Yardbarker: Ryan Langerhans

2009 Review: Ryan Langerhans

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:36:53 -0500

What can you really say about Ryan Langerhans? We gave up in reality someone that was a perminal AAAA player, had no position and brought along a suspect bat for someone who was an defensive specialist playing any outfield position bringing along amazing glove with range and the downside of a below average bat. While he stepped into a rough situation where Endy [...]

Rays at Mariners, Game One Notes

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 01:58:54 -0500

So that was pretty awesome. That wasn’t really one of the least likely wins of the year, but it certainly seemed like it. Ryan Langerhans, a lefty, facing a really good left handed reliever, with a 1-2 count. That just doesn’t seem like a normal time for a home run to occur. It happened though, [...]

Langerhans for M's

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 01:39:43 -0500

Late-game replacement Ryan Langerhans hit a 2-2 pitch from closer J.P. Howell into the right-field bleachers for a game-ending, two-run home run and the Seattle Mariners twice rallied to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-6 in 11 innings on Friday.

Langerhans' homer in 11th sends M's past Rays

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 01:17:59 -0500

SEATTLE(AP) Late-game replacement Ryan Langerhans hit a 2-2 pitch from closer J.P. Howell into the right-field bleachers for a game-ending, two-run home run and the Seattle Mariners twice rallied to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-6 in 11 innings on Friday night.

Langerhans’s hans not quite lang enough

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:52:04 -0500

The only thing that’s made Baltimore watch-able this season has been their offense and their clutchiness with men in scoring position. But no one had to worry about that Monday, as Nick Markakis managed the Orioles’ only hit, an opposite field dink that landed about three feet in front of Ryan Langerhans. If Ryan’s hans had been a little langer, we’d be talking about a perfect game for Seattle’s Jarrod Washburn. Jarrod Washburn to'e up the O's Monday. The M’s lefty needed only 129 minutes, 110 pitches and 28 batters to dispatch the Orioles at Safeco last night. I guess when one team only sends 28 guys to the plate, the game tends to move along a little quicker. But two hours and...

Langerhans’s hans not quite lang enough

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:52:04 -0500

Game 81, Mariners at Red Sox

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:16:27 -0500

Morrow vs Lester, 10:35 am. Ichiro, RF Branyan, 1B Lopez, 2B Sweeney, DH Gutierrez, CF Langerhans, LF Johjima, C Woodward, 3B Cedeno, SS For all intents and purposes, Ryan Langerhans is the Mariners starting left fielder until further notice. This is the fourth game he’s started in a row, and the second of which the opposing pitcher has been left-handed. Wak [...]-- This post came from: U.S.S. Mariner, and is copyright by the authors. This RSS feed is intended for the personal use of ...

Ryan Langerhans era begins for Seattle Mariners tonight

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:29:04 -0500

Just got upstairs from the clubhouse, where the lineups have been posted and Ryan Langerhans is indeed starting in left field for the Mariners against C.C. Sabathia and the New York Yankees tonight. That's not a huge surprise, since it's already been stated that Langerhans will get the bulk of playing time when there's a righthanded pitcher on the mound. The Yankees lineup will not be as potent as the one the past two nights. Read more...

Did Mariners Get Trade Idea from Fans?

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:16:32 -0500

For much of the universe, a trade involving two marginal minor leaguers -- Mariners 27-year-old infield prospect Michael Morse and Nationals journeyman outfielder Ryan Langerhans -- registered hardly a blip on the news wire. A bad team and a mediocre team swapping bit pieces a few weeks before the All-Star break? Who cares? Well, at least a few Mariners fans cared about this exact trade, and they managed to care about it a few days before it happened. Dave Cameron from USS Mariner, for examp...

Ryan Langerhans: The Ugly

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:26:06 -0500

Ryan Langerhans: The Bad

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:19:25 -0500

Contact. In the Majors, Langerhans has run a career contact rate of 74.0%, which is below the league average. He hangs out in the high 70s in AAA. It's not that Langerhans has a really long swing or anything - it's that he just misses the ball a lot. He makes contact with pitches out of the zone like Russell Branyan and he makes contact with pitches in the zone like Wlad. The only thing keeping his overall contact rate a little higher is that he doesn't chase as many balls. ...

Mariners - Acquired Langerhans

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:18:56 -0500

Seattle Mariners - Acquired OF Ryan Langerhans from the Washington Nationals for UT Mike Morse. I both love and hate challenge trades. Without the imbalances in position, contract, or short and long-term goals, I get the benefit of generally being able to declare a winner. This is more fun to write than a wishy-washy entry about how both teams did OK and got what they needed. The downside, of course, is that there aren't a lot of outs if I'm wrong. In this case, I give the win to th...

MARINERS GM TAKES ADVICE FROM FANS

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:33:00 -0500

On June 24th, Jack Zduriencik had an online chat with some Seattle fans via MLB.com....One of the questions asked/posed to him was booxa: We need more LH bats. Have you looked at Ryan Langerhans, currently in the Nats' organization? Jack_Zduriencik: Good suggestion.Well, lo and behold, 4 days later, the Mariners did just that...acquiring Langerhans from the Nationals for Mike Morse.Maybe we're on to a new trend here in baseball. Scouting by chat?I'm sure its not the first time...I...

Insulin Injection

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:23:16 -0500

The Mariners trade for the Nationals Ryan Langerhans. The Seattle Mariners acquired outfielder Ryan Langerhans from the Washington Nationals in exchange for infielder Mike Morse. Langerhans, 29, has not appeared in the major leagues in 2009 but has 474 games of experience with the Braves, Athletics and Nationals. In his career, he has a .233 batting average, [...]

Bench Options

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:30:51 -0500

With a team filled with as many old players as the Yankees, a good bench is critical and their thin bench last year may have been the difference between them missing the playoffs and making them. Clearly, this year they need to do a better kob of building their bench. I`ll make a few posts on ...