. Again, Keep in Mind Kazuhiro’s Best Months Will Be Behind Him As July Commences, With August Being His Worst Career Month with 11 Saves and a 5.59 ERA Compared to 21 Saves and a 2.22 ERA for the Month of July.
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• Bret Boone Batted .287 In the Month of May Helped by 15 walks. Boone Followed that with a .202 Average in the Month of June with Only 6 Walks In 99 Official At Bats { With 16 Walks a Month the Target for a 100 Walk Season }. Bret Boone’s Best Month Has Been July, with 38 Home Runs, 130 RBI, a .483 Slugging Percentage, and a .284 Average. Boone’s August and September Numbers are Considerably Below That Level of Production, and Even Given Boone’s Huge Second Half Last Season, I would Expect his Career Splits to Come Closer to His 2002 Finish.
• Mike Cameron Hit His 100th Career Major League Home Run June 23rd Against the Astros and Pitcher Pedro Borbon. Rookie Kirk Sarloos started the Game but was Long Gone By the Time Cammy and Cirillo Reached the Fences with their Historic Pokes. Cameron Batted .217 in May and .191 In June.
• Jeff Cirillo Has Very Good Career August Numbers. The First 2 Months of the 2002 Campaign Were Not Quite What J.C. Or the Mariner Front Office Had in Mind When they Made him their Number One OffSeason Priority. However, Given the Struggle of Big Name Players In New York -- Roberto Alomar, Roger Cedeno, & Big Mo Vaughn have Also Switched Leagues and Struggled for the Majority of the 1st Half of the Season – With Mo Vaughn Just Recently Finding His Power Stroke. I would Expect Alomar to Get on Base and Run More in the 2nd Half. Jeff Cirillo Had his Best Month of the Season Toward the End of the 1st Half Batting .297 in June Following a .260 Average In May. Cirillo Also Hit His 100th Career Home Run At Houston June 23rd. both Cameron and Cirillo Hit their 100th Off Pedro Borbón In During the Same Game. Welcome to the Mariner History Book Pedro Borbón !
• Carlos Guillén Batted .276 in the Month of May and Followed that with a .265 Average in an Injury Shortened June. I would Expect Guillén to Continue to Struggle Until His Ailing Finger Heals Completely and Finally Allows Him to Revert to Switch Hitting. At Present, Guillén Is Only Swinging From the Left Hand Side of the Plate, which Allows Him to Face the Majority of Right Handed Pitchers From the Preferable Side. However, Seattle will Play Texas , Anaheim, Cleveland, New York , Minnesota, and the Chicago White Sox who all have Quality Left Handed Starters, So the Injury Could Come into Play if Still at Issue During the Next 30 Games.
• Édgar Martínez has One of the More Consistent Swings in the Game. Martínez Hits Left Handers, Right Handers, At Home, On the Road, OutSide, In Domes, On Turf. On Grass, During Day Games, and During Night Games. Martínez Only Accumulated 22 At Bats in June After Missing All Of May with an Injured Tendon Behind the Knee. Martínez Batted .272 for the Month of June and Should Increase that Number As He Regains Health, Conditioning, and A Few More At Bats to Refine the Stroke that Has Led to a Possible Hall Of Fame Career.
• Rubén Sierra Recorded 27 Hits in 106 At Bats During the Month of May for a .254 Average. Sierra Walked Only 8 times During the Month of May and Saw his Average Drop to a Season Low .308. In the Month of May, Sierra Recorded 106 Official At Bats, Walking Only 8 Times, Pushing his Monthly Average Under .300 -- .254 – Maring What was an OtherWise Productive Month with 22 RBI. Sierra Rebounded to Hit .311 In June, But Again Drew Only 4 Walks, However He Managed to Remain Productive With 17 RBI.
