Series Preview: Seattle Mariners @ Milwaukee Brewers

by Matthew on Jun 25, 2010 1:00 PM PDT in Seattle Mariners Previews

Seattle: 30-42
Milwaukee: 32-40

	MARINERS	Δ Ms	BREWERS	EDGE
HITTING (wOBA)	-74.0 (29th)	-3.7	40.0 (3rd)	Milwaukee
FIELDING (UZR)	4.2 (13th)	0.0	-23.6 (27th)	Seattle
ROTATION (tRA)	10.5 (11th)	6.4	-23.0 (27th)	Seattle
BULLPEN (tRA)	-13.0 (25th)	-0.2	-20.2 (28th)	Seattle
OVERALL(RAA)	-72.3 (26th)	2.5	-26.8 (20th)	MILWAUKEE

That is one mammoth difference in offensive talent right there. Ryan Braun, Corey Hart, Prince Fielder, Rickie Weeks, wait, Rickie Weeks? Yeah, Rickie Weeks too. My impression of Weeks was still as a one foot out the door player, but he's been a real asset with the bat the past two seasons and really wasn't all that bad in 2007 or '08 either. Now if only that group could play some defense.

Lets beat these franchise stealers!

Fri Jun 25, 17:10: Ryan Rowland-Smith* vs. Dave Bush

Sat Jun 26, 13:10: Doug Fister vs. Randy Wolf*

Sun Jun 27, 11:10: Jason Vargas* vs. Chris Narveson*

The tRA matchups for this series:
RRS (8.69) vs. Bush (6.25)
Fister (3.68) vs. Wolf (6.60)
Vargas (4.09) vs. Narveson (4.34)

Narveson is the only Brewer we face that has been decent and he gets to face the not terrible Jason Vargas. Bush and Wolf have been Milwaukee's worst starters not named Jeff Suppan. It's a real shame the team didn't win yesterday for a variety of reasons but one of which is that there would have then existed a not ludicrous chance of sweeping Milwaukee and making it ten straight wins. I don't mention that out of some misguided hope for the playoffs, but rather because it would have been remarkable for a team playing as poorly as Seattle has to have rolled off a ten game winning streak in the midst of this season. It would be like when the 2001 Mariners lost a series or when the 2008 Mariners did anything worthwhile at all.

Ryan Rowland-Smith

Doug Fister

Jason Vargas

Pitch	%	Sp	K	BB	GB
Fastball	43%	88	45	65	35
Curve	18%	72	30	75	70
Change	18%	80	50	50	35
Sinker	16%	88	25	50	20
Slider	5%	79	40	70	40
Overall	--	--	30	60	35

Pitch	%	Sp	K	BB	GB
Fastball	59%	88	20	65	55
Change	20%	81	40	80	70
Curve	9%	75	55	25	70
Sinker	7%	88	25	45	60
Slider	6%	83	35	80	70
Overall	--	--	20	70	65

Pitch	%	Sp	K	BB	GB
Fastball	47%	87	50	35	30
Change	22%	80	80	75	35
Sinker	21%	86	30	55	30
Slider	7%	82	20	45	45
Overall	--	--	60	50	30

Dave Bush

Randy Wolf

Chris Narveson

Pitch	%	Sp	K	BB	GB
Fastball	47%	88	45	50	45
Curve	19%	69	60	60	30
Slider	15%	82	30	60	35
Change	12%	82	45	45	35
Sinker	8%	86	30	55	45
Overall	--	--	40	55	35

Pitch	%	Sp	K	BB	GB
Fastball	54%	89	80	80	40
Curve	19%	68	35	40	55
Slider	11%	80	20	30	35
Change	9%	78	30	50	45
Sinker	7%	86	30	65	30
Overall	--	--	45	65	40

Pitch	%	Sp	K	BB	GB
Fastball	49%	89	45	75	30
Curve	20%	74	45	40	80
Change	15%	80	45	50	35
Sinker	9%	84	70	35	60
Slider	7%	85	55	55	70
Overall	--	--	50	55	55

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I'd be more impressed with a sweep of the Brewers after such a dissapointing loss. It would show that this team can come back.

by joey90 on Jun 25, 2010 1:04 PM PDT reply actions

Good news

we are going to sweep the Brewers!

De Gutibus non disputandum est

by Bearskin Rugburn on Jun 25, 2010 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions

Playoffs!

by joey90 on Jun 25, 2010 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions

Remember when a 10 game winning streak would have gotten us to .500?

Yeah.

by killer_ewok18 on Jun 25, 2010 1:07 PM PDT reply actions

The more sobering thought is that if we would have pulled off a 20-game A's-esque win streak during this last run

We would only have gotten to 3 games above.

by seattlesundevil on Jun 25, 2010 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions

What if you have a 20-game win streak in this next run?

by joey90 on Jun 25, 2010 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions

Playoffs!

by seattlesundevil on Jun 25, 2010 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions

After Felix left yesterday, I got very cozy with the idea of a loss.

Since this team making the playoffs is sort of ludicrous, another sweep would have given the fans enough hope to start up the belief train and would generate more backlash against a Lee trade.

by abender20 on Jun 25, 2010 1:20 PM PDT reply actions

To hell with trading Cliff Lee

by Matthew on Jun 25, 2010 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions

Seriously. It's not like other teams want him. He's happy here!

by joey90 on Jun 25, 2010 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions

A real part of me is against a trade, just so we can indulge in watching Cliff Lee pitch for the rest of the year.

Just as a sort of treat. Like eating ice cream before you have to eat a healthy dinner. You aren’t supposed to do it, but it’s OK, because how often do you get to enjoy that kind of thing?

Other fans would look at us and say that it isn’t rational. And, sure it would be nice to have a valid league ready catching prospect (or pitching, or shortstop). But we have Cliff Lee, and he is awesome, and he has been one of the few fun things related to the Mariners this year. Maybe it’s worth it once in a while to do something wrong for the team’s long term success, just for the simple immediate pleasure of getting to watch Lee make starts through to the fall.

by stredarts on Jun 25, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions