The Seattle Times 20 mins ago
Mariners post another must-win over Oakland A’s
Knowing they could gain ground in the wild-card race, the Mariners use strong pitching from Chris Flexen and run support from Kyle Seager to get the 4-1 win.
Lookout Landing 35 mins ago
83-69: Chart
watch out behind you, jp | D. Ross Cameron-USA TODAY Sports season high 14 over .500 Songs about California: Chris Flexen, +.307 WPA California itself: J.P. Crawford, -.107 WPA
The Seattle Times 2 hours ago
Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford showing Gold Glove-worthy plays every game
"I take pride in my defense," Crawford says. "I expect to make that play 10 out of 10 times. It's something I work on every day."
Lookout Landing 4 hours ago
9/22/21: Open Game Thread
Neville E. Guard-USA TODAY Sports the final installment in the cole irvin saga Now that the Mariners have clinched a winning record, they can set their sights on loftier achievements like, say, finishing ahead of the A’s in the standings. In order to do so, the M’s will need to continue to shell their favorite punching bag tonight: none other than Cole “A Team Like That” Irvin himself. Here are the numbers on just how well his three starts against the Mariners have gone for him so far: A key piece here is the steady decline in innings pitched. If...
Jarred Kelenic’s rocky road to September success will help him, and the Mariners, in the long run
The Mariners did the right thing by letting Jarred Kelenic play his way out of his slump. Now he can go into 2022 with the knowledge that he can thrive in the big leagues.
Lookout Landing 10 hours ago
The thrill of >81 victories
Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/ It’s nice to win a little bit. The Seattle Mariners have always encouraged their fans to appreciate the little things, albeit often in the way someone “encourages” a dog to take their worms medication by sticking it in a ball of deli cheese. When the final out of the regular season has been recorded each of the past 19 seasons, the Mariners have packed their bags and headed home. So too have we, shifting our attention to the playoffs free of serious emotional investment, or perhaps putting MLB in the closet altogether, to be dusted...
Lookout Landing 15 hours ago
Mariners Moose Tracks, 9/22/21: Kyle Seager, Lew ford, and The St. Louis Cardinals
Photo by John Fisher/ The Mariners are, somehow, still in the playoff hunt. Good morning everybody! Here’s what’s happening around baseball on this Wednesday as the M’s try to secure the series victory against the A’s. In Mariners news... They’ve got to bring him back to give him a shot at the postseason. Kyle Seager on staying in the postseason hunt:“We all want to play for something bigger than ourselves, and me especially. These are uncharted waters that I haven't been able to experience very often, so I'm definitely soaking it up.”— Daniel Kramer...
Lookout Landing 22 hours ago
Mariners thumb nose at projections, clinch winning record
Neville E. Guard-USA TODAY Sports ZiPS, PECOTA, Steamer, all have crumbled before Chaos Ball If you’re coming here from a jubilant headline and the news that the Mariners have secured a winning season expecting some ground in the Wild Card race, I’m sorry to say that you’ll be disappointed after this next sentence. With the Blue Jays, Red Sox, and Yankees all pulling out wins, everything that was out of Seattle’s control broke the wrong way. Not that this came as a huge shock, though. After all, even with a nice series against the Royals, the repeated...
The Seattle Times Sep 22, 2021
Gonzales, Crawford keep Mariners’ playoff hopes burning
J.P. Crawford had three hits, including a home run, and Marco Gonzales allowed two runs in Seattle's 5-2 victory at Oakland. The Mariners remain three games behind Toronto for the second wild-card berth.
Lookout Landing Sep 22, 2021
82-69: Chart
Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/ winning season let’s goooooooooo Clinching a winning record and catching a division rival: Dylan Moore, +.188 WPA Not gaining ground in the Wild Card race, even though it’s our of your hands: Ty France and Mitch Haniger, -.077 WPA each
The Seattle Times Sep 21, 2021
Mariners second baseman Abraham Toro sits after playing 47 consecutive days
Toro had played in every game for the Mariners since being acquired in a trade with Houston on July 27.
Lookout Landing Sep 21, 2021
9/21/21: Open Game Thread
Photo by Michael Zagaris/Oakland Athletics/ a winning season is within our grasp! Playoff hopes may be fading fast (any time you have to root for the Rangers and Mets is an uphill battle), but a win tonight would give the Mariners a winning season for the first time since 2018. It borders on trite at this point, but I think everyone here would have been pleasantly surprised if they had been told in March that Seattle would be on the cusp of clinching a winning record in mid-September. Tonight is also a big opportunity to once again catch the A’s in the division...
Lookout Landing Sep 21, 2021
Mariners Moose Tracks, 9/21/20: Salvador Perez, Jon Lester, and Shane Baz
A light batch of links to start off your Tuesday. In Mariners news... Tyler Anderson with yet another dominant outing last night as the Mariners cruise to a 4-2 win against the Oakland Athletics. TA was DEALING. 7.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K pic.twitter.com/2DFkbLsugh— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) September 21, 2021 Unstoppable. 17 pitches, 16 strikes, five outs, three strikeouts, one save.Impressive night at the office for #Mariners relief ace Paul Sewald.— Brent Stecker (@BrentStecker) September 21, 2021 Around the league... Congrats to Salvador Perez on...
Lookout Landing Sep 21, 2021
Mariners record ten hits, coincidentally win baseball game
Stan Szeto-USA TODAY Sports That’s all it takes, huh? The 2021 Mariners have been surprising for a couple of reasons. The first, and most obvious, has been their success in the standings. Run differential is imperfect, and its value has been talked to death, but the team’s -60 run differential is a bit more representative of the Mariners team most of us projected going into this season than their 81-69 record. Still more surprising, I would argue, has been the degree to which the 2021 Mariners have been likeable. The personalities have been fun, the top of the order...
The Seattle Times Sep 21, 2021
Tyler Anderson delivers another gem as Mariners beat Oakland 4-2 to gain in wild-card race
The Mariners improved to 81-69 and sit three games back for the second wild-card spot, which currently is being held by the Toronto Blue Jays (84-66), who lost to the Rays on Monday night.
