Mariners are playing .500 ball bitches!

MOOF!!!!!

He_Needs_More_Time said:

Mariners over .500!!!! I tried telling nega Mariners like Tequilla that this Mariners team is legit!

Ron_Fairly wants to know how Almonte is doing

Gotta say I'm cautiously optimistic about the Mariners. When you look at the numbers you don't see anybody who's really played above their heads so far except for maybe Paxton and even with some inevitable regression there they should improve by getting him back. You know Cano is going to hit much better than he has so far, and you have to feel like they'll get a lot more out of SS either with Miller taking a step forward or being replaced by Franklin.

They just added Iwakuma and subtracted Almonte, both of those should be pretty significant moves that will make their mark over time. And if Walker ever gets healthy you've got six legit arms for five spots, so there's a little margin for someone to get hurt.

Their run differential is plus 5 after tonight, so it's not like they're getting lucky. They're a legitimate .500 team at this point, and it seems to me they're more likely to improve than regress going forward.

I had them at around 76 wins coming into the year. They're still not a playoff team, but I may have been a bit low.

Of course, that June schedules a bitch, so I guess they'll come back to earth then...

He_Needs_More_Time said:

dnc said:

Gotta say I'm cautiously optimistic about the Mariners. When you look at the numbers you don't see anybody who's really played above their heads so far except for maybe Paxton and even with some inevitable regression there they should improve by getting him back. You know Cano is going to hit much better than he has so far, and you have to feel like they'll get a lot more out of SS even with Miller taking a step forward or being replaced by Franklin.

They just added Iwakuma and subtracted Almonte, both of those should be pretty significant moves that will make their mark over time. And if Walker ever gets healthy you've got six legit arms for five spots, so there's a little margin for someone to get hurt.

Their run differential is plus 5 after tonight, so it's not like they're getting lucky. They're a legitimate .500 team at this point, and it seems to me they're more likely to improve than regress going forward.

I had them at around 76 wins coming into the year. They're still not a playoff team, but I may have been a bit low.

Of course, that June schedules a bitch, so I guess they'll come back to earth then...

My guess is that they'll get out of May 3-5 games above .500 ...

Oakland is probably good enough to still win 90+ and win the division. But with the way the rest of the division is looking, the Mariners could very easily stumble into 85-90 wins this year if the rotation gets back healthy. The pen is still a giant question mark though. The offense is young, will have ups and downs, but in general, is a massive improvement over what has been here for most of the last 5-10 years.

Agreed. Texas has gotten REALLY lucky to be above .500 with the way they've played, their run differential is pretty bad. They are getting healthy though, so there's no assurance of regression there.

I think it's still Oakland or Texas' division to lose, but the M's could potentially at least keep it semi close down the stretch which would be interesting.

If they turn back into the Mariners it will also be interesting.