Seattle: 39-67
Texas: 61-44
| MARINERS | Δ Ms | RANGERS | EDGE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HITTING (wOBA) |
-130.9 (30th) | -8.7 | 16.7 (11th) | Texas |
| FIELDING (UZR) | 14.2 (10th) | 0.0 | 22.1 (7th) | Texas |
| ROTATION (tRA) |
6.3 (17th) | 0.3 | 22.1 (8th) | Texas |
| BULLPEN (tRA) |
-26.4 (27th) | -0.3 | 22.6 (7th) | Texas |
| OVERALL(RAA) |
-136.8 (28th) | -8.7 | 83.5 (4th) | TEXAS |
Series Preview! We're bad, they're good. What more do you need? A chart? Oh, I provided that for you too!
I went to the Rainiers game last night and even though it turned into a 2010-vintage Mariners game (is it me? Do I just bring this upon teams I follow this year?) it was the most interesting I have found a game in months. Michael Pineda, Dustin Ackley, Justin Smoak, Greg Halman, Mike Wilson, Matt Mangini, Shawn Kelley and, well that's probably it. Still, it was a group of people that represent a significant amount of immediate future potential for the big league team and it was a group of people that by and large I had not yet seen suck and disappoint me. It was a nice refresher.
Also, Cheney Stadium is less offensive than Safeco's constant in-your-face family friendliness.
The result being that I didn't get back home until late last night and now I'm staring that Mariners in the face again and frankly just have nothing to say. I guess this slate of three pitchers are worth watching since we're hoping that Felix can remain an ace and that Fister and Vargas can become reliable back-end starters, which are hard to find. That's the best I can do right now.
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This series should keep us in the race with Baltimore and Pittsburgh.
SeaKoala - August 3, 2010
Texas is good.
The AL West rotation experiments/questionmarks:
Mariners – Bedard, Fister, and Vargas – 3.8 WAR
Angels – Kazmir, Pineiro – 1.7 WAR
Athletics – Duchscherer, Sheets – .9 WAR
Rangers – Wilson, Lewis, Harden – 4.8 WAR
I think the Rangers won.
lailaihei - August 3, 2010
We don't even get to see Cliff Lee take our lineup out to the woodshed.
Gihyou - August 3, 2010
Thankfully.
Eyeball Kid - August 3, 2010
The M's lineup takes itself out to the woodshed.
Nate Dogg - August 3, 2010
A no-hitter in an event like this would not be surprising.
the other side - August 3, 2010
But no one can no-hit the Mariners!
ThundaPC - August 3, 2010
Well a one-hitter then, with Loafie hitting a dinger.
the other side - August 3, 2010
Loafie hits dingers?
Oh yeah, I guess he does.
HititHere - August 3, 2010
2 grand slams!
the other side - August 3, 2010
Display of Ignorance
Why do Vargas and Wilson get asterisks?
What is the significance of the delta Ms column? In fielding the Rangers are 7th and the Ms are 10th, but there is no difference. The Ranger rotation is 8th and the Ms is 17th and the delta is positive. The bullpens are 7th and 27th respectively and the delta is negative. I don’t get it. Shouldn’t the delta for any category where the Ranger ranking is better be negative or 0 if they are really close? Otherwise, I don’t see the point of totaling them.
Maybe there is an explanation somewhere.
rehoser - August 3, 2010
Lefties
Bearskin Rugburn - August 3, 2010
The delta represents the change from last series
Jeff Sullivan - August 3, 2010
Thanks BR and JS.
rehoser - August 3, 2010
We're almost to the part of the schedule where the talent level of our opponents takes a nosedive!
ThundaPC - August 3, 2010
Friendly edit suggestion
Your dates are incorrect for the 3 days. As always though, thank you for these previews. I enjoy tracking how awful our team is, series to series and it’s helpful to see probables and insight for the other team
tootthekazoo - August 3, 2010
Glad we aren't facing Cliff.
It’d be pretty unbearable to see him on the mound destroying us.
seiferguy - August 3, 2010
Is it weird that I really wanted to see him pitch against the M's and just destroy them?
Just to really pile on the absurdity of this season.
sanford_and_son - August 3, 2010
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