Seattles next four opponents: White Sox, Royals, A's, Mets. Yikes

Wouldn't be surprised to be looking up at Seattle sometime in the next two weeks

Dwb22 said:

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Seattles next four opponents: White Sox, Royals, A's, Mets. Yikes

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And with more context:

Seattle next 4:
@ ChW(3) : 49-75 Fourth to last in MLB, 3-7, W1
v KC (3) : 40-86 Second to last in MLB, 3-7, L2
v Oak (3): 34-90 Last in MLB, 2-8, L3
@ NYM (3): 58-67 9th to last in MLB, 6-4, L1

Yeesh.

Yeah it's actually likely we get passed up by Seattle. Maybe Houston. Schedule looks kinda daunting.

PatriotAg02 said:

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Yeah it's actually likely we get passed up by Seattle. Maybe Houston. Schedule looks kinda daunting.

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I have a gripe about the pitching matchups upcoming and just in general. It seems like we hardly ever miss a teams ace and whenever we do, it's a team with a deep rotation like the brewers or dodgers and it doesn't help us much anyway.

We are scheduled to face Gallen in a 2 game set in Arizona, Lopez in a 4 game set in Minnesota ( although to be fair it's hard to avoid the ace in a 4 game set unless you're Houston ducking Gerritt Cole in NY), and Senga in New York.

Matchups aren't posted out further, but I'd bet we see Lopez again and we know Houston will stack the deck or shuffle their rotation for the September series.

By then it's around September 10 or so. Just absolutely brutal. Maybe we should start focusing on the wildcard standings more.

No matter what happens, this season has been amazing and has FAR surpassed anything most expected at the beginning of the season. Almost everyone expected Houston to be the clear AL favorites, just on talent and experience. Seattle was also expected to be the 2nd best team here in the AL West. The Angels and us were supposed to be around.500 if things went really well.

That we are guaranteed to be in first place still by the 24th is still amazing.

But I also expect that the M's will surpass us and Houston by early next week. And that September schedule is brutal for us. I'm hoping for a wild card spot, but it wouldn't surprise me if we get passed. Games with Minnesota, Houston, Toronto, Cleveland, Boston, and 7 of the last 10 with Seattle (including final four up there) don't make a division title seem really likely. We are currently 3.5 games ahead of Toronto and 6 games ahead of Boston. If the bullpen continues to give up runs and the lineup continues to struggle in RISP situations, it's not hard to see us staying at home in October. And people on here will ***** and moan if that happens, but they'll forget that at the beginning of the season, a season above .500 would have been seen as a huge jump forward.

I think we'll be fine. This road trip will be a turning point. I won't be upset that Houston has 7 against the Red Sox during our trip.

The AL West title will be decided in the final 10 games of the season. We have 7 against Seattle.

We just have to make sure to have a 1 game lead or better going into it.

LincolnBorglum79 said:

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Both the Rangers and Astros now have to worry about seattle. The Mariners last 10 games of the season include 7 vs Texas and 3 vs Houston. Just 3 games out now, they could be the favorites to win the division and the Rangers and Astros have to battle Toronto and maybe Boston for the last 2 wildcards.

Baltimore and Tampa now have a little cushion to hold onto the top seed and top wildcard spots.

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JWinTX said:

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No matter what happens, this season has been amazing and has FAR surpassed anything most expected at the beginning of the season. Almost everyone expected Houston to be the clear AL favorites, just on talent and experience. Seattle was also expected to be the 2nd best team here in the AL West. The Angels and us were supposed to be around.500 if things went really well.

That we are guaranteed to be in first place still by the 24th is still amazing.

But I also expect that the M's will surpass us and Houston by early next week. And that September schedule is brutal for us. I'm hoping for a wild card spot, but it wouldn't surprise me if we get passed. Games with Minnesota, Houston, Toronto, Cleveland, Boston, and 7 of the last 10 with Seattle (including final four up there) don't make a division title seem really likely. We are currently 3.5 games ahead of Toronto and 6 games ahead of Boston. If the bullpen continues to give up runs and the lineup continues to struggle in RISP situations, it's not hard to see us staying at home in October. And people on here will ***** and moan if that happens, but they'll forget that at the beginning of the season, a season above .500 would have been seen as a huge jump forward.

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I agree with a lot of this except for the " this season is amazing, no matter what happens" thing. I think this franchise really really needs to make the playoffs in some capacity. I don't even care if we lose in the wild card round. I would be disappointing and pissed at the time, but it's a somewhat acceptable end to the season.

You just can't start a season like this team did, get 6 all stars ( nearly the whole infield starting), and flame out before the playoffs. It would feel too much like the Rangers having a 4 game lead on Oakland with 4 games to go then losing the division to Oakland because Josh hamiltons blue eyes couldn't see the ball or what happened in 2011. It would be another massive choke to add to the pile where fans from other teams would pile on.

Anyway…….let's start with a win tonight. Diamondbacks aren't throwing an ace today and they're not going to the playoffs. Should be a decent possibility to beat them.

Now, in fairness... Seattle is just as likely to go 4-8 as they are 8-4.

The radio was saying that Julio Rodriguez went 17-21 over a 4 game span and that has never been done in MLB.

For the past 7 days...
JulioRod - 7G, .568, .579 OBP, 1.417 OPS, 2 HRs
Teoscar - 7 G, .444, .467 OBP, 1.207 OPS, 1 HR
DMoore - 6 G, .389, .500 OBP, 1.222 OPS, 2 HR
SaHagg - 6 G, .375, .500 OBP, 1.250 OPS, 1 HR

DallasAg 94 said:

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The radio was saying that Julio Rodriguez went 17-21 over a 4 game span and that has never been done in MLB.

For the past 7 days...
JulioRod - 7G, .568, .579 OBP, 1.417 OPS, 2 HRs
Teoscar - 7 G, .444, .467 OBP, 1.207 OPS, 1 HR
DMoore - 6 G, .389, .500 OBP, 1.222 OPS, 2 HR
SaHagg - 6 G, .375, .500 OBP, 1.250 OPS, 1 HR

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That's pretty good, right?

It seems good.

Semien 2B
Seager SS
Lowe 1B
Garcia RF
Garver DH
Grossman LF
Heim C
Duran 3B
Taveras CF

Grossman in LF is, well, gross.

Flounder Dorfman said:

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Grossman in LF is, well, gross.

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With Heim catching and how well Garver and Grossman have been hammering lefties, it's hard to do throw much else out there. Zeke's defense leaves much to be desired as well.

Good points on all of that.

I still can't get over how bad Duran played at third. Come on, man.

fc2112 said:

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Nathan Eovaldi currently throwing to hitters. Believe this is his second inning of work pic.twitter.com/DcNmXzXAfs

— Evan Grant (@Evan_P_Grant) August 21, 2023

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That's great to hear. Wish they'd make note of his velo during the session.

I heard it was 102.

Astros SP continuing to struggle. They're in a bad way right now. France has been their only reliable starter lately. Crazy to think but if their rotation doesn't get it together they may not even make the playoffs.

And Seattle up 5-1 early on CWS.

With Julio getting the day off

Don't care what other teams do until we break our damn losing streak it all doesn't matter. Just win!