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Mariners Insider
Thursday, June 12th, 2008
Rotation change, Dickey to start Friday
Posted by Ryan Divish @ 10:59:09 am

The Mariners have announced another change to this weekend's rotation. R.A. Dickey will get the start on Friday instead of Miguel Batista.

So the match-ups for the weekend series with the Nationals will now be...
FRI - 7:10 p.m. - RH R.A Dickey (1-1, 2.67 ERA) vs. RH Shawn Hill (0-3, 4.35)
SAT - 7:10 p.m. - LH Erik Bedard (4-4, 4.26) vs. TBA
SUN - 1:10 p.m. - LH Jarrod Washburn (2-7, 6.09) vs. RH Tim Redding (6-3, 4.29)

I'm not sure what to make of this. Batista has certainly pitched poorly enough to be bumped from the rotation. And Dickey has certainly pitched well enough to earn a shot at starting. He got his first win in relief the other day throwing two shutout innings. He's allowed just one run in his last 18 innings pitched. On thing to remember is that Batista also threw an inning of relief on Monday, which changed his throw schedule for the week and could have played a factor.

Categories: General • 6 comments

COMMENTS:

fittmmp @ 11:09 - Thursday, June 12th, 2008 Email
Ryan - The reason behind this switch has to be the injury to JJ Putz. My guess is Batista moves to the bullpen to set up for Brandon Morrow. Key question now is what do your sources tell you about recalling Jeff Clement to take Putz' spot on the roster if he indeed goes on the DL. And, do you know if Clement caught Dickey regularly in Tacoma? If so he could catch the knuckleballer tomorrow night since Johjima doesn't handle that pitch well at all. That would leave Johjima without much to do this weekend since Burke is Bedard's caddy!
wabubba67 @ 11:13 - Thursday, June 12th, 2008 Email
Better late than never...just for once I would like to see McLaren make an aggressive, intelligent decision before it becomes patently obvious to everyone else. By doing so, that decision might even have a chance to make a meaningful impact upon the team.

Noticed that Soriano (Cubs) broke his hand last night and will be out for a while...do you think that the Cubs might come calling for Ibanez or Ichiro? (Though I know it will never happen, I would LOVE to see Ichiro get traded while we can still capitalize on his perceived reputation...he will become a very average singles hitter in this league-if he isn't already-soon enough.) As for Raul...it's time that this organization gets younger and a bit more hungry.
snydro22 @ 11:55 - Thursday, June 12th, 2008 Email
Yes! I can already see the title for Batista's next book - "Bumped by a Dickey: The story of a Young Boy and His Priest.."
bigmike04 @ 12:54 - Thursday, June 12th, 2008 Email
I am now happy for Dickey as he deserve it. Thought for getting rid of ichiro comment you do know that will never happen....

IF anything will probably be Reed as reason I believe they call him up is to raise his stock.
moo @ 20:57 - Thursday, June 12th, 2008 Email
Hate to say it, but while he's not exactly tearing the cover off the Baseball, Reed is one of the M's hottest hitters right now & 2nd best defensive outfielder.

johnschoppert @ 21:39 - Thursday, June 12th, 2008 Email
Shrewedly, Bavasi will let the Cubs have Wlad for Mark Prior, Wlad will do nothing but win the series for the Cubs with an inprobably catch between the legs of a fan.

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