Contenders or Pretenders

[Ohtaniland]

[GrittyVeterans]

Dipoto made a fantastic move getting Segura and Haniger. Main reason they're in 1st. Also Paxton looks like an ace for them finally

[UndertheHalo]

11 minutes ago, GrittyVeterans said:

Dipoto made a fantastic move getting Segura and Haniger. Main reason they're in 1st. Also Paxton looks like an ace for them finally

Having an ace hasn’t been their problem.  We need to be contenders.  Just play a little over .500 and stay alive until the deadline if we can’t do anything now.  There’s gonna plenty of opportunities to improve then.  Seattle is red hot and they’re going to cool off. 

Edited June 4, 2018 by UndertheHalo

[tdawg87]

They're contenders in the toughest division in baseball.

The Mariners will not make the playoffs.

[Taylor]

Let's see where things are at on July 1.

[stormngt]

41 minutes ago, OHTANILAND said:

Let's talk how good Seattle is when they play Boston and Yankees.  That's the only reason why they are ahead of the Stros.  The only reason why they are ahead of us is because blowpen sucks.

[Angelsjunky]

I don't get why the Mariners are playing so well - they're due to crash.

[Inside Pitch]

2 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

I don't get why the Mariners are playing so well - they're due to crash.

Another one run victory today, the 12th in their last 20 games.  They have had two wins with a run differential greater than 2 over that span.  Incredible run really.

[Taylor]

28 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

I don't get why the Mariners are playing so well - they're due to crash.

M's World Series win is now confirmed. Thanks, AJ!

[Puget Sound Angel]

Mariners have not played the Yankees or the Red Sox yet.

[GrittyVeterans]

57 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

Having an ace hasn’t been their problem.  We need to be contenders.  Just play a little over .500 and stay alive until the deadline if we can’t do anything now.  There’s gonna plenty of opportunities to improve then.  Seattle is red hot and they’re going to cool off. 

Yeah they just need a new manager. So next year could be our year

[UndertheHalo]

2 minutes ago, GrittyVeterans said:

Yeah they just need a new manager. So next year could be our year

The lasagna man is all thats between us and the world series trophy ! 

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

1 hour ago, GrittyVeterans said:

Dipoto made a fantastic move getting Segura and Haniger. Main reason they're in 1st. Also Paxton looks like an ace for them finally

They haven't played anyone yet. See me again in July.

[Angelsjunky]

1 hour ago, UndertheHalo said:

The lasagna man is all thats between us and the world series trophy ! 

In before @The Boogie Man tears you a new one.

[IIIII]

I see the team being at around mid 80's W but not making the playoffs. Somewhere between how we started and how they are playing lately. Unless they make a move for some bullpen help. 

[beatlesrule]

 

[Lou]

[nando714]

The last time this team won 98 games and ran away with the division 

it was Jerry’s team 

[nando714]

4 hours ago, BackUpTheTruck said:

We play 12 more games vs. Seattle before the deadline. We gain 4 games on them if we go 8-4. We gain 6 games if we go 9-3. 

Seattle is off tomorrow, and then play Houston Tuesday and Wednesday. I think Seattle loses both games. We play the Royal Screw Ups Monday through Wednesday. I will be conservative and say we win Monday and Wednesday. That puts us at 4 games back.

After this week, Seattle will go through a stretch mid-June where they play BOS/NYY 10 times in a row. We play the Red Sox 3 times at Fenway.

Before the deadline, we play Houston 3 times and they play Houston twice on July 30 and 31.

The way I see it, if we go 5-7 vs. Seattle, or worse, and the bullpen blows easy wins vs. BAL, CWS, TOR, OAK, then we will be more than 5 games back, and we are pretenders.

If we at least go 7-5 vs. Seattle, gaining 2 games, and the Angels take care of business winning games they should win, then we are contenders, and we trade for bullpen help.

Based on what I saw from the Minnesota series and games like Saturday where Parker and Alvarez can't get the job done, I say we are pretenders.

We’re 1-9 vs bos and NYy right now 

if they go 3-7 in that stretch they already out played us against those beast from the east. 

And it’s all a moot point if the angels don’t beat the teams we’re supposed to. Like the royals, twins, and what should have been a sweep against Texas , again

[JarsOfClay]

Mariners have won a lot of close games, but the good teams win those type of games. They are definitely in it for the long haul and not just a fluke.

And all this talk about how they're winning because they are playing easy teams like the rays, twins, tigers is stupid, because the angels couldnt beat any of them so what does that say about the angels?

[zenmaster]

We are pretenders until we land an 8th inning guy and a closer. 

And probably until Pujols contract expires. 

[John Taylor]

The M's are a pretty good team in a very good division. I think they are contenders for a WC spot. I still think the Angels are still a better team (Even with a crappy Bullpen).

Edited June 4, 2018 by John Taylor

[moccasin]

Angels starters are 2nd in ERA, Mariners 6th.

Angels are 5th in runs, Mariners 9th.

Mariners are 2nd in bullpen WHIP, Angels are 9th.

 

[Angel Oracle]

How are we supposed to be contenders with the shakiest BY FAR bullpen of ANY contender????

NO decent or close lead is safe!!!!

[Stradling]

7 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

How are we supposed to be contenders with the shakiest BY FAR bullpen of ANY contender????

NO decent or close lead is safe!!!!

By scoring more runs.  In the last 4 weeks we have scored 3 runs or less 17 times.  Since the rainout in KC we have scored 3 runs or less in 28 of 44 games.