The Seattle Mariners
acquired Adam Lind from the Milwaukee Brewers during the off-season after
trading both Logan Morrison and Mark Trumbo. General Manager Jerry Dipoto was
looking at upgrading the first base position.
So far things haven’t
looked good for Adam Lind during the early season. He is primarily starting and
hitting against right handed pitching. Dae-Ho Lee the Mariners signed as a free
agent out of Korea starts against lefties. Lind’s history has been that he
doesn’t hit well against left handed pitchers. Depending on the situation he
will hit against lefties otherwise he will be on the bench.
So far Lee has hit two
home runs including one that ended the last home stand against the Texas
Rangers with the only win in six games in walk-off fashion. Lind who hits over
twenty home runs a season does not have one as of yet. Also he is batting .172
only in twenty-nine at bats with five hits. Two of those hits happened last
Saturday in New York against the Yankees.
The Mariners though
are facing three right handed pitchers in Cleveland so we can hope that he gets
hot during this stretch. The Mariners can use his bat in the middle of the
lineup along with Kyle Seager who is struggling even more than Lind.
It is important for
Lind to get going not just for the Mariners to go on a winning streak but his
sake as well. You see he qualifies to be a free agent at the end of the season
so if he expects to get another good contract he has to have a good season.
It is hard to know
whether the Mariners will think about resigning him for next year or not. Both he
and Lee are signed for only one year. The Mariners don’t have much down on the
farm to choose from far as first baseman go. At triple A there is Stefan Romero
though he is having a really good start at this season I would not consider him
a prospect at first base. In fact most of his career in the Mariners system has
been in the outfield after starting out as an infielder.
The only prospect the
Mariners have at first base is DJ Peterson a former first rounder for the
Mariners. At this point it is hard to know whether he is still in the future
with the Mariners. Right now he is playing in Double A. I only see his chances
increase if he goes up to Triple A Tacoma sometime during the season.
Whether this is one
season or not at least the Mariners have two first basemen that we hope will be
better than the ones we have had over the last few seasons.
Wade Miley makes his
third start of the season this time against Cleveland. It is the first time he
will have pitched on the road against Cleveland. He struggled some in both of
his previous starts. He has pitched a total of twelve innings with an ERA of
8.25 and a record of 0-1. He got a no decision in his first start on the road
against the Texas Rangers though the Mariners did win the game 9-5. On the
positive side he has fourteen strike outs with giving up a walk. What we hope
for though he can cut down the amount of hits he has given up which so far has
been 17 in those twelve innings. He will be facing Carlos Carrasco who in his
last outing went eight innings against the Tampa Bay Rays giving up one run on
four hits and struck out eight batters. The Mariners have only faced Carrasco
once and that was back in 2011. Since the Mariners seem to have problems
against unfamiliar pitchers this will be a tough one for them. We can home that
Miley is up for the challenge and get the Mariners a win. Go Team!
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