Still pissed about that. One out from stealing a game in Houston, let's put a primarily FASTBALL PITCHER against a power hitter WHO MASHES FASTBALLS!!!!!
Eric Swanson was the Number ONE Pitcher in all of basball against left-handed pitching that year and Servais never ONCE called on Swanson in those playoffs. He should have been shown the door after that game. Killed Ray's psyche and saved Houston all in one-fell poop, er swoop. Would not bother me a bit if Servais was shown the door. Can't see it, as he's Dipto's longtime good buddy. Maybe Dipoto should go too? 🤔
I remember about a while ago the mariners were going into the bottom of the 10th down 1 run with Mitch Haniger coming up to bat and I was CERTAIN he was going to pitch hit Dom Canzone in for him. It only made sense, put in the left pull hitter to try and get a ground ball or fly ball to the right side of the field to advance the runner. Instead he leaves Haniger out there and he strikes out, next batter hits a ground ball that gets the runner over to 3rd and with 2 out decides to THEN put Canzone in to pitch hit, pulling Ryan Bliss to do so who was 3 for 3 on the day up to that point. Even when he has some of the easiest decisions possible he still manages to fuck it up colossally
The most remarkable thing to me about Scott, is that he was an MLB catcher. Being a catcher requires extremely high baseball IQ and a keen feel for the game, arguably more than any other position. You just can't have someone like this calling the shots in 5 or 7 game winner takes all type series.
Third, that ball hung up for a while, then they took a second to pick it up, and by the time it reached the middle infielders, ten seconds had passed. Considering he runs an average of 27.8 ft/sec. at full speed he's probably closer to 29 ft/sec. His 5 ft splits (per statcast) says it takes him on average 3.99 sec to reach 1B, if he's sprinting, even with getting up to speed, it's probably 3.5 seconds, figuring another 3.25 sec. at full speed from 1B-to-2B, and against 3.25 sec. from 2B-to-3B, it should've taken him about 11-12 sec. at most, which by transfer and throw to 3B would've beat the throw by 10-20 feet.
Garver hasn't been able to score on a fucking stripper for the past 3-4 MONTHS, and you expect him to do better than the guy who not only hit a HR in THIS game, but hit TWO clutch hits in the last series?!
@@gamefacesports6704 ok, well you cannot put Raley on on that situation. That leaves Vosler and Rivas. Garver can at least potentially give you the power.
@@kylewilson2819 lol. I remember he hit a double against Skubal... and I specifically remember he hit a lead double in the Angels game that no one could pick him up and score him... get out of here with your stupid overexaggerations.
@@gamefacesports6704 Garver had a 134 wRC+ against lefties coming into that AB. Compared to Raley's 43! It was 100% the right move. Luke cannot hit lefties. Garver still can even though his year has been terrible. Garver shouldn't see another right hander as long as we can avoid it but is still hitting lefties. Has nothing to do with a feel for the game, you absolutely make that decision every time. I wish we had better options off the bench, but Garver was the only logical choice there. I don't like a lot of Servais' in game decisions, but the fact that this is the hill fans on dying on baffles me. The decision to have Diaz pitch to Dever's in the walkoff game against the Red Sox was an unquestionably worse call as you had a base open and his run didn't matter. Any manager in MLB would have walked Devers there.
I was thinking the exact same thing. I couldn’t believe it. Servais did the same thing earlier in the year when he pulled Rojas (when he was hot) to bat Polanco in the 7th or 8th inning. Same outcome- 3 pitch strikeout and two stranded. Absurd decision making.
You nailed this video and explained in detail why this man deserved to be let go last off-season. Jerry failed and kept him. The craziest part about Scott is the fact that this guy is a former professional player but yet manages like he is completely unfamiliar with the game. I'm not saying a new manager is going to change this team by leaps and bounds, but when something isn't working, you typically look for a solution unless your name is Jerry Dipoto. Complete disaster at all levels of this team and it's hard to watch.
I ahve said this for a while. This team will not see success until Servais and Dipoto go. Servais has no feel for the game. He goes by analytics too much and never uses a gut feeling. Anyone can manage the way he does. Pitcher- 6 innings, done. A player gets multiple hits in a game, sits the next two. Terrible.
