Seattle Mariners: Stock Up, Stock Down 5/9-15/22
Pitchers (Stock Down)
Drew Steckenrider – Steckenrider tried to earn 2 saves against the Mets. Instead, he earned one save and almost blew a second one if not for Scott Servais showing everyone his gambling side. For the week, Steckenrider pitched 2.1 innings, earning 1 save and 1 hold, striking out 2, for a 7.71 ERA and 2.14 WHIP.
Andres Munoz – The young fireballer had a bad week. Munoz pitched 1.1 innings, giving up 1 home run, walking 1, striking out 2, and earning 1 hold for a 6.75 ERA and a 2.25 WHIP. Unfortunately, that one home run cost the Seattle Mariners a sweep in New York. Such is life as a relief pitcher.
Starting Rotation except for Marco Gonzales – We’ll talk more about Gonzales later, but in short, he had a good week. Unfortunately, all the other starters weren’t. George Kirby was good but only lasted 4 innings while striking out 1 and walking 1.
Robbie Ray had good and ok starts but did manage to earn victories in both. The advanced metrics suggest that Ray’s start in New York isn’t as bad as the ERA suggests.
Logan Gilbert was roughed up by Philadelphia, courtesy of a Rhys Hoskins grand slam. Also, he now has four consecutive starts that he issued three or more walks.
Chris Flexen made his worst start on the season in Philly. He left after 5 innings and an ERA of 10.80. None of the other four starting pitchers logged a quality start. Only Ray got any wins (2) for the starters. Gonzales will look to continue his good pitching while the rest of the staff tries to rebound.
PitchingNinja Secret:
I can't watch Chris Flexen pitch, without thinking about his reaction after giving up this tank in the KBO…
With the Shortstop in the background. 😂 pic.twitter.com/bARfddfHwU
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) September 18, 2021