Astros (6-7) @ Mariners (4-9) Apr 10-13, '26...

[Chapow]

2 HR's and 5 RBI's for Naylor so far... and it's still only the 3rd inning.

Welcome to the 2026 season, Josh. Nice of you to join us.

 

[Ruminator]

Naylor has one of the best bat-flips of anyone in the majors, past or present.

 

[IndyHawk]

I think since they have signed him to a long term contact they are not worried about the speed to brining him up. They don't want another JK situation

I think they know he's miles above JK, it's just not enough playing time as it sits,
someone will likely get injured (not hoping) where Colt will get his chance.

 

[Crizilla]

Sharted on.

 

[Ruminator]

Gives me warm fuzzies:

 

[Ruminator]

Bizarre. They must have had a couple crazy 16-3 type wins earlier in the season.

 

[sutz]

Nice way to close out the series sweep. Once again, Mariners baseball wins out. Superior pitching, solid defense, and timely hitting. Nice to see Naylz's bat wake up. Two dingers, and that second one was awesome, way up in the seats in right center.

Next up, fight for the Vedder Cup.

 

[Chapow]

Bizarre. They must have had a couple crazy 16-3 type wins earlier in the season.

Their pitching staff is an absolute trainwreck. They've got the worst team ERA in MLB by a mile. They walked 26 M's hitters in the first 3 games of the series, and they made it easy on them to take those walks.

As an M's fan, that was a super fun series, and the fact that it happened against the Astros made it even better. However, I can't help but wonder how much of that was due to truly god awful pitching. That was genuinely some of the worst pitching I've seen at the major league level in as long as I can remember. Credit to the Mariners because you still have to take advantage of bad pitching, but good lord that was bad.