The 88th MLB All Star Game is tomorrow, and exactly two Mariners will make the cross-country trip from Seattle to Miami to participate. Seattle managerScott Servaissaid he didn’t want to see more than one at-bat apiece fromRobinson CanoandNelson Cruz. Will he get his wish?
TheMarinerssit in dangerous territory on the eve of the 2017 All Star Game. At the bottom of the running for the second Wild Card playoff berth, theMariners could be selling, couldnotbe selling…or buying, maybe, at the Trade Deadline.
But before we march wearily into the second half of 2017: theAll Star Gamein Miami. Tomorrow at 4:30 PT, (FOX), the game will not count (thank goodness), but the injuries will linger.
Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano and designated hitter Nelson Cruz hobble into the All Star Game tomorrow in Miami withnagging injuries. For Cano, a pesky quadriceps; Cruz, a tweaked knee.
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Mariners managerScott Servais pleadedwith American League All Star managerBrad Millsto “give them one at-bat, and get them out. They need the rest.”
Mills replaces 2016 AL Champion Cleveland Indians managerTerry Francona, whois in recoveryafter a surgical procedure to correct an irregular heartbeat.
Will Mills get Cruz and Cano their one plate appearance apiece? Will he forget they’re waiting on the bench? Because this All Star Game doesn’t decide the team that gets home field advantage in the World Series this season, the pair ofMariners All Starswill likely have a large influence over how many times they walk to the plate in Miami.
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It’s baseball, and anything can happen, even a tie, in the All Star Game. If I were to bet on how many PAs Cruz and Cano get tomorrow evening, I’d take the under. Perhaps Cruz decides his balky knee isn’t worth trying to leg out a double at Marlins Park. What do you think? Over two PAs, or under combined for the Mariners’ All Stars?
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