27 August 2010, 3:45 pm
Soon the Seattle Mariners will probably be the third team in baseball to be officially taken out of 2010 playoff contention (their "elimination number" is 8). They currently have the second worst record in the American League with 50-77 (.394). Its even possible that they could lose over 100 games for the season. The Seattle Mariners are historically not that great of a team. Since starting in 1977, the franchise has a losing record with 2,511 wins and 2,837 losses. The Mariners have made it to the playoffs four times previously, but never won the AL Pennant. They did, however, have winning seasons last year and in 2007. Let's look at the facts about this season: PRE-SEASON TRADES: - Before the season the Mariners lost C Kenji Johjima (.268) and 3B Adrian Beltre (.274) - The Mariners traded P Phillippe Aumont, CF Tyson Gillies, & P JC Ramirez to the Philadelphia Phillies for SP Cliff Lee (3.82 ERA) - The Mariners traded SP Brandon Morrow (4.14 ERA) to the Toronto Blue Jays for RP Brandon League (3.81 ERA) & minor leaguer Johermyn Chavez - The Mariners traded SP Carlos Silva (4.61 ERA) to the Chicago Cubs for OF Milton Bradley (.273) - The Mariners traded IF Bill Hall (.250) to the Boston Red Sox for 1B Casey Kotchman (.261) - The Mariners acquired 2B Chone Figgins (.287) and OF Eric Byrnes (.258) First game of season: Defeated the Athletics in Oakland 5-3 (April 5) First home game of season: Beaten by the Oakland Athletics 0-4 (April 12) Best victory of season: Defeated the Detroit Tigers in Seattle 11-3 (April 16) Longest losing streak of season: Lost 8 consecutive games in Seattle to Rangers, Rays and Angels (April 30 - May 8) May 20 - Ken Griffey, Jr. hit walk-off RBI to help Mariners defeat Toronto Blue Jays 4-3. This was hit last at-bat. June 2 - Ken Griffey, Jr. announces retirement after 22 seasons and 630 home runs (5th most all time) July 9 - Mariners trade SP Cliff Lee (3.82 ERA) & RP Mark Lowe (3.95 ERA) to the Texas Rangers for 1B Justin Smoak (.198) and three prospects Worst defeat of season: Beaten by the White Sox 0-11 in Chicago (July 27) MANAGERIAL CHANGE: Manager Don Wakamatsu was fired on August 11 and Daren Brown was made manager So far the Mariners have lost 10 of 13 games to the Los Angeles Angels The Mariners have also lost 10 of 13 games to the Texas Rangers The Mariners have lost 7 of 12 games against the Oakland Athletics Best Mariner batting average: RF Ichiro Suzuki (.310 average) Most Mariner home runs: 1B Russell Branyan (20 home runs) Most Mariner RBI: CF Franklin Gutierrez (49 RBI) Most Mariner wins: SP Felix Hernandez (10 wins, 10 losses) Best Mariner ERA: SP Felix Hernandez (2.47 ERA) Most Mariner saves: RP David Aardsma (24 saves) Seattle Mariners team batting average = .236 (currently the worst in baseball) Seattle Mariners team ERA: 3.92 Seattle Mariners team fielding percentage = .982 What are your thoughts on the Seattle Mariners? What do you have to say about the trades, about the season, the players, the management, next year, etc? http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SEA/ http://mlb.mlb.com/schedule/sortable.jsp?c_id=sea http://espn.go.com/mlb/statistics... Read More »
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