Advertisements The Mariners have been unable to sustain anything resembling a real winning streak. Their longest is two. The fact that they are only four games below .500 is encouraging given that Cal Raleigh’s production has been dreadful (.161 ave., 7 Hrs, 57 strikeouts) is on the Injured List. He wasn’t doing anything before going 0-38 with an oblique strain.
Advertisements Game 5 of the American League Division Series between the Detroit Tigers and the Seattle Mariners was simply fantastic. These were the things I noticed during this instant classic. Josh Naylor’s hustle and smarts. Kerry Carpenter as a budding star after he went yard off the lefty, Gabe Speier. Ironically, the home run freed manager Dan Wilson of any
Read moreAdvertisements You would expect more from a manager with 14 years of experience as a catcher in the Major Leagues, especially one who put up really good numbers (.262 batting average, .995 fielding percentage) over a career that came up just one short of 1300 games. But, the postseason is a different animal from the regular season and Mariners’ manager
Read moreAdvertisements When picking a postseason winner, do you look for the team on the hot streak or the team that has been the most consistent throughout the year? This year, in both the American and National League you get both in the Milwaukee Brewers (NL) and the Toronto Blue Jays in the (AL). Milwaukee‘s combination of hitting and pitching led
Read moreNot even the ’87 Twins (13 win deficit to the Tigers) had to overcome so much. If the Dodgers lose this, it would be jaw-droppingly amazing…kind of like when the 116-win Seattle Mariners club lost to the 95-win Yankees team in 2001.
Read moreUnder one set of proposed new rules, if a player is identified as a pull hitter, the entire defense must employ a reverse shift to the opposite field’s sideline. This bit of reparations will hopefully undo the last several years during which pull hitters were unfairly labeled “not as good” as hitters who could hit the ball all over the park.
Read moreSeattle set a mark of 42 pitchers used in one season. Another 25 players played the other eight positions all told, also a record.
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Surprises in the west have made the season a lot more intriguing. But in the end, how much does it matter?
Read moreThe Seattle Mariners are the 2018 Cinderella story for Major League Baseball…or their luck is due to run out and they should get every prospect they can now before it all comes crashing down.
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Houston could be baseball’s only 100-win team, says the author. Photo by Eric Drost via Flickr
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