The back end of the rotation implodes in on itself, the bullpen doesn't work out as well as planned, Casper Wells gets claimed by the Blue Jays, Michael Saunders dives onto the 15-day DL with a strained shoulder, and Michael Morse gets his pinkie fractured.
As a result, Kameron Loe vwoop gone. Lucas Luetge vwoop gone. Bobby Raspberry, Endy Chavez vwoop up from Tacoma. Traded Steven Hensley for Aaron Harang, trademarked MLB veteran SP. That makes:
1B Smoak
2B Ackley
3B Seager
SS Ryan
LF Ibañez
CF Gutierrez
RF Bay
Ca Montero
DH Morales
Ca2 Shoppach
MI Andino
4OF Endy Chavez
5OF Hurt Morse
SP1 Felix
SP2 Mr. Bear
SP3 Joe Saunders
SP4 Aaron Harang
SP5 Brandon Maurer
RP Beavan
RP Perez
RP Furbush
RP Pryor
RP Capps
RP LaFromboise
RP Wilhemsen
Scattered Thoughts:
- Ugh. How disheartening is it to see Joe Saunders and Aaron Harang back-to-back in the rotation? Blech.
- Someone sacrafice some fried chicken to Jobu right now to make sure Gutierrez stays healthy. If he goes down...*ominous thunder*
- Andino hasn't been great. His defense has been...meh. His running has been...meh. His hitting gets this writer's official seal of frowny-face. : ( Can we not find someone better for his role? And I don't mean anyone in Tacoma, I don't want to steal development time from the likes of Miller or Franklin or anyone like that. But...c'mon.
- If it's my team, Beavan's down in AAA and Hultzen's up. Beavan just went through a mechanical change and needs to roll-around in a valley with it for a while. Hultzen's game translates to the Bigs.
- Speaking of mechanical changes: Ackley. Hm. Let's break that out into its own post. Hold that thought.
- Smoak's fine. Give him time. Calm down. Or, alternatively, be excited. When his hits start falling in, give me a knowing wink and a nod when we watch all the people join us on his bandwagon.
- Seager's fine. Don't get off his bandwagon. His profile is currently better than league average, it's just that his hits aren't falling in.
- I expected to write that Montero is not fine but after actually researching it, he's...fine. A little over-agressive vs. average, sure, but he's young and he was never going to be a passive hitter anyway. If he's given time and can survive defensively, he'll be fine. If not *shrug* DH him when you trade Kendrys at the deadline and call up Zunino.
- Oh God why would you ever let Ibañez bat in a high-leverage situation against a lefty at this point in his career? Stop that. Stop that now.
- Please keep Wilhelmsen in the closer role because he is clearly not our best reliever. Not being facetious or sarcastic here, I meant that sentence word-for-word.
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