@@jeffnak5598 I believe he has done a terrific job of building the farm system. But when he came to the Mariners in 2015, they were 12th in paytoll and continued to be there and even were 8th in 2018. No playoff appearances caused the owners to pull the reins in and since 2019, they have been in the upper teens to mid 20s in payroll. This year they are 17th. During Lou Pinella's ten years they averaged just under 13th in payroll. 1995 they were 11th, 1997-15th, 2000-15th, 2001-11th. Yet they made the right acquisitions to make the playoffs 4 times in those ten years.They have never been big spenders and have consistently been in the upper to lower middle each year since they came into existence. Other mid-payroll teams have made the playoffs more than once during the last 9 years. Dipoto should be the head of the farm development where he is very good.
I'd agree with you with Scott Service with 28 other managers, but Dave Roberts exists. But seriously, after hearing the story about Mitch Garver, as an Astros fan, I hope he gets the help and support he needs to continue playing. It sounds like he's going though something major. I never wish the kind of issues Garver is going though on anyone where they can't even function at their profession well.
For a team that is so in on analytics on the pitching side which has been pretty successful for them it very much seems their batters are not taking to it as well. Could this be the big bad ugly issue with the Mariners offense as a whole? Maybe go back to just basic fundamental hitting approach? See ball, hit ball and choke up with a 2 strike count while shrinking your strike zone to only go after pitches you can hit. Forget the background analytic garbage. Maybe their hitters will feel less stressed out at the plate. Unfortunately I don't see Jerry accepting that suggestion.
I'm ready to move on from Servais, but the fact of the matter is this team is in first place. Does not matter how we got here or how precarious the hold on first place is. They are not going to fire the coach of a first place team. He's here until at least the off-season.
Considering the winner of this division will MAYBE have 85 wins, that says absolutely nothing. They'd be in dead last in most divisions, you don't get credit for beating a tanking team, a relocating team and two teams that have been decimated by injuries.
@gamefacesports6704 still, 1st place. I live in Seattle, and the media has been talking this team down even when they were 10 games up. I'm happy. 1st place, pennant race? I like this team and I respect Scott Servais. The coach of the 1st place Mariners.
He does this every game…he does nothing but matchups and is incapable of adjusting. His teams have always looked terrible at the plate. Terrible manager
The numbers doesn't disagree with what he did. But the Numbers disagreed with what he did when he made Robbie Ray pitch to Yordan in the playoffs. Servais is a team builder and he hasn't been even doing that sadly.
I can't stand Scott and I dream of the day he's gone. I haven't liked him since his 3rd year because I wanted to give him time to learn and adjust and he couldn't, he's actually gotten worse.
Hey great stuff. I'm a huge M's fan. I would love to have you do a video on announcer Dave Sims. What is your take: do you love him, hate him or doesn't really matter. Just curious what other M's fan think?
Scott has to let our starters go 7, 6 shutout, they're pulled, and he has 0 feel for any game, and dosent know how to manage a game, I would do a better job than him, he's gotta go ame they should put me in as manager
Finally! Someone is saying what I say every freaking night I have to watch Servais blow a game for the Mariners with day-after-day terrible in-game decisions
I understand from a mental standpoint that garver is not the move. But Raley has a 37% K rate vs left handed pitching and Garver has been okay against them and a lot better chance of running into a homer there. You lost the game before that with bad offense and not scoring against a quad A pitcher
Also if by the grace of god he hits a homer is it a bad move? Changes the narrative completely. So idk I have my gripes with Scott but this was understandable imo. He’s doing what he can with the cards he’s dealt
Scott is just simply not the worst manager in baseball let alone sports. He is maybe a bottom half manager, but far from the worst. He does the emotional stuff pretty well. He gets in the umps faces for his players, he says the right things, he stays out of trouble.
Servais keeps playing the odds and the M's are giving away wins that I guarantee they will need during the playoff push at the end of the season. I have no idea if the M's 9th inning rally would have lead to them tying or winning last night's game against Detroit. I do know that Servais pulling Raley and replacing him with Garver because "Mitch is overdue for a hit" was pretty stupid. Stop experimenting with statistical probabilities in the bottom of the ninth, PLEASE! Stop forfeiting offensive momentum!
Scott makes a really bad decision every game. He babies players. I can't believe it every time i see how long him and Jerry have been employed by this team
Yeah but pinch hitting is too hard, especially in a tight situation, it's not the way to get someone right. Regular at bats at the bottom of the line up would surely be more effective?
