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    2018 Seattle Mariners regular season thread

    Offense has taken an early break before the All-Star break and disappeared. It's seriously bad without Cruz in there. Segura can't carry this offense alone, and Haniger has come back down to Earth as of late. Bullpen has been abysmal. Opposing teams seem to be playing this brand of...
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    2018 Seattle Mariners regular season thread

    Rays have been playing better as of late. They're sitting at .500 and they seem to think they can make a run at the 2nd WC. I'd be surprised if they're sellers at the deadline. I'd LOVE to get Archer, but I don't see it happening.
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    2018 Seattle Mariners regular season thread

    Yup. Hence, the whole debate/dilemma about how to insert him into the lineup when he comes back. Does he play 2B? If so, does Dee move back to CF and is that fair to Dee who's playing outstanding defensive 2B and have done everything that's been asked of him (playing CF, then switch to 2B)...
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    2018 Seattle Mariners regular season thread

    Agree with all this. But I don't think we need another arm in the bullpen, though. Simply because if we add another arm to our rotation, LeBlanc will be that lefty in the bullpen that you know can be dominant when called on. As for adding a power lefty to the lineup, I'm not sure we have the...
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    2018 Seattle Mariners regular season thread

    As good as our record is, I don't think we can overtake Houston with our current roster. They simply have an all-worldly rotation. Even though Keuchel has been struggling with inconsistency, he can still come up with a good outing whenever. We wouldn't be able to match up with them head to...
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    2018 Seattle Mariners regular season thread

    Seager looking bad at the plate again. The pitcher was struggling with his command, throwing high fastballs way up out of the zone, walking Cruz, and what does Kyle do...? He swings weakly at the first two high fastballs out of the zone to go down 0-2. Then, he helps out the pitcher a few...
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    2018 Seattle Mariners regular season thread

    The difference in the game today was the Angels going 6-17 with RISP, while we went a measly 2-12. Kind of a crappy game today by our usual clutch hitters. Segura was 0-3 with RISP and Haniger was 0-2, both with some horrendous (uncharacteristic) swings at bad balls. And we had the right guys...
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    Kam Announces Retirement

    Sad, but expected. I'm glad he's stepping away from the playing field if it's best for his health. Him and Earl were my two favorite Hawk, and they could both be gone when the season starts. Yikes.
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    2018 Seattle Mariners regular season thread

    Welp, so much for Felix turning things around. Does he play down to the competition or something? Edit: And my gosh, are these "futuristic" uniforms horrendous looking!
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    2018 Seattle Mariners regular season thread

    Man, when Marco's on, he's ON. We definitely need another starting arm now, seeing as to how Marco and Leake's come into their own, and Felix is coming around to his new "style" of pitching. If we can get Cole Hamels, I think we'd be onto something special, post-season-wise.
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    2018 Seattle Mariners regular season thread

    We're actually 9th in the MLB with a BA of .256 with RISP. That's pretty good. We're 5th in the AL behind Houston, Boston, Minny, and Oakland. However, we're 16th in the MLB when it comes to scoring runs with RISP. What that says to me is that we're getting hits, but we're just not...
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    2018 Seattle Mariners regular season thread

    There's absolutely no way the Rays give up Snell. That'd be like us trading away Felix early in his prime. Snell's young, talented, and will be their ace for years to come. Archer, however, has been mentioned in trade talks.... A rotation of Pax, Archer, Felix, Gonzales, and Leake wouldn't...
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    2018 Seattle Mariners regular season thread

    I'll give credit where it's due, Seager was solid tonight. Heck, he won the game for us all by himself. Let's hope this turns things around for him, but I don't think it'll happen till after the All Star Break. Tonight was a glimpse of how our team can go from having a stacked lineup if...
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    2018 Seattle Mariners regular season thread

    Oh, boy. The wheels are about to come tumbling off real soon.... Servais kinda lost this game, in my eyes, with his (once again) poor management of the bullpen and not knowing when to pull guys. 1) Why not put Elias in to do some long relief after pulling Leblanc? Elias was warming up in...
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    2018 Seattle Mariners regular season thread

    I'm not a 100% sold on Servais either, from his poor management of the bull pen at times to his mind-boggling lineups (his persistence in putting Seager 5th). But he's done a remarkable job most other times to get this team to where they are, 17 games above .500. Call it what you will, but...
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