xgeoff
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I am loving the grit and determination of this team. The hardships they are facing and battling through are amazing. What frustrates me the most is the maddening rate at which this team strands runners.
Dipoto has turned over this roster and yet they still display this characteristic that was the their achilles heel last year. And I wonder if it has to do with the core of the lineup. I like Seager-Cano-Cruz, and if you look at their numbers they look good. Cruz has a ton of RBI's, Cano had a career year last year. Seager puts up good numbers (though he is a notoriously slow starter).
Still, that core of the lineup has to deliver rbi's. Against the Red Sox they had 16 hits. 16!!!! And they scored 5 runs. The Mariners strand runners like no other team I've watched. And that will undo an offense, just absolutely undo it.
Every game it seems like Mike Blowers is lamenting about the Mariners' hits with runners in scoring position. Last year the Mariners were 17th in MLB, so statistically in the middle. Watching them it felt like it was worse. This year they are 25th out of the 30 teams.
I can't seem to find the individual figures for Seager-Cano-Cruz on BA/RISP. Cruz has a ton of RBI's, so I imagine his is not the problem. I'd like to be able to see this figure on an individual basis, though.
At a high level, though, the fact that the M's are hovering around .500 while dealing with so many injuries and other issues (e.g. Diaz's control issues), I feel really good about the team in general and Scott Servais in particular.
There are niggling issues like Dipoto letting Sucre go and getting Ruiz and Gosewich. I can't even begin to understand what he was thinking here. However, getting Haniger and Segura was a really great move. This team has great potential, and the season is still very young...
Dipoto has turned over this roster and yet they still display this characteristic that was the their achilles heel last year. And I wonder if it has to do with the core of the lineup. I like Seager-Cano-Cruz, and if you look at their numbers they look good. Cruz has a ton of RBI's, Cano had a career year last year. Seager puts up good numbers (though he is a notoriously slow starter).
Still, that core of the lineup has to deliver rbi's. Against the Red Sox they had 16 hits. 16!!!! And they scored 5 runs. The Mariners strand runners like no other team I've watched. And that will undo an offense, just absolutely undo it.
Every game it seems like Mike Blowers is lamenting about the Mariners' hits with runners in scoring position. Last year the Mariners were 17th in MLB, so statistically in the middle. Watching them it felt like it was worse. This year they are 25th out of the 30 teams.
I can't seem to find the individual figures for Seager-Cano-Cruz on BA/RISP. Cruz has a ton of RBI's, so I imagine his is not the problem. I'd like to be able to see this figure on an individual basis, though.
At a high level, though, the fact that the M's are hovering around .500 while dealing with so many injuries and other issues (e.g. Diaz's control issues), I feel really good about the team in general and Scott Servais in particular.
There are niggling issues like Dipoto letting Sucre go and getting Ruiz and Gosewich. I can't even begin to understand what he was thinking here. However, getting Haniger and Segura was a really great move. This team has great potential, and the season is still very young...