TBF another reason Scott probably took Raley out of the game is Raley average vs lefties he's batting .176 and only has 2 RBI, However I agree should've kept Raley in he has more confident and would have a better at bat. If it was a same situation and Julio was facing righty Scott wouldn't go to the bench but for some reason thinks that Garvner has a better chance of getting on base then Luke so dumb man and I knew when Mitch came up it was over I want to see him get back to being himself but that is way to much pressure for a guy not even batting .200
Garver has a 134 ops+ vs left handers ... It was the right call. You have the chance to hit a bomb against them and tie the game. Youre not looking for a base hit there. Youre looking to tie the game. Sure Raley has hit the ball hard. But you're hoping ypu get a blast from Garver who has genuinely hit the ball above league average vs. left handed pitchers. He has somehwere near a 66 ops+ ... Feel for the game, sure. But Garver has been a huge threat against lefties.
Imagine if Garver actually got a knock there...imagine how much that would help his confidence...one day he will turn it around. You got to give the guy a shot at big moments. After all...he is a "vet"
Dumbest perspective on the game situation. I'm glad you aren't in charge of the team. Even after the strikeout, Garver has a .791 OPS vs. LHP (120 OPS+), while Raley has a .497 OPS vs. LHP (39 OPS+). Taking a bad outcome and using confirmation bias to say it was bad thought process is ridiculous. Even the best hitter in the league fails in that situation 2 out of 3 times, and we don't have the best hitter to run out there, so based on Raley's .177 avg vs. LHP, he would've failed 5 out of 6 times. So Servais is bad because he took the best chance to continue the game? Any manager would've made that call. It's why you aren't in that role and your best defense of your opinions is your "feelings?" Now who's the clown?
Baseball isn’t played on spreadsheets. There’s human elements to it and anyone who’s watched Garver this last month knows he’s not ready right now. If everything was just based on numbers and statistics, then anyone with a calculator could be a MLB manager. But we all know that’s not the case so clearly there’s other elements to take into account. Also this is not a one time thing or even a small sample size. Scott has a long history of doing this.
Anyone who has watched this team with a critical mind the last week or two knows that regardless of career splits, Raley gives you the best chance to lean into one or at least hit one into the gap. I agree that most managers would've done the same thing in today game, which is precisely the problem. Many managers in today's game share Scott's pitfalls with analytics, managers used to move all their pieces to give them the best chance to win, using analytics as a guideline but they didn't base every decision on spreadsheets.
As you pointed out, Raley’s average against lefties is better than Garver’s season average against all pitcher. But the real issue is Garver was just publicly undressed by his manager in front of millions of people. Any good vibes that he built up with the recent support of his teammates and fans were violently murdered last night
DrWestlake has it exactly right. Garver is a way better hitter against lefties than Raley. Everyone is wrongly berating on Servais for not going with the hot hand. Yet there was a game earlier this year. I can't remember exactly the game. That Servais let Dylan Moore (who had homered earlier) bat later in the game in a clutch situation that called for pinch hitter. Moore made an out, and everyone jumped on Servais for going with the hot hand and not the proven track record. Give me time and I'll look it up. Fact is the lower half of this batting order is pathetic. Third base power hitting position has Rojas with 6 home runs. Before that Urias who was a total dud How is that Scott's doing? First base power bat position had nice guy Ty France. Total dud. How is that Scott's doing? Left field, Right field DH power bat positions have been way below average. How is that Scott's doing? A manager can only work with the talent given him.
So Mr Expert on Human Elements, since you're a major league left handed hitter, you know how easy it is to hit left handed pitchers. Or, you don't understand the importance of analytics and statistical advantages in the game of baseball.
Both statistics and the human elements of the game need to be accounted for is what I’m saying. Never said there’s no place for statistics. Well aware of the handedness advantages too you don’t have to be in the MLB to know that. Im just saying you can’t totally disregard the human element and make decisions SOLEY based on statistics. Which Scott seems to do.
@gamefacesports6704 lefty/righty match up aren't solely based on statistics. They're based on pitch physics and, more importantly, the ability to see and read the release point better, which is absolutely critical. You literally need to turn your head more to hard focus both eyes on the release point in same side matchups.
