Streaky Seattle Mariners go 3-3 in Week 7, these are our 3 Stars
Star #1: Mitch Haniger
.333 average, 1.000 slugging, 7 runs scored, 5 RBIs, 4 Home Runs, 2 Doubles, 3 Walks, only 3 Strikeouts.
Mitch Haniger leads the Mariners in nearly every offensive category at this point and he added to his numbers with another great week. He hit two solo home runs on Tuesday. Then a pair of 0-fers Wednesday and Thursday dropped batting .252. It was the calm before the storm Over the weekend, Mitch went 5-for-10 with 2 doubles and 2 more home runs.
Haniger is tied with Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Braves, Shohei Ohtani of the Angels, and Aaron Judge of the Yankees for the league lead with 12 home runs after his explosive week. In the American League, he’s fourth in runs scored (14), tied for sixth in RBI (19), and his .895 OPS ranks in the top 15.
The San Jose native is healthy for the first time since 2018 when he was an All-Star and finished 11th in MVP voting. His 2019 season was cut short due to injury and his 2020 season never started as he struggled to recover. A new stretching, strength, and flexibility regimen during the offseason helped tremendously.
While manager Scott Servais said recently that Haniger wasn’t likely to play every day, he’s only missed two games this season. It’s great to have Mitch back in the lineup and producing.
Related Story: M’s Hitting coach Tim Laker has to go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79iavxMExns
Do your stars of Week 7 match up with mine? Please comment below or on social media.
Joe Swenson is a lifelong Seattle Sports fan and an awarding-winning writer, director, and producer for Broken Arts Entertainment as well as a published author in the YA genre.