Fain's metamorphosis to the new Gasman is finally complete.

Tequilla said:

bananasnblondes said:

Says the Mariners are playing really well. Its just not showing up in the win-loss column yet.



No need to get down on the team. They're trying really hard.

If you can't see that the pen and ability to get hits with runners in scoring position is at massive levels of failure, then I've got a plunger for you.

That being said, just about everything that COULD go wrong for them at this point of the season IS going wrong for them. The Mariners are also only 2 games behind the Angels for 1st ... which is the team that is the most legit contender with the Mariners for the AL West title (Astros will still do well to get to .500).

Tequilla said:

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

Tequilla said:

bananasnblondes said:

Says the Mariners are playing really well. Its just not showing up in the win-loss column yet.



No need to get down on the team. They're trying really hard.

If you can't see that the pen and ability to get hits with runners in scoring position is at massive levels of failure, then I've got a plunger for you.

That being said, just about everything that COULD go wrong for them at this point of the season IS going wrong for them. The Mariners are also only 2 games behind the Angels for 1st ... which is the team that is the most legit contender with the Mariners for the AL West title (Astros will still do well to get to .500).

I like to be TequillaFS and pretend that the Mariners and Angels are somehow legitimate teams while mocking the Astros.

I do that.

The Astros aren't winning the division ... take all the screenshots you need.

Tequilla said:

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

Tequilla said:

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

Tequilla said:

bananasnblondes said:

Says the Mariners are playing really well. Its just not showing up in the win-loss column yet.



No need to get down on the team. They're trying really hard.

If you can't see that the pen and ability to get hits with runners in scoring position is at massive levels of failure, then I've got a plunger for you.

That being said, just about everything that COULD go wrong for them at this point of the season IS going wrong for them. The Mariners are also only 2 games behind the Angels for 1st ... which is the team that is the most legit contender with the Mariners for the AL West title (Astros will still do well to get to .500).

I like to be TequillaFS and pretend that the Mariners and Angels are somehow legitimate teams while mocking the Astros.

I do that.

The Astros aren't winning the division ... take all the screenshots you need.

Someone has to win this colossal fucking dreckfest. The only team that has been eliminated so far is Seattle Texas.

Fixed that for you

Tequilla said:

17% of the season has been played ... that's nothing at this point.

dhdawg said:

shocked you haven't received a flagging by boobs for listening to fain yet. It's deserved

RoadDawg55 said:

Tequilla said:

HuskyInAZ said:

Tequilla said:

bananasnblondes said:

Says the Mariners are playing really well. Its just not showing up in the win-loss column yet.



No need to get down on the team. They're trying really hard.

If you can't see that the pen and ability to get hits with runners in scoring position is at massive levels of failure, then I've got a plunger for you.

That being said, just about everything that COULD go wrong for them at this point of the season IS going wrong for them. The Mariners are also only 2 games behind the Angels for 1st ... which is the team that is the most legit contender with the Mariners for the AL West title (Astros will still do well to get to .500).

Seattle is dead fucking last in the worst division in baseball, 7.5 games back with less than 30 games played. They have the 4th worst record in baseball. Yet you say "The Mariners are only 2 games behind the Angels for 1st".

Add in the dreaded "just about everything that COULD go wrong for them at this point of the season IS going wrong for them".....

@Jesus_H_Christ, you sound like a fucking coog.

The Astros are in 1st right now because they had a 10 game winning streak. They will have a lengthy losing streak to counteract it at some point. They have exactly 2 SPs that are worth a damn ... everything else is fucking terrible with their rotation. Before the year I said that they looked like a .500 team to me and I'm standing by that.

The Angels are the team in the West that is the main competition for the division ... that has never changed. Oakland is more or less a .500 team as well and were never expected to be more or less than that this year. Texas is dreck.

The Mariners are 6-7 right now in 1 run games. These are the kind of games that the team is built for winning. At this point only 2-3 relief pitchers you'd look at and say that you're comfortable where they are at at this point. Which is saying something because this is supposed to be a strength of the roster. The pitching in general is good enough to go on an 8-2 run at any point in time if they simply regress to the mean. Offensively Cruz is overperforming but everybody else is underperforming. That should also result in a regression to the mean. I still don't see a reason why they can't get to 90 wins. They were 13-15 after 28 games last year and won 87. They are just 2 games behind the pace that they sat last year.

It is early, but the Mariners are the 2nd worst team in the AL both record wise and in run differential. The record is no fluke. The starting pitching after Felix is terrible. The bullpen massively overachieved last year. The offense isn't good either, and that is with Cruz being the best hitter in baseball so far.

The expectations were always inflated. For one, this is the Mariners, one of the worst organizations in baseball. The expectation should always be TSIO until proven otherwise.

HeretoBeatmyChest said:

As of a few days ago the M's had the 2nd worst SRS in baseball. Without Cruz they would probably be 5-20.

They won tons of 4-3, 2-1, 3-2 type games last year because the pitching was the best in the league. While the offense is better, even slight regression in the pitching would push them back to average.

The pitching has regressed to the mean, which is average and the offense is below average. The pitching could be above average the rest of the way but it won't matter. Even if they go 74-60, which is a 90 win clip, they'd finish with 85 wins and miss the playoffs.

The Cruz move was a year too late. With him last year they may have made a KC-like run. Now the pitching has regressed to the mean and they have no shot to make the playoffs. They also will be fucked in the years ahead with Cruz and Cano aging and only getting worse.