The month of May! Mariners franchise - HadlerT's Blog

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The month of May! Mariners franchise

Posted on August 18, 2014 at 02:08 PM.

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AHHHHHH, what a month of May! The mariners went 13-16, to push their overall record to 33-24. We still lead the division, but now only by one game over the Athletics.

M's 33-24
A'a 32-25 1GB
Angels 27-29 5.5GB
Rangers 25-32 8GB
Astros 23-35 10.5GB

Notable Mariners news:
Danny Hultzen is OUT FOR THE YEAR. He's been placed on the 60 day DL where he will be for the rest of the season. He'll finish the year with a 2-2 record and a 4.83 ERA with 20 Ks in 31.2 IP. SEE YA NEXT YEAR, Danny.
To take his spot in the AAA rotation, we called up Anthony Fernandez from AA. His current AAA stats are 1-1, 3.64 ERA, 33/10 K/BB, in 29.2 IP. He's actually been more valuable than Hultzen was in AAA.
To take Fernandez's spot in the AA rotation is M's #20 prospect Lars Huijer. So far in AA he's 2-1 with a 3.68 ERA and a 17/16 K/BB rate which is alarming. He has pitched 29.1 innings.

In other news, in mid-May, the Mariners released 29-year old RP Nick Hill, who was spending his days in the bullpen of AA Jackson. This was done to free up a roster spot for returning former Mariner Casper Wells! The Mariners signed him to a one year deal for the rest of this year worth 750K with a team option for 2015.
He's a 29 year-old LF/RF who used to roam the outfield at safeco. He's started out in Jackson, and so far he's batting .274 with one home run and 7 RBIs in 19 games.

Lastly, AA 1B Dan Poalini fractured his wrist and will be placed on the 60-day DL. In his place the Mariners have called up #6 m's prospect OF Austin Williams from A High Desert. So far, he's hitting .255 with a home run and 4 RBIs in 13 games (55 ABs) hitting out of the #5 spot. when Poalini gets back, we won't be sending Wilson back down unless he goes into a huge slump.

Around The League:
Cubs currently have a 1-4 in the batting order of
CF Arismendy Alcantra
3B Javier Baez
SS Starlin Castro
1B Anthony Rizzo

They also have 3Bs Mike Olt, Kris Bryant, and now OF Jorge Soler and SS/2B Addison Russel in AAA, waiting to make the jump. The question is, who, if anyone, gets traded this year? Who makes the team in 2015?

Front runners for awards:

AL MVP: Adam Jones, Edwin Encarnacion, and Miguel Cabrera
NL MVP: Tulo, Stanton, and Freddie Freeman

AL CY: Felix, Paxton, Scherzer
NL CY: Madison Bumgarmer, Fister, Homer Bailey

AL ROY: Jose Abreu, Jon Singleton, Paxton
NL ROY: Chris Owings, Yangervis Solarte, Billy Hamilton

League Leaders (top-5)

AVG
AL:
1. Elvis Andrus (.362)
2. Jose Altuve (.342)
3. Miguel Cabrera (.328)
4. Joe Maurer (.327)
5. Mike Trout (.323
NL:
1. Mccutchen .338
2. Freeman .332
3. Tulo .329
4 Stanton .327
5 Bryce Harper .325

HRs
AL:
1 Edwin Encarnacion 17
2 Jon Singleton 16
3 Trout 15
4 miggy 14
5 Jose Abreu 13
NL:
1 Tulo 17
2 Goldschmidt 16
3 Stanton 15
4 Rizzo 14
5 Freeman 14

Saves
AL:
1 Joe Nathan 17
2 Sean Doolittle 17
3 Houston Street 16
4 Fernando Rodney 15
5 Neffali Feliz 15
NL:
1 Soriano 20
2 Romo 17
3 Papelbon 15
4 Chapman 14
5 Kimbrel 14

ERA
AL:
1 Kuma 2.16
2 Kluber 2.22
3 Sonny Gray 2.22
4 Paxton 2.36
5 Price 2.49
NL:
1 Kershaw 1.24
2 Homer Bailey 1.74
3 Jose Fernandez 1.90
4 Fister 2.10
5 Bumgarner 2.24

Strikeouts
AL:
1 King Felix 99
2 Price 90
3 Tanaka 83
4 Scherzer 78
5 Sale 77
NL:
1 Strasburg 86
2 Kershaw 86
3 Fernandez 85
4 Bumgarner 82
5 Wainwright 81

Mariners stats:
1. Austin Jackson: .222, 4 HR, 19 RBI, 5 SB
2. Michael Saunders .327 (non-qualified), 5 HR, 21 RBI, 4 SB
3. Cano: .291, 9 HR, 31 RBI, 3 SB
4. Morales: .211, 11 HR, 32 RBI
5. Seager: .279, 12 HR, 31 RBI, 2 SB
6a: Logan Morrison: .215, 7 HR, 20 RBI
6b: Corey Hart: .190, 2 HR, 9 RBO
7. Zunino: .238, 10 HR, 21 RBI
8a: Ackley: .279, 8 HR, 20 RBI, 1 SB
8b: Denorfia: .200, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 2 SB
9 Brad Miller: .254, 6 HR, 12 RBI, 3 SB

bench:
Bloomquist:.200, 0 HR, 3 RBI
Quintero: .227, 0HR, 0 RBI, 2 SB

Quintero, Denorfia, and Hart all could be on their way out. With replacements waiting in Jesus Sucre, Justin Smoak and Endy Chavez, they'll take any chance they can get.

Pitching:
Felix: 7-1, 2.77 ERA, 99 Ks, 15 BB
Kuma: 5-2, 2.16 ERA, 62 Ks, 18 BB
Pax: 7-2, 2.36 ERA, 68 Ks, 18 BB
Elias: 2-6, 4.27 ERA, 66 Ks, 26 BB
Young: 4-6, 6.75 ERA, 38 Ks, 19 BB

Maurer: 2-1, 1.46 ERA, 38/9 K/BB
Beimel: 3-1, 4.74 ERA, 14/3
Furbush: 2-2, 4.18 ERA, 30/4
Medina: 0-2, 4.30 ERA, 26/15, 0/1 SV/SVO
Wilhelmsen: 1-0, 2.37 ERA, 24/11
Farquhar: 0-0, 3.60 ERA, 21/6
Rodney: 0-1, 1.50 ERA, 20/2, 15 SV/17 SVO

The bullpen could use some more consistency, or else someone like Beimel could be DFA'd along with a send down or Elias and. DFA of Chris Young.

I'm excited for the draft, which will be my next post! Can't wait!