1/09/2008

Story on Feierabend

From the Everett Herald comes this story on ex-Rattler Ryan Feierabend ('04):

M's Feierabend seeks redemption
Ryan Feierabend can't wait to begin spring training and purge the memory of a 2007 season that went horribly wrong. Most of all, the 22-year-old left-handed pitcher needs to make the Seattle Mariners forget.

His season was a mix of a few decent outings offset by early exits and questions about how effective he can be as either a starter or reliever. Feierabend finished 1-7 with a 6.92 earned run average in 11 starts, including losses in his last two games when he didn't make it past three innings in either.

With a place on pitching staff at stake -- either as a starter if the M's don't acquire someone or as a reliever if they do-- this will be an important spring training for Feierabend.

"Every spring training is important, but this one is especially because of the way my season ended up last year," Feierabend said Tuesday, where he and M's reliever Sean Green appeared at Columbia Elementary School on the first day of the annual Mariners Caravan. "My starts toward the end of the season, I didn't show anything. I gave up a lot of runs early in the game and, with us still in the pennant race, you can't do that."

What happened?
Short story. Ken Griffey, Jr happened. Longer story. Go read the article.

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