5/5 GT Miller vs Severino

[TraderGary]

Very questionable strategy to say the least. I don't get it.

The intentional walks?

I understand wanting to set up a force at any base. But in that situation, you're electing to face a batter who very rarely strikes out. He's almost certainly going to put the ball in play. Unless it's hit right at one of the fielders, the game is over.

I'm ok with walking the first guy and setting up a double play situation. But not loading the bases with one of the best contact hitters in the game coming up and less than 2 outs.

[Southpaw773]

Very questionable strategy to say the least. I don't get it.

The intentional walks?

I understand wanting to set up a force at any base. But in that situation, you're electing to face a batter who very rarely strikes out. He's almost certainly going to put the ball in play. Unless it's hit right at one of the fielders, the game is over.

I'm ok with walking the first guy and setting up a double play situation. But not loading the bases with one of the best contact hitters coming up with the game on the line and less than 2 outs.

Dan left his brain at the hotel

[Millikin]

Dan actually taking credit for the losing decision, his reasoning being that they wanted a groundball hitter at the plate.

[Donn Beach]

Ya he needs to be dumped

Why would you dump him, he's the backup catcher and actually he's been hitting

No, he actually hasn't. He has one double and a home run off of a position player. He only gets the occasional single in non-clutch situations. But you just can't help yourself.

Actually it's you that can't seem to help yourself. .282/ .462 /.385/ .846. That's what Garver has been hitting the last 30 days. The last 15 days it's .318/ .483/ .500 /.983, so the trajectory is improvement. I don't know how many position players it took pitching to him for him to accomplish it, but for me I see the possibility his bat could be coming around. At the very least, it doesn't scream, cut the guy.

And aside from that, if you did cut him you're giving up a decent backup catcher who's hitting .231/ .394/ .308 /.702 on the season, I'd take that from a backup catcher, so not only are you stuck continuing to pay Garver, his salary, now you have to find another catcher and pay them too. Sorry bro, i really don't see cutting Garver as making a lot of sense

[Donn Beach]

Very questionable strategy to say the least. I don't get it.

The intentional walks?

I understand wanting to set up a force at any base. But in that situation, you're electing to face a batter who very rarely strikes out. He's almost certainly going to put the ball in play. Unless it's hit right at one of the fielders, the game is over.

I'm ok with walking the first guy and setting up a double play situation. But not loading the bases with one of the best contact hitters in the game coming up and less than 2 outs.

Okay, they wanted a ground ball and they got it. The problem was the infield was in so it got through.
The out they were playing for was at home. It might have made more sense to have kept the infield back in better defensive position and play for the double play. I think that's what Wilson was getting at, the decision to play the infield in, the it's on me comment

[Seattle or Bust]

Why are we crying about coaching decisions and performance of role players in a 7-6 loss?

Julio went 0-4. He's hitting .206/.683

You want to win baseball games not on the fringes?

Your "star" player has to stop hitting at a replacement level. The M's have enjoyed recent production from the bottom of the lineup... but everyone knows this baseball team will ultimately live and die by whether Julio decides to pull his head out of his ass and be a good baseball player.

[Coeurd’Alene J]

Why are we crying about coaching decisions and performance of role players in a 7-6 loss?

Julio went 0-4. He's hitting .206/.683

You want to win baseball games not on the fringes?

Your "star" player has to stop hitting at a replacement level. The M's have enjoyed recent production from the bottom of the lineup... but everyone knows this baseball team will ultimately live and die by whether Julio decides to pull his head out of his ass and be a good baseball player.

To young to seize the season or to stupid whatever the reason we are likely destined for mediocrity unless swing out of your shoes and I’m a superstar Julie gets it going

[Sibelius Hindemith]

Julio aside, the reason they lost yesterday was Miller sucked.

[Donn Beach]

Julio aside, the reason they lost yesterday was Miller sucked.

Yeah, and Wilson aside as well

[Donn Beach]

This is from before this latest start. Interesting he blames the amount of innings he pitched in 2024

Miller has yet to pitch six innings through three starts this season. By his own admission, he's still trying to regain his midseason form.

Some of those struggles could be due to soreness that Miller is currently pitching through.

"I felt like I grinded — getting through some early-season soreness, I think," Miller said in a postgame interview Friday. "And (velocity's) kind of down. But if anything, it kind of proves to me that I can navigate lineups and limit hard contact even without my best stuff. So, really looking forward to couple weeks from now or month or two from now when I'm feeling really good and in midseason form and seeing how that goes."

Miller said the soreness is likely due to the high amount of innings he threw in 2024. In his second major league season last year, he threw 180.1 innings across 31 starts. He pitched 131.1 innings in 25 starts his rookie year in 2023.

"Really the last three starts I haven't felt great," Miller said. "But battling through it, and it'll come through. ... (The soreness is) usually not beginning of the season for me, it's usually midseason. But every year's different. I'm coming off a year where I threw 180 innings and that's the most I've ever thrown. Just trying to adjust body-wise and get through this little stretch and get past it and get back to feeling normal."

It's probably an elbow tendon