Mariner's catchers have a long proud/disgraceful tradition of complete and total ineptitude on offense. This tradition includes such offensively lifeless Mariners as Rob Johnson, Ben Davis and Dave Valle. Current starting catcher Miguel Olivo is continuing the tradition. He currently has wRC+ of -15. You read that right he has a negative fifteen wRC+. I didn't even know wRC+ went into the negatives. That means he is 115% worse than the league average offensive player. Additionally, Olivo has also continued the tradition started by Rob Johnson of not being able to catch any pitched not thrown directly into his glove.
As you can imagine this complete terribleness exhibited by Miguel Olivo has drawn the ire of large part of the Mariner's internet fan base, myself included (USS Mariner and Lookout Landing). To celebrate/criticize Olivo complete and total failure at offense I have decided to start the Miguel Olivo Shittiness Tracker (MOST). On this tracker I will keep track of the most annoyingly bad things Olivo does to help the Mariners loose. I plan on keep the MOST up to date until Olivo is cut, traded or the season ends. This will give us a place to rant and rage about his failures and maybe find some catharsis. So, for the first entry...
... On 4/19/12 (I wrote this up on friday but forgot to click post, oops) in the 2nd inning against the Indians the Mariners started to threaten with runner on 1st and 3rd Miguel Olivo came to the plate. In a great opportunity for the Mariners to score some runs Olivo grounded into a double play and killed the Mariners rally before it could even get going. The Mariners ended up losing the game 2-1 and could have really used a run in that situation. Total suckiness by Miguel Olivo.
Miguel,
ReplyDeleteStart being shitty enough to track or stop being shitty. I am sick of your current mediocre enough to not track but still not good.
Kevin