Of course, the most meaningful statistic is your wins and losses. Right now, we've got enough of one and not enough of the other to put us in the playoffs if they started today. I'm still trying to figure out why you cannot be happy about that. Are you a Rangers fan?
According to the Seattle paper, we tried to get him with Moyer, but Moyer rejected the deal. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/baseball/234745_moyer01.html
Well we caught a break since they now have to take out the amazing Brian Cooper... I must say... I'm dissapointed with the offense, not so much because we're lacking personel (after all, Berkman and Ensberg have been pretty bad this trip in the big-time RISP opportunities), but for the approach they're all taking today. Cooper looked like a guy where you could severely look for your pitch, and then fight off everything with 2 strikes (since his stuff isn't overpowering to strike you out). The guys looked to take that approach in the first inning... but since then, they've been pressing all over the place. Teams that are worse offensively (yes... there are actually teams out there), but with a better approach at the plate than us would probably have been better off today.
Burke deserves some love as well... I actually think he has a much better approach at the top of the lineup (where he knows he'll see some strikes) as opposed to the bottom of the lineup where pitchers can afford to nibble (and the team's overall intensity is .... "ah well... we've got Ausmus and the pitcher... nothing much is gonna happen this inning anyways.")
Its been very rare this season that both Lane and Burke have looked good on the same day. Now today, they've provided nearly 100% of the offense. If we are to make the playoffs, those two will be the absolute keys... given that Morgan and Lance should continue their decent seasons.
Roger clemens might be having one of the greatest seasons ever in the history of baseball if he keeps this up. His eith 8-th cy-young is getting closer.
