Series Preview: Texas Rangers @ Seattle Mariners

by Matthew on Aug 3, 2010 11:00 AM PDT in Seattle Mariners Previews

Seattle: 39-67
Texas: 61-44

	MARINERS	Δ Ms	RANGERS	EDGE
HITTING (wOBA)	-130.9 (30th)	-8.7	16.7 (11th)	Texas
FIELDING (UZR)	14.2 (10th)	0.0	22.1 (7th)	Texas
ROTATION (tRA)	6.3 (17th)	0.3	22.1 (8th)	Texas
BULLPEN (tRA)	-26.4 (27th)	-0.3	22.6 (7th)	Texas
OVERALL(RAA)	-136.8 (28th)	-8.7	83.5 (4th)	TEXAS

Series Preview! We're bad, they're good. What more do you need? A chart? Oh, I provided that for you too!

Tue Jul 30, 17:10: Jason Vargas* vs. Colby Lewis

Wed Jul 31, 17:10: Doug Fister vs. C.J. Wilson*

Thu Aug 01, 17:10: Felix Hernandez vs. Tommy Hunter

I went to the Rainiers game last night and even though it turned into a 2010-vintage Mariners game (is it me? Do I just bring this upon teams I follow this year?) it was the most interesting I have found a game in months. Michael Pineda, Dustin Ackley, Justin Smoak, Greg Halman, Mike Wilson, Matt Mangini, Shawn Kelley and, well that's probably it. Still, it was a group of people that represent a significant amount of immediate future potential for the big league team and it was a group of people that by and large I had not yet seen suck and disappoint me. It was a nice refresher.

Also, Cheney Stadium is less offensive than Safeco's constant in-your-face family friendliness.

The result being that I didn't get back home until late last night and now I'm staring that Mariners in the face again and frankly just have nothing to say. I guess this slate of three pitchers are worth watching since we're hoping that Felix can remain an ace and that Fister and Vargas can become reliable back-end starters, which are hard to find. That's the best I can do right now.

Tweet Comment 18 comments | 1 recs |

Do you like this story?

Comments

This series should keep us in the race with Baltimore and Pittsburgh.

Milton Bradley is my hero.

by SeaKoala on Aug 3, 2010 11:04 AM PDT reply actions

Texas is good.

The AL West rotation experiments/questionmarks:
Mariners – Bedard, Fister, and Vargas – 3.8 WAR
Angels – Kazmir, Pineiro – 1.7 WAR
Athletics – Duchscherer, Sheets – .9 WAR
Rangers – Wilson, Lewis, Harden – 4.8 WAR

I think the Rangers won.

MALE

by lailaihei on Aug 3, 2010 11:18 AM PDT reply actions

A no-hitter in an event like this would not be surprising.

According to my calculations, your problem doesn't exist.

by the other side on Aug 3, 2010 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions

But no one can no-hit the Mariners!

by ThundaPC on Aug 3, 2010 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions

Well a one-hitter then, with Loafie hitting a dinger.

According to my calculations, your problem doesn't exist.

by the other side on Aug 3, 2010 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions

Loafie hits dingers?

Oh yeah, I guess he does.

by HititHere on Aug 3, 2010 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions

2 grand slams!

According to my calculations, your problem doesn't exist.

by the other side on Aug 3, 2010 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions

Display of Ignorance

Why do Vargas and Wilson get asterisks?

What is the significance of the delta Ms column? In fielding the Rangers are 7th and the Ms are 10th, but there is no difference. The Ranger rotation is 8th and the Ms is 17th and the delta is positive. The bullpens are 7th and 27th respectively and the delta is negative. I don’t get it. Shouldn’t the delta for any category where the Ranger ranking is better be negative or 0 if they are really close? Otherwise, I don’t see the point of totaling them.

Maybe there is an explanation somewhere.

by rehoser on Aug 3, 2010 1:49 PM PDT reply actions