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Blake Beavan As a Reliever
In the off-season, there was an interesting article that suggested that Blake Beavan should be used as a closer in Tacoma. In one sense, it was interesting precisely because it was unrealistic and novel.
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Brandon Maurer’s Struggles Against Lefties
So far this year, Brandon Maurer has really struggled against left-handed hitters. Lefties are batting .359/.424/.717, with 6 walks and just 2 strikeouts. Of course, looking at regular statistics at this point of the
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A Deep Look at Aaron Harang and Meta-Narratives
The Mariners traded right-handed reliever Steven Hensley and some cash to acquire Aaron Harang from the Colorado Rockies. Harang is a 34 year old who has started 293 games in the Majors. He never
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How Well Are Mariner Starters Repeating Their Deliveries?
Through 5 games, one whole turn through the rotation, the Mariner starters have walked just 5 batters, 4 of them by Joe Saunders. In this post, I wanted to look at how well the
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Are Erasmo and Saunders hurt, the Garland Decision, and Rotation Projections
When I wrote my version of what I believe the 25 man roster should look like, it was pretty obvious who I had pencilled into the rotation. So let’s look at them through the
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An Ideal 25 Man Mariner Roster
In this post, I will look at what I believe the Mariners 25 man roster should be breaking spring training. In future posts, I will look at the rotation and lineups, and this will
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Jon Garland: Pitch F/X Style
In the previous post, I wrote about how Jon Garland looked in his first televised outing, what I called the eye test. Of course, we also have Pitch F/X data for his 32 pitch
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Pitch F/X Notes: Beavan’s Delivery and Taijuan’s Curve
One of the many stories coming into spring training from a Mariner perspective was that Blake Beavan had adjusted his delivery. From everything I had heard, he was standing more upright, using his massive
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Ground-Balls, Contact %, and the Difference Between Jaso and Paulino
Matt Klaassen of Fangraphs recently did studies that showed which numbers for both pitchers and hitters were the most predictive. For hitters, contact percentage proved to be the best predictor from season to season, while ground-balls were the
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Re-Ranking the Mariners 40 Man Roster
So it is December, and the Winter Meetings have now passed. While the Mariners were rumored to be going after every hitter imaginable, the only player they got in the Winter Meetings was Jason
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Mariners Lose to White Sox, Tacoma beats Las Vegas
The Mariners lost to the White Sox 5-4 Jose Quintana has been putting up really good numbers (2.76 ERA/3.83 FIP/4.30 SIERA before the game) despite a real lack of stuff (91-92 MPH fastball, occasionally
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Making Sense of Blake Beavan’s pitch selection
After 3 strong starts (especially FIP and SIERA wise) in his return to the big leagues, Blake Beavan has somewhat regressed over his last 3. In his start against the Blue Jays, his SIERA
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Ranking the Players on the Mariners 40 Man Roster
With September quickly approaching, many teams (especially losing teams) will want to bring up young players when rosters expand to 40. However, for one to be brought up, they have to be placed on
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The Mariners “Missing Wins”
The Mariners are 51-61 this year, 10 games under .500. According to Pythagorean W-L (which is based off run differential) the Mariners should be 55-57. At times this year, even recently, it has said
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Mariners win series against Rays in the Trop
The Mariners, didn’t walk on Sunday, but, at least on Sunday, it didn’t matter. They beat the Rays 2-1 behind a great outing behind Blake Beavan. It is notable though, as the Rays top
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Should Blake Beavan be put back in the Mariners Rotation?
Blake Beavan made his 5th start for Tacoma after being demoted from the big league rotation. He took the mound after Tacoma dropped 5 runs on Salt Lake in the first inning, driving starter
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Erasmo Pitches like King Felix, Loses like King Felix
Erasmo was brilliant. He must have felt like King Felix. He went 8 innings and struck out 10 while walking just 1. A Seth Smith homer was the only run Erasmo Ramirez gave up
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The 4 Man Rotation and the Seattle Mariners
Colorado Rockies’ Manager Jim Tracy made a lot of news earlier this week by announcing that the team would be going to a 4 man rotation, limiting their starters to 75 pitches. So far
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Mariners jumble roster after loss to Padres
The Mariners lost to the Padres 5-4 on Wednesday behind another unlucky Felix Hernandez start (he had a 7.50 ERA but 4.05 FIP). Felix’s struggles have been real though, as he has a FIP
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Expected OPS and Mariner Pitching
The Mariners pitching this year has been a bit odd. The Mariners have actually been able to basically keep the same 5 man rotation. Young pitchers Hector Noesi and Blake Beavan have looked incompetent
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The Mariners beat the Rangers 21-8
The Mariners faced Rangers’ lefty Derek Holland. For some reason, Chone Figgins was starting again and playing right field (Ichiro was getting his first day off) and he looked really bad out there.
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