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• Édgar Martínez Should Increase His Production as He Regains Health, Conditioning, and is Able to Refine the Swing that Has Allowed him to Hit for Power to All Parts of the Ball Park. SafeCo Field is the Ideal Playing Field for Mr. Mariner, and One of the Most Beautiful Parks in the World. Definitely Think About Adding Édgar Martínez for a Reasonable Ransom, and Remember That in most Leagues He Will Only Qualify at Utility; Unless of course your League Has a Roster Spot for the Designated Hitter. In Head to Head Leagues, This can be a Huge Disadvantage, So Keep Overall Versatility In Mind When Dealing for One Position Wonders Like David Ortiz, Brad Fullmer, Frank Thomas, and Édgar Martínez.
HOLD
• Curb Your Enthusiasm. Most Leagues Have a Post Season PlayOff Format that Allows all Those Regular Season UnderAchievers – Teams that Lost Production to Injury, Poor Play, SubStandard Production, and the like – to Seek Revenge Against all Those Big Talking Bombers in 1st Place. I Used that Formula to Win My H2H League Last Season with J.D.Drew, Mark Kotsay, and Trot Nixon coming Back From Injury to Lead My Team to the Title. Keep Your Eye on the Aforementioned, as they Can Help a Team Down the Stretch; Especially in Leagues With 12+ Teams where Managers Are Willing to Deal In a Pinch When The Trading DeadLine Is Rounding Home and Their Team Is Languishing in 14th Place. And Remember To Get That Post Season Smack In Before Those Loud Losers Fade Into Obscurity. Post Season Smack is The Sweatest!
TRADE
• Kazuhiro Sasaki Appears to Be in The Best Shape of His Mariner Career, However, The Team Does have Some Additional Weakness with the Struggle of Boone, Cirillo, and Cameron So a Trade May Be the Best Course of Action. The Mariner Organization May Not Be Able to Overcome Their Struggle to Fill the Void In the Rotation and In the EveryDay LineUp As A Number of Minor League Prospects are Ailing and PayRoll Is Near Maximum of Allowable Expenditure. Most Medium Size Market Teams Seem to Be Unwilling to Add PayRoll In an Uncertain Season When a Labor Strike May Not Only Waste Moneys, But also Burn Prospects that Could Help those Organizations that Need them the Most.
• Mike Cameron’s Best Months are June and July, With the Majority of Cammy’s Long Ball Damage and RBI Production Coming in the 1st Half of the Season. However, Given His Current Average, Lack of Stolen Base OutPut, and Overall Diminished Value, Wait until Cammy Runs Up a Solid End To July and Then Package Him With an OverAchieving Starter – Paul Byrd, Kenny Rogers, Rodrigo Lopez – and See if you can Cut your Losses. Bobby Abreu Owners Are Probably Quite Disappointed at this Time, as He’s Still Not hitting for the Kind of Power Top 20 Picks are Supposed to Supply. Try to Put together a Package that Gets the Explosive Abreu In Your LineUp, as His Health { He had surgery to remove his Appendix } Should Be Nearing 100% For the Second Half Stretch When Power and Speed Will Be In Demand, and Players Like Abreu and Sexson Will Help Secure League Titles In Tight PlayOff Battles. August Is Abreu’s Best Month and He Appears to Have Comparable 1st and 2nd Halves, So Add Him ASAP. Sexson also has His Best Power Numbers In August with 25 Career Home Runs and 96 RBI, with September Also a Very Productive Month. The Brewers are Obviously Not Incredibly Strong Offensively with the Loss of Geoff Jenkins and Now Alex Sanchez, But Given the Meaningless Lopsided games the Brewers Should Be Playing the Next 2 Months, I would Expect a Healthy Sexson to Receive Plenty of FastBalls to Pad those Lofty Second Half Numbers.
• Note: Sexson has Been Playing Through a Hamstring Injury, And Manager Jerry Royster Has Stated that Sexson Will Receive Rest Late In Games and Extra Days Off Until the Injury has Fully Healed. This is the Ideal time to Make your Move for the Explosive CleanUp Bomber.
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Average Runs Per Game: 2001 Season
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ Total
Opponents 0.45 0.35 0.55 0.61 0.37 0.40 0.35 0.32 0.38 0.07 3.86
Seattle 0.77 0.63 0.74 0.51 0.64 0.61 0.64 0.78 0.29 0.11 5.72
