Seattle Mariners: 3 stars of Week 4 (April 19-25)
Star #1: Seattle Bullpen
23.1 Innings pitched, 1.16 ERA, 0.94 WHIP, 22 K’s
This bullpen has been insanely good this season. Anyone who witnessed last year’s debacle is amazed. It’s hard to pinpoint one pitcher in particular that shined so far above the rest to earn the star on their own. But, Ljay Newsome was close. Here are the bullpens numbers this week:
- Newsome – 6 Innings, 0 ERs, 7 Ks
- Casey Sadler – 4 Innings, 1 ER, 2 Ks
- Drew Steckenrider – 3 Innings, 1 ER, 4 Ks
- Kendall Graveman – 2.2 Innings, 0 ERs, 4 Ks
- Will Vest – 2.1 Innings, 1 ER, 2 Ks
- Rafael Montero – 2 Innings, 0 ERs, 1 K, 1 Save & 1 Win
- Keynan Middleton – 2 Innings, 0 ERs, 2 Ks
- Anthony Misiewicz – 1.33 Innings, 0 ERs
At one point, the bullpen went over 20 innings at one point (including some carryover from last week) without giving up a run. For the week, they gave up 4 total runs, but only 3 were earned. To put their excellence into perspective, the Mariners scored 3 runs or more on the Red Sox bullpen in three different games.
Coming Up: 4 @ Astros and 3 home against the Angels
They say that every game counts and seven in a row against AL West rivals definitely count. The return of Kyle Lewis is definitely a good thing for Seattle as is the emergence of Sam Haggerty as a viable offensive threat helps out a lot. The offense has to get rolling though against some tough pitching and really great offenses.
Every game is important and every week has an impact. his week might be looked back on as the week that made or broke the Seattle Mariners 2021 season.
Joe Swenson is a lifelong Seattle Sports Fan. The author of Letter #3 and the sequel The Key (due out in October), he is also the writer, director, and producer for Broken Arts Entertainment’s Quarantine 2038 Project.