Indians at Mariners 4/17 - 4/19

• royal_k

  

  Yeah, I missed the big inning. Nice surprise to wake up to though. 4-0 on the road trip. Keep it going.
• HitsRus

  

  Masterson is good and a possible #1. But he just isnt an ace.

  At least, not yet.
• BR1986FB

  Nice comeback! Eight runs or more scored four games in a row. Bats coming alive...
• GOONx19

  

  Only the Rangers have scored more runs.
• Wooball

  

  A BIG IF, but IF you can believe what the Indians are saying and Hafner is not limited this year due to his shoulder and is healthy enough to make it through a full season, the Tribe's line-up has a chance to produce. Druby at 2 and Choo at 3 will be getting on base, Santana should improve on last year's season just with more experience, and even more so with a healthy Hafner hitting behind him. The 2 bombs Pronk has hit this year were reminiscent of "pre-injury/roids" Pronk. Let's hope we get to see that for 140+ games this year. Without him, the offense is probably going to struggle.
• BR1986FB

  Yeah, Hafner absolutely crushed that dinger over the weekend. Didn't see the first one. If he can stay healthy (huge IF) their offense could be better than expected.
• Laley23

  

  HitsRus;1146699 wrote:At least, not yet.

  I guess. But I dont see it. I see possibility for a #1. But not an Ace. But then again, I think there are about 6 Aces in MLB.
  
  Halladay
  Verlander
  Kershaw
  Lincecum
  King Felix
  Lee (on another team)
  
  Weaver and Sabathia I can go either way. Weaver has better #s than CC. But Ive seen CC just groove pitches when Yanks are up 6. Just throwing strikes.
  
  Then you have a lot of very good #1s (and 2/3 on loaded staffs):
  
  Price
  Hamels
  Cain
  Strasburg (unlike Masterson, you can see him becoming an Ace in the top 5ish category)
  Masterson
  Shields
  Wilson
  ....ETC
• hasbeen

  

  Laley I'm sure you just forgot to type verlander? Lol
• Laley23

  

  pnhasbeen;1146862 wrote:Laley I'm sure you just forgot to type verlander? Lol

  Haha. I had him typed. Misspelled his name, deleted. Then moved on to Lincecum. SMH. I did say 6 Aces and then put down 5. Thats my proof.
• ohiobucks1

  

  Lets keep it going!
• hasbeen

  

  ohiobucks1;1146961 wrote:Lets keep it going!

  
  Vargas is going to shove it tonight
• BRF

  

  ....4 in a row? Wow!
• hoops23

  

  @MLBastian: CLE RHP Jeanmar Gomez suspended 5 games for intentionally hitting Moustakas w/ pitch last Sat. Gomez will appeal & start Sat in Oakland.

  What a crock of shit.
• wes_mantooth

  

  hoops23;1147166 wrote:What a crock of shit.

  
  Maybe, but that is pretty much standard
• Crimson streak

  

  hoops23;1147166 wrote:What a crock of ****.

  
  What a joke. He probably won't even miss a start though lol
• TBone14

  

  Derek Lowe's beard pisses me off.
  
  That is all.
• grodt

  

  For the second straight night, our starter has struggled mightily. Hopefully the offense can pick them up again tonight. Lowe actually did a decent job to keep that last inning at one run.
• hoops23

  

  The home plate ump has been atrociously one sided with some of these strike calls.
  
  Lowe struggled a bit as well. Our pitching as a whole hasn't been that impressive. Lowe has two good starts and Ubaldo and Masterson each have 1. Gomez would have had a great start, but yeah.. lol.
  
  Carlos did nail a Kawasaki trying to steal 2nd with a strike from his knees.
• hasbeen

  

  I'm so happy vargas got out of that jam
• BR1986FB

  Hopefully a one night thing with the offense. Bounce back today. Just win series'.
• HitsRus

  

  that'll be tough with Felix on the hill for the M's.
• Glory Days

  

  first game this year the tribe didnt hit a homerun.
• BR1986FB

  Anyone want to buy a hat? LOL
  
  http://wfny.tumblr.com/post/21383698131/for-a-crispy-375-you-can-have-the-chance-at
• BRF

  

  What a hoot! Carlos Martinez's "dinger"!
• grodt

  

  Tomlin pitching well, only an unearned run through 6. However, King Felix is doing what we expected him to do. Only one hit so far.