@@scottdykema5385 Garver can't see fucking anything right now. He should be in AA or flipping burgers instead of stealing money from this pathetic franchise
@kylewilson2819 is that what you noticed during batting practice? Watching him work on the side? While you were discussing his approach to the plate and watching videos with him in the locker room?
You missed the Robbie ray in the 9th inning then. Cause that was the worst ever
Yea good point that one still greatly bothers me. They really had a chance that year too
When he came in I knew it was over. I told my Wife we would regret this...and we did.
Still pissed about that. One out from stealing a game in Houston, let's put a primarily FASTBALL PITCHER against a power hitter WHO MASHES FASTBALLS!!!!!
@@kylewilson2819Don’t forget: A left handed fastball pitcher against a hitter who mashes fastballs and lefties.
Eric Swanson was the Number ONE Pitcher in all of basball against left-handed pitching that year and Servais never ONCE called on Swanson in those playoffs. He should have been shown the door after that game. Killed Ray's psyche and saved Houston all in one-fell poop, er swoop. Would not bother me a bit if Servais was shown the door. Can't see it, as he's Dipto's longtime good buddy. Maybe Dipoto should go too? 🤔
I remember about a while ago the mariners were going into the bottom of the 10th down 1 run with Mitch Haniger coming up to bat and I was CERTAIN he was going to pitch hit Dom Canzone in for him. It only made sense, put in the left pull hitter to try and get a ground ball or fly ball to the right side of the field to advance the runner. Instead he leaves Haniger out there and he strikes out, next batter hits a ground ball that gets the runner over to 3rd and with 2 out decides to THEN put Canzone in to pitch hit, pulling Ryan Bliss to do so who was 3 for 3 on the day up to that point. Even when he has some of the easiest decisions possible he still manages to fuck it up colossally
The most remarkable thing to me about Scott, is that he was an MLB catcher. Being a catcher requires extremely high baseball IQ and a keen feel for the game, arguably more than any other position. You just can't have someone like this calling the shots in 5 or 7 game winner takes all type series.
Kids should also take note to run out every hit. Polanco should've been on second base.
100% Agee with this too! I do think polanco is slightly hurt but still game on the line you gotta try harder than that
Third, that ball hung up for a while, then they took a second to pick it up, and by the time it reached the middle infielders, ten seconds had passed. Considering he runs an average of 27.8 ft/sec. at full speed he's probably closer to 29 ft/sec. His 5 ft splits (per statcast) says it takes him on average 3.99 sec to reach 1B, if he's sprinting, even with getting up to speed, it's probably 3.5 seconds, figuring another 3.25 sec. at full speed from 1B-to-2B, and against 3.25 sec. from 2B-to-3B, it should've taken him about 11-12 sec. at most, which by transfer and throw to 3B would've beat the throw by 10-20 feet.
Garver was the right call. Vs LHP since June 1st. Raley: .177. Garver: .250
This is the right call. 💯
So if you have a calculator you can be an MLB manager. No human element is needed in that equation?
Garver hasn't been able to score on a fucking stripper for the past 3-4 MONTHS, and you expect him to do better than the guy who not only hit a HR in THIS game, but hit TWO clutch hits in the last series?!
@@gamefacesports6704 ok, well you cannot put Raley on on that situation. That leaves Vosler and Rivas. Garver can at least potentially give you the power.
@@kylewilson2819 lol. I remember he hit a double against Skubal... and I specifically remember he hit a lead double in the Angels game that no one could pick him up and score him... get out of here with your stupid overexaggerations.
@@gamefacesports6704 Garver had a 134 wRC+ against lefties coming into that AB. Compared to Raley's 43! It was 100% the right move. Luke cannot hit lefties. Garver still can even though his year has been terrible. Garver shouldn't see another right hander as long as we can avoid it but is still hitting lefties. Has nothing to do with a feel for the game, you absolutely make that decision every time. I wish we had better options off the bench, but Garver was the only logical choice there. I don't like a lot of Servais' in game decisions, but the fact that this is the hill fans on dying on baffles me. The decision to have Diaz pitch to Dever's in the walkoff game against the Red Sox was an unquestionably worse call as you had a base open and his run didn't matter. Any manager in MLB would have walked Devers there.
