Lookout Landing Jun 5, 2023
Dive of the Week: J.P. Crawford is always hustling
Photo by Steph Chambers/ Always Baseball is a grinder’s game. It’s a 162-game season, year after year, with offseason workouts, six weeks of Spring Training, and the postseason—if you’re lucky—means even more work. It’s a lot of time on your feet, a lot of late nights, a lot of bumps, a lot of bruises, a lot of people poking and prodding and touching and injecting cortisone in your body. To even get to the bigs, you’ve got to endure years of endless bus rides and peanut butter and jellies, the sub-minimum wage life of a minor leaguer. There’s plenty of...
Lookout Landing Jun 4, 2023
Mariners Game #59 Preview, 6/4/23: SEA at TEX
Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports Fifty-nine and feeling not so fine The Mariners will try to escape Texas and avoid a sweep, but it’s not looking great, with Nathan Eovaldi—who literally has not lost a game yet this season—on the mound for Texas. I guess the new bar is “just try to get out of there with no one [else] getting hurt.” Mariners Baseball Information Yes, J.P. Crawford is out of today’s lineup after banging his knee with Leody Taveras, who is also out today, after they collided at second base in a blowout game with a position...
Lookout Landing Jun 2, 2023
29-28: Chart
Jim Cowsert-USA TODAY Sports a malodorous experience Mariners 0, Rangers 2 Baseball Savant A crystal clear Texas night: Luis Castillo (.192 WPA) Oh dear lord the humidity: J.P. Crawford (-.110) (and All The Hitters (-.634)) Game Thread Comment of the Day: some real “i think i went to high school with your brother” vibes
The Seattle Times May 24, 2023
Mariners struggle to get bats going but edge Athletics 3-2
J.P. Crawford's two-run home run and Ty France's solo shot were the difference in the Mariners' win over Oakland on Tuesday night.
Lookout Landing May 24, 2023
24-24: Chart
Photo by Stephen Brashear/ The pitching dueled, J.P. flexed the power tool, and the interfering fan looked like a fool. Deserving of a warm welcome at home: Marco Gonzales, a quality start of six innings, only two earned runs on five hits, four strikeouts, and only one walk. Deserving of exile from anything close the the PNW: The bucket hat fan down the right field line, who not only drew the fan interference call, but doubled down on the buffoonery afterward. Baseball Savant King of the castle: J.P. Crawford, .274 WPA Locked themselves out and...
Lookout Landing May 21, 2023
Mariners Moose Tracks, 5/21/23: J.P. Crawford, Aaron Hicks, and Jesse Winker
Photo by Joe Sargent/ It’s Sunday, and it it’s Sunday, it’s Meet the Links In Mariners news... Congratulations to J.P. Crawford on his 500th career hit! It was a crucial one! .@jp_crawford’s 500th career hit is for the lead! #SeaUsRise pic.twitter.com/mHzMZq6tK7— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) May 21, 2023 think a lot of us were do for a reminder of just how filthy Matt Brash can be. Matt Brash's 3Ks in the 7th. pic.twitter.com/W8dSfiEesD— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) May 21, 2023 The newest All-Star patch hat has arrived and it’s a twist on the...
Lookout Landing May 18, 2023
We’re seeing the best version of J.P. Crawford: Part III
Photo by Jason Miller/ Number three on his back; number one in our hearts Welcome to J.P. Crawford Appreciation Week! The beginning of this Mariners season has been all about the pitching, with less to root for on the position player side. Jarred’s had a scorching hot start of course, and has deservedly gotten a lot of coverage. But this week, we’re making sure that the steadiest hand gets his due as well. After all, the most underrated player in baseball is the reliable one, the guy you can feel comfortable slotting into the lineup day after day, season after...
Lookout Landing May 17, 2023
We’re seeing the best version of J.P. Crawford: Part II
Photo by Steph Chambers/ J.P. Crawford’s never been a better baserunner Welcome to J.P. Crawford Appreciation Week! The beginning of this Mariners season has been all about the pitching, with less to root for on the position player side. Jarred’s had a scorching hot start of course, and has deservedly gotten a lot of coverage. But this week, we’re making sure that the steadiest hand gets his due as well. After all, the most underrated player in baseball is the reliable one, the guy you can feel comfortable slotting into the lineup day after day, season after...
Lookout Landing May 16, 2023
We’re seeing the best version of J.P. Crawford: Part I
Photo by Steph Chambers/ J.P. Crawford’s never been a better hitter Welcome to J.P. Crawford Appreciation Week! The beginning of this Mariners season has been all about the pitching, with less to root for on the position player side. Jarred’s had a scorching hot start of course, and has deservedly gotten a lot of coverage. But this week, we’re making sure that the steadiest hand gets his due as well. After all, the most underrated player in baseball is the reliable one, the guy you can feel comfortable slotting into the lineup day after day, season after season,...
Lookout Landing May 15, 2023
21-20: Chart
Brian Fluharty-USA TODAY Sports The Mariners are really, really, really ridiculously goodlooking in a 10-1 win over the Red Sox Mariners 10, Red Sox 1 Blue Steel: Cal Raleigh, .281 WPA Getting the black lung, pop: J.P. Crawford, -.061 WPA Game thread comment of the day: inspired by Tayler Saucedo’s performance, it’s a twofer:
The Seattle Times May 13, 2023
‘It’s all coming together’: Mariners’ J.P. Crawford emerging as a legitimate two-way threat
Now batting leadoff, J.P. Crawford leads the Mariners in on-base percentage and he's hitting the ball harder than he ever has.
Lookout Landing May 12, 2023
19-19: Chart
Photo by Nic Antaya/ coasting into the weekend with an easy win Coasting into the weekend on a sunny Friday: Ty France, +.114 WPA Enjoying the nice weekend: Marco Gonzales and J.P. Crawford, +.106 WPA each Heading into work on a gloomy Monday: Eugenio Suárez, -.028 WPA Game Thread Comment of the Day:
Lookout Landing May 9, 2023
Mariners Game #36 Preview, 5/9/23: Texas at Seattle
Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports George Kirby vs. Andrew Heaney After failing to produce any offense outside of a Ty France home run in support of an excellent Logan Gilbert start last night, the Mariners will try to avoid the same fate with George Kirby on the mound tonight. Lineups: A rare Sam Haggerty appears! Lefty Kolten Wong gets the day off, and fellow southpaw J.P. Crawford gets a second consecutive day off. Both are a little banged up—Kolten got hit by not one by two pitches yesterday, and J.P.’s knee is still somewhat swollen from when he took...
