2014 Seattle Mariners

The M's are on the verge of finishing a sweep of the Angels in which they outscored them 26-6. They've hit six home runs, two each by Justin Smoak and Brad Miller. Dustin Ackley is hitting well. Robinson Cano is hitting well. James Paxton struck out nine in seven shutout innings tonight, following strong starts from King Felix and Erasmo Ramirez. Soon they'll be getting Iwakuma back from the DL as well as top prospect Taijuan Walker. Small sample size, and the Angels are a mess, but this is an impressive Seattle team.

Gave up a couple of meaningless runs in the 9th so they "only" outscored the Angels 26-8 in the series. Utter domination.

Only 3 games but they do look good. A lot of the young guys coming through for them.

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(APRIL 20th)

SEATTLE MARINERS

Abraham Almonte - CF

Willie Bloomquist - 3B

Robinson Cano - 2B

Corey Hart - RF

Dustin Ackley - LF

Justin Smoak - 1B

Nick Franklin - SS

John Buck - C

Brandon Maurer - RHP (0-0, 2.16 ERA) *

* AAA-Tacoma

FLORIDA MARLINS

Christian Yelich - LF

Marcell Ozuna - CF

Giancarlo Stanton - RF

Casey McGehee - 3B

Garrett Jones - 1B

Adeiny Hechavarria - SS

Donovan Solano - 2B

Jeff Mathis - C

Kevin Slowey - RHP (0-0, 4.38 ERA)

http://www.baseballpress.com/lineups

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(APRIL 25th)

TEXAS RANGERS

Michael Choice - LF

Elvis Andrus - SS

Adrian Beltre - 3B

Prince Fielder - 1B

Alex Rios - RF

Donnie Murphy - DH

J.P. Arencibia - C

Leonys Martin - CF

Josh Wilson - 2B

Robbie Ross, Jr. - LHP (1-1, 2.31 ERA)

SEATTLE MARINERS

Abraham Almonte - CF

Willie Bloomquist - SS

Robinson Cano - 2B

Corey Hart - DH

Stefen Romero - RF

Justin Smoak - 1B

Kyle Seager - 3B

Cole Gillespie - LF

Mike Zunino - C

Roenis Elias - LHP (1-2, 3.22 ERA)

http://www.baseballpress.com/lineups

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(JULY 21st)

The Mariners have been hanging tough in the toughest division in all of baseball.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/standings

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(JULY 21st)

The Mariners have been hanging tough in the toughest division in all of baseball.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/standings

The Mariners are still hanging tough at 60-54.

Their best chance at a playoff birth is clearly one of the wildcards, though.

o

(AUGUST 20th)

SEATTLE MARINERS

Austin Jackson - CF

Chris Taylor - SS

Robinson Cano - 2B

Kendrys Morales - 1B

Kyle Seager - 3B

Chris Dinorfia - LF

Logan Morrison - RF

Jesus Sucre - C

James Paxton - LHP (3-0, 2.20 ERA)

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES

Ben Revere - CF

Jimmy Rollins - SS

Chase Utley - 2B

Ryan Howard - 1B

Marlon Byrd - RF

Darin Ruf - LF

Wil Nieves - C

Andres Blanco - 3B

Cole Hamels - LHP (6-6, 2.44 ERA)

http://www.baseballpress.com/lineups

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The Felix Dilemma: How Much Rest?

(By David Schoenfield )

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/50930/the-felix-dilemma-how-much-rest

I hang out in the game threads often, and I think that I am usually even keeled (compared to some other posters ). However, watching the Seattle-Oakland game I find myself screaming to high heaven about the utter and complete ineptitude of the Seattle hitters. I know that they are playing against Sonny Gray, but there have been 2-3 times that Seattle hitters have swung at seemingly mediocre fastballs floating through the middle of the zone and the end result was a double play.

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Can't Deny the Robinson Cano Effect

(Jim Caple)

The $240 million man has the long-suffering Seattle Mariners in playoff contention.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/11539289/mlb-robinson-cano-impact-seattle-mariners-improvement

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The Mariners have been bad down the stretch, but the Athletics have been worse, which is why the Washingtonians will still be alive for a playoff birth on the final game of the season on Sunday.