100% agree
I was thinking the exact same thing. I couldn’t believe it. Servais did the same thing earlier in the year when he pulled Rojas (when he was hot) to bat Polanco in the 7th or 8th inning. Same outcome- 3 pitch strikeout and two stranded. Absurd decision making.
You nailed this video and explained in detail why this man deserved to be let go last off-season. Jerry failed and kept him. The craziest part about Scott is the fact that this guy is a former professional player but yet manages like he is completely unfamiliar with the game. I'm not saying a new manager is going to change this team by leaps and bounds, but when something isn't working, you typically look for a solution unless your name is Jerry Dipoto. Complete disaster at all levels of this team and it's hard to watch.
I ahve said this for a while. This team will not see success until Servais and Dipoto go. Servais has no feel for the game. He goes by analytics too much and never uses a gut feeling. Anyone can manage the way he does. Pitcher- 6 innings, done. A player gets multiple hits in a game, sits the next two. Terrible.
Ain’t nothing wrong with dipoto lol he’s probably the only reason the Ms are where they are now and our prospects are great
@@Tmac1n Dipoto can build a farm system but has not been successful building a major league line-up of hitters.
@@bradsmith5052 that’s what happens when you can only spend 30-40% of revenue earned and you can’t spend as much as 20+ other teams
That's not Dipoto's fault. He's been the best GM since 2001, maybe in the entire franchise's history. He's easily top 3.
@@jeffnak5598 I believe he has done a terrific job of building the farm system. But when he came to the Mariners in 2015, they were 12th in paytoll and continued to be there and even were 8th in 2018. No playoff appearances caused the owners to pull the reins in and since 2019, they have been in the upper teens to mid 20s in payroll. This year they are 17th. During Lou Pinella's ten years they averaged just under 13th in payroll. 1995 they were 11th, 1997-15th, 2000-15th, 2001-11th. Yet they made the right acquisitions to make the playoffs 4 times in those ten years.They have never been big spenders and have consistently been in the upper to lower middle each year since they came into existence. Other mid-payroll teams have made the playoffs more than once during the last 9 years. Dipoto should be the head of the farm development where he is very good.
I'd agree with you with Scott Service with 28 other managers, but Dave Roberts exists.
But seriously, after hearing the story about Mitch Garver, as an Astros fan, I hope he gets the help and support he needs to continue playing. It sounds like he's going though something major. I never wish the kind of issues Garver is going though on anyone where they can't even function at their profession well.
I've been trying to tell Mariners fans for years he is that clown you predicted !
Spot on! Great vid
Scott trying so hard to look like a genius by putting Garver in for Raley. He is just grasping at straws.
For a team that is so in on analytics on the pitching side which has been pretty successful for them it very much seems their batters are not taking to it as well. Could this be the big bad ugly issue with the Mariners offense as a whole? Maybe go back to just basic fundamental hitting approach? See ball, hit ball and choke up with a 2 strike count while shrinking your strike zone to only go after pitches you can hit. Forget the background analytic garbage. Maybe their hitters will feel less stressed out at the plate. Unfortunately I don't see Jerry accepting that suggestion.
I'm ready to move on from Servais, but the fact of the matter is this team is in first place. Does not matter how we got here or how precarious the hold on first place is. They are not going to fire the coach of a first place team. He's here until at least the off-season.
Considering the winner of this division will MAYBE have 85 wins, that says absolutely nothing. They'd be in dead last in most divisions, you don't get credit for beating a tanking team, a relocating team and two teams that have been decimated by injuries.
Let's see, so the worst manager in baseball is currently tied for 1st place in AL West?
Remember that 10 game lead they had? And lost it faster than any team has lost a 10 game lead in mlb history?
@gamefacesports6704 still, 1st place. I live in Seattle, and the media has been talking this team down even when they were 10 games up. I'm happy. 1st place, pennant race? I like this team and I respect Scott Servais. The coach of the 1st place Mariners.
@@scottdykema5385 So you have no standards. Got it. Don't show up at T-Mobile Park. Word of warning.
@@kylewilson2819 I love T-Mobile Park
Go Mariners! Word of warning, the garlic fries are addicting.
@@scottdykema5385 no wonder you smell
Very well said!
luke raley could have been 4-4 and scott would have pinched him
This is the point right here. 100% he would
He does this every game…he does nothing but matchups and is incapable of adjusting. His teams have always looked terrible at the plate. Terrible manager
The numbers doesn't disagree with what he did. But the Numbers disagreed with what he did when he made Robbie Ray pitch to Yordan in the playoffs.
