KYLE SEAGER IS MY MAN OF THE HOUR!

It is well after midnight, and I am feeling such guilt for not having posted for days.  The young M's are still fighting their inability to hit with power, and for a very long stretch had gone without a single hit with men in scoring positions.


The Detroit Tigers are here now and Dougie Fister pitched for them tonight.  He was his usual brilliant self, but because he is returning from a fairly long stint on the D.L. he was on a pitch count.  He left the game with a 2-0 lead, but their regular closer wasn't available and the poor dude who came in just didn't have any command tonight.  I can feel empathy for him because *we* have been in his shoes.  Ahhh, yes--more than once.


At the bottom of the 9th, there was not a LOT of hope, but I never give up till the last ball is pitched, and tonight that paid off.  He walked two men and then there was a wicked passed ball.  Finally, John Jaso got a nice long fly and little Moonie scored!  It was just a super way to end a game and to have our 2nd win in a row! 


Sadly for us, we will be facing the Buzz Saw known as Verlander tomorrow night.  Shall we pray?  LOL 

The guy who is bringing all the excitement lately is one who surprised me--Kyle Seager.  I had erroneously thought that we managed to pick him up as the scouts were watching Dustin Ackley, but from what I am hearing and reading, he had his own scouts from the beginning.


What is so enlightening about Kyle is how he spent the off-season.  He had spoken with Wedge about things he could do to make himself more ready for this season and then he methodically carried out all of the suggestions.  He was on the KC and Go-To show on ESPN yesterday afternoon, and I loved hearing about his work through the winter.

He has played all around the infield and some outfield, but he is really good at 3rd base.

Shannon was talking about how Felix felt about him after Kyle's first spring training in '11.  She said that Felix called Kyle a special hitter because Kyle had been able to hit Felix' splitter.  He said that none of the guys from the big team were able to hit it, so he was impressed.  He told Shannon to watch this kid.

On the stats sheet for the M's tonight, Seager is in 4th place for average, but 2 of the men ahead of him haven't had as many games or as many at bats.  Neither Liddi nor Jaso has had as many as half the at bats Kyle has had, so in reality, Seager is 2nd to only Ichiro.  His average is .289, his on base percentage is .319, he is slugging at .495, but his OPS leads the team by far at .805.

I like him best at 3rd base, although he has been equally good at all the positions he has played so far.  He is also fast on the bases. I like this shot of him beating the throw home in Texas.

I hope he makes it to the All Star game.  If he continues at this pace, his stats may get him some votes from outside of Seattle.