I really wanted the Mariners to win today and the Rangers lose. That would have put both teams even at first place. Instead the Mariners lost 2-1 at home to Baltimore. This result ended my optimism and brought me back to reality. The Mariners are the 3rd best team in their own division, at best. The starters are great of course, well at least 3 of them, the bullpen has been better than expected as well, but they still run out the worst offensive lineup in the majors. The team is built for pitching and defense, and the deep dimensions of Safeco Field play to the Mariners strategy. But the team is not capable of scoring runs, the hitting is so bad that they continually make average pitchers look great. Outstanding pitching "won't do ya" too well if the other club's pitching staff can breeze through your hitters.
Thats all.
Don't let this picture fool you, Carlos Peguero sucks. Despite getting to the wall and robbing a home run here, he is not a good fielder. He has some power at the plate but now every pitcher throws it in on his hands and his approach is to swing as hard as he can and maybe get to the ball, even though he would just rip it foul everytime in that position. This team would be better off running Erik Bedard out in left field and batting him 6th in the lineup(278 ba).
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