Servais is a team builder and he hasn't been even doing that sadly.
I can't stand Scott and I dream of the day he's gone. I haven't liked him since his 3rd year because I wanted to give him time to learn and adjust and he couldn't, he's actually gotten worse.
Hey great stuff. I'm a huge M's fan. I would love to have you do a video on announcer Dave Sims. What is your take: do you love him, hate him or doesn't really matter. Just curious what other M's fan think?
The owner doesn’t give af about this team as long as yall keep filling up the park
Scott has to let our starters go 7, 6 shutout, they're pulled, and he has 0 feel for any game, and dosent know how to manage a game, I would do a better job than him, he's gotta go ame they should put me in as manager
he set up mitch Garver to fail
@Sam-oCole-i5y he believed in him and gave him the opportunity. Players, appreciate that.
Finally! Someone is saying what I say every freaking night I have to watch Servais blow a game for the Mariners with day-after-day terrible in-game decisions
I was at this game, my son said the same thing in real time
I understand from a mental standpoint that garver is not the move. But Raley has a 37% K rate vs left handed pitching and Garver has been okay against them and a lot better chance of running into a homer there. You lost the game before that with bad offense and not scoring against a quad A pitcher
Also if by the grace of god he hits a homer is it a bad move? Changes the narrative completely. So idk I have my gripes with Scott but this was understandable imo. He’s doing what he can with the cards he’s dealt
Scott is just simply not the worst manager in baseball let alone sports. He is maybe a bottom half manager, but far from the worst. He does the emotional stuff pretty well. He gets in the umps faces for his players, he says the right things, he stays out of trouble.
rarely does he get ejected, he just isn't accountable for bad plays.
This looks like an old Simpsons episode. Now batting for Darryl Strawberry Homer Simpson.
I can't like this video and take enough.
I’ve been saying it for a month now, Scott needs to go. Go now and let Manny manage the balance of the season.
Scott's the worst, the Ms deserve better
Servais keeps playing the odds and the M's are giving away wins that I guarantee they will need during the playoff push at the end of the season.
I have no idea if the M's 9th inning rally would have lead to them tying or winning last night's game against Detroit. I do know that Servais pulling Raley and replacing him with Garver because "Mitch is overdue for a hit" was pretty stupid. Stop experimenting with statistical probabilities in the bottom of the ninth, PLEASE! Stop forfeiting offensive momentum!
Scott makes a really bad decision every game. He babies players. I can't believe it every time i see how long him and Jerry have been employed by this team
Bro and then Scott topped this managerial decision with 2 more terrible ones tonight. 😂
My only guess is he knows how important getting Garver right will be down the stretch and is looking to do anything to restore his confidence
I agree, and that is the "human element."
First fair argument I’ve seen for the decision
Yeah but pinch hitting is too hard, especially in a tight situation, it's not the way to get someone right. Regular at bats at the bottom of the line up would surely be more effective?
Servais is most likely out the door this winter
I doubt Service is in charge. It seems like some computer geek is deciding what Service does
TBF another reason Scott probably took Raley out of the game is Raley average vs lefties he's batting .176 and only has 2 RBI, However I agree should've kept Raley in he has more confident and would have a better at bat. If it was a same situation and Julio was facing righty Scott wouldn't go to the bench but for some reason thinks that Garvner has a better chance of getting on base then Luke so dumb man and I knew when Mitch came up it was over I want to see him get back to being himself but that is way to much pressure for a guy not even batting .200
Is there anyone that agrees with the decision to put Mitch Garver in that spot??
Scott has made bad decisions whether it's pinch hitting or bullpen for years now
garbage decision. I understand the splits for Raley weren't in his favor, but putting in GARVER?! come on now...
I've heard Scott agrees with the decision to this very day. Same as all his other bonehead choices. Such a jackass.
@@maxfieldnelson he’s got no feel for the game at all. It’s truly baffling
Unfortunately, it's become a pattern. What would Lou have done?
100% agree with this
Garver has a 134 ops+ vs left handers ... It was the right call. You have the chance to hit a bomb against them and tie the game. Youre not looking for a base hit there. Youre looking to tie the game.
