Mariners Travel to Much Tougher Opponent

Matthew Carruth · July 30, 2013 at 9:15 am · Filed Under Mariners 
MARINERS (50-55) ΔMs RED SOX (63-44) EDGE
HITTING (wOBA*) 18.6 (9th) 2.2 30.7 (6th) Red Sox
FIELDING (RBBIP) -24.5 (27th) -1.3 19.0 (6th) Red Sox
ROTATION (xRA) 16.0 (8th) 7.4 20.3 (6th) Red Sox
BULLPEN (xRA) -2.6 (20th) -2.8 2.5 (14th) Red Sox
OVERALL (RAA) 7.6 (11th) 5.7 72.5 (6th) RED SOX

A split of the home series against the Twins — especially after the Mariners beat them down in the first game — is not what I hoped for out of that series. No longer having much insight or confidence into what makes the upper management (the people above Zduriencik) tick, my outlook shifts more and more toward the near-term than the long-term.

Perhaps the Mariners dropping many more games in what is pretty surely already a lost season will result in a regime change in the front office. And perhaps that could even be a positive development. I don’t know, obviously and I find myself starting to not care much either. I sort of just expect the Mariners to always be mediocre. I’m willing and waiting to be surprised by a sustainable winner and in the meantime, wins are more fun to occasionally watch than losses, so come on winning.

Koji Uehara is amazing you guys. Maybe I’ve successfully avoided the “east coast media” tongue bathing, but I feel he’s under appreciated for how awesome he’s been in the Majors and he’s having one of, if not his, best season this year.

Speaking of relief pitchers, the Angels traded Scott Downs for a minor leaguer. Scott Downs wasn’t really good, but he was used in decently high leverage situations by the Angels. That they didn’t attempt to get anything of immediate value in return probably means they’re actualizing that 2013 is a lost season for them. Don’t worry, fellas, only eight more Albert Pujols seasons to go!

Mike Morse returns and might end up pushing playing time away from Michael Saunders and/or Dustin Ackley. Nope, I take it back. I still do care about the long term because just typing that sentence irritated me. By the way, Jaso’s OBP is near .400 in more PAs than Morse has. S’ok though, because the Mariners sure are loaded at catcher and have no need for players under club control beyond this stellar 2013 season.

Stats and breakdowns below.

Batter PA P/PA Slash line nBB K (sw) 1B/2B/3B/HR Sw- Ct+ Qual+
N Franklin^ 46 4.1 .310/.348/.643 3 14 (11) 7 / 2 / 0 / 4 93 102 129
K Morales^ 44 4.3 .256/.386/.487 5 8 (5) 5 / 3 / 0 / 2 99 98 119
B Miller* 43 4.0 .263/.349/.447 5 3 (1) 7 / 1 / 0 / 2 94 112 71
K Seager* 42 4.1 .289/.357/.421 3 5 (4) 8 / 2 / 0 / 1 106 114 80
J Smoak^ 40 3.9 .171/.275/.257 5 13 (12) 5 / 0 / 0 / 1 106 96 85
R Ibanez* 39 4.7 .121/.256/.182 6 13 (13) 2 / 2 / 0 / 0 91 85 86
D Ackley* 34 3.6 .290/.324/.387 2 6 (4) 6 / 3 / 0 / 0 90 108 99
M Saunders* 32 4.3 .259/.406/.481 5 7 (5) 3 / 3 / 0 / 1 92 91 74
Batter PA P/PA Slash line nBB SO (sw) 1B/2B/3B/HR Sw- Ct+ Qual+
D Pedroia 43 4.3 .077/.163/.077 3 3 (2) 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 98 115 56
J Ellsbury* 40 2.8 .270/.350/.405 3 4 (4) 7 / 2 / 0 / 1 110 115 98
D Ortiz* 39 3.4 .429/.512/.600 4 3 (2) 11 / 3 / 0 / 1 113 117 119
S Victorino^ 38 3.8 .167/.211/.278 2 2 (2) 4 / 1 / 0 / 1 93 114 69
M Napoli 36 4.5 .273/.333/.667 3 13 (12) 2 / 4 / 0 / 3 99 71 93
J Iglesias 32 4.0 .125/.125/.125 0 6 (5) 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 106 102 40
J Saltalamacchia^ 30 4.0 .207/.233/.276 1 9 (9) 4 / 2 / 0 / 0 113 97 89
S Drew* 29 3.9 .200/.310/.480 4 10 (5) 2 / 1 / 0 / 2 86 89 144
J Gomes 23 4.0 .238/.292/.571 1 6 (2) 2 / 1 / 0 / 2 100 105 49
MARINERS ΔMs RED SOX EDGE
INFIELD -5.4 (20th) 0.2 8.4 (10th) Red Sox
OUTFIELD -19.1 (25th) -1.5 10.6 (8th) Red Sox
RBBIP 0.318 (27th) .000 0.298 (6th) Red Sox
OVERALL -24.5 (27th) -1.2 19.0 (6th) RED SOX

30 JUL 16:10 – BRANDON WORKMAN vs JOE SAUNDERS*

31 JUL 16:10 – JOHN LACKEY vs HISASHI IWAKUMA

01 AUG 16:10 – RYAN DEMPSTER vs FELIX HERNANDEZ

Reliever BF Str+ nBB Ct- K(sw) GB+ HR Qual- LI
D Farquhar 51 98 6 83 18 (14) 100 0 115 0.8
T Wilhelmsen 50 96 6 97 8 (6) 109 0 115 1.8
C Furbush* 48 103 4 98 14 (8) 97 1 121 1.6
Y Medina 45 100 2 94 10 (7) 122 3 90 1.2
O Perez* 36 100 3 93 9 (6) 75 1 155 0.9
L Luetge* 25 102 1 99 3 (2) 128 0 81 0.3
Reliever BF Str+ nBB Ct- K(sw) GB+ HR Qual- LI
C Breslow* 47 104 3 106 5 (2) 65 1 110 1.6
K Uehara 46 112 1 76 18 (16) 108 0 66 1.6
J Tazawa 37 104 4 100 10 (9) 102 0 100 1.2
J De La Torre 31 91 7 91 10 (8) 80 1 132 0.4
M Thornton* 21 96 2 109 3 (2) 168 0 64 1.5
S Wright 21 102 2 99 3 (3) 126 0 47 1.4

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2 Responses to “Mariners Travel to Much Tougher Opponent”

  1. bigred on July 30th, 2013 10:51 am

    Hey Matt,
    I’m still learning what all these numbers mean and I was hoping you could point me in the direction of an article that explains these scouting reports.

    Does the team xRA used in these reports use all of the M’s starters on the year, or only the ones being used in the series? I would have thought the trio of Saunders, Felix, and ‘Kuma would have ranked higher than the combo of Workman, Lackey and Dempster.

    Thanks

  2. MoreMariners on July 30th, 2013 12:24 pm

    bigred, these are season numbers for the whole roation. You can see that number here: http://www.statcorner.com/team2.php?team=136&year=2013

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