Seattle Mariners: 3 stars of Week 5 (April 25 – May 2)
Star #3: J.P. Crawford and Kyle Seager
Both batted over .300 and had 8 hits on the week.
I’ve put two in here because the stars are still hard to come by from Seattle’s offense. But J.P. Crawford and Kyle Seager deserve the honor. Each had three doubles on the week, and Seager added a home run. Sadly, they were on base a combined 19 times this week and only scored 4 runs. Combined, they walked 7 times and struck out 9.
Beyond their batting prowess, their defense continues to be stellar. Crawford is a defensive wizard at shortstop, and Seager still has one of the highest range ratings at third base in all of baseball. The entire infield is fantastic with the glove, chemistry, and urgency, which starts with the M’s “veterans.”
Star #2: The Mariners Bullpen
1.88 ERA, 3 walks in 24 innings, 0.88 WHIP.
The Mariner’s bullpen continued their impressive start to the season. For the third consecutive week, they have an ERA under 2 runs per game. Rafael Montero had one bad outing in which he took the blown save-loss. It was only partially his fault as Evan White made a surprising fielding gaff. Robert Dugger was Seattle’s only other reliever to give up runs which came in the 10-5 loss to the Angels on Saturday.
Will Vest, Anthony Misiewicz, Kendall Graveman, Casey Sadler (IL), Keynan Middleton, Wyatt Mills, Domingo Tapia, and Drew Steckenrider all pitched this week without giving up a run. Surprisingly the Mariners only had 12 K’s in their 24 innings, but it didn’t matter. What matters is that they continue to keep opponents from scoring runs.