Sure Raley has hit the ball hard. But you're hoping ypu get a blast from Garver who has genuinely hit the ball above league average vs. left handed pitchers. He has somehwere near a 66 ops+ ... Feel for the game, sure. But Garver has been a huge threat against lefties.
Imagine if Garver actually got a knock there...imagine how much that would help his confidence...one day he will turn it around. You got to give the guy a shot at big moments. After all...he is a "vet"
Not to mention you got Haniger coming up next who has a 9 WRc+ against LHP
Dumbest perspective on the game situation. I'm glad you aren't in charge of the team. Even after the strikeout, Garver has a .791 OPS vs. LHP (120 OPS+), while Raley has a .497 OPS vs. LHP (39 OPS+). Taking a bad outcome and using confirmation bias to say it was bad thought process is ridiculous. Even the best hitter in the league fails in that situation 2 out of 3 times, and we don't have the best hitter to run out there, so based on Raley's .177 avg vs. LHP, he would've failed 5 out of 6 times. So Servais is bad because he took the best chance to continue the game? Any manager would've made that call. It's why you aren't in that role and your best defense of your opinions is your "feelings?" Now who's the clown?
Baseball isn’t played on spreadsheets. There’s human elements to it and anyone who’s watched Garver this last month knows he’s not ready right now. If everything was just based on numbers and statistics, then anyone with a calculator could be a MLB manager. But we all know that’s not the case so clearly there’s other elements to take into account. Also this is not a one time thing or even a small sample size. Scott has a long history of doing this.
Anyone who has watched this team with a critical mind the last week or two knows that regardless of career splits, Raley gives you the best chance to lean into one or at least hit one into the gap. I agree that most managers would've done the same thing in today game, which is precisely the problem. Many managers in today's game share Scott's pitfalls with analytics, managers used to move all their pieces to give them the best chance to win, using analytics as a guideline but they didn't base every decision on spreadsheets.
As you pointed out, Raley’s average against lefties is better than Garver’s season average against all pitcher. But the real issue is Garver was just publicly undressed by his manager in front of millions of people. Any good vibes that he built up with the recent support of his teammates and fans were violently murdered last night
Bro you sound dumb asf. You can throw whatever stats you want at me Garver wasn’t gonna hit shit there. He’s an automatic out atp
DrWestlake has it exactly right. Garver is a way better hitter against lefties than Raley. Everyone is wrongly berating on Servais for not going with the hot hand. Yet there
was a game earlier this year. I can't remember exactly the game. That Servais let Dylan Moore (who had homered earlier) bat later in the game in a clutch situation that
called for pinch hitter. Moore made an out, and everyone jumped on Servais for going with the hot hand and not the proven track record. Give me time and I'll look it up.
Fact is the lower half of this batting order is pathetic.
Third base power hitting position has Rojas with 6 home runs. Before that Urias who was a total dud
How is that Scott's doing?
First base power bat position had nice guy Ty France. Total dud.
How is that Scott's doing?
Left field, Right field DH power bat positions have been way below average.
How is that Scott's doing?
A manager can only work with the talent given him.
I'm just so tired of him
💩+🤡= mariner offense 😭🤬🤮🙄
The vibes are gone again
John Schneider last years game 2 wild card game was lwk just as bad
Fire servais pkease..
He sucks
If Garver gets a hit, Servais looks like a genius
So Mr Expert on Human Elements, since you're a major league left handed hitter, you know how easy it is to hit left handed pitchers. Or, you don't understand the importance of analytics and statistical advantages in the game of baseball.
Both statistics and the human elements of the game need to be accounted for is what I’m saying. Never said there’s no place for statistics. Well aware of the handedness advantages too you don’t have to be in the MLB to know that. Im just saying you can’t totally disregard the human element and make decisions SOLEY based on statistics. Which Scott seems to do.
@gamefacesports6704 lefty/righty match up aren't solely based on statistics. They're based on pitch physics and, more importantly, the ability to see and read the release point better, which is absolutely critical. You literally need to turn your head more to hard focus both eyes on the release point in same side matchups.
@@scottdykema5385 Garver can't see fucking anything right now. He should be in AA or flipping burgers instead of stealing money from this pathetic franchise
@kylewilson2819 is that what you noticed during batting practice? Watching him work on the side? While you were discussing his approach to the plate and watching videos with him in the locker room?