Mariners Blown Away

The Mariners were blown away Friday

 night 11-1 by the Houston Astros. 

Most likely they were not going to win 

anyway, since the Astros beat them a lot

 in Houston and they were facing Justin Verlander
who they face in every series with Houston.

The good point they won't face Verlander 

the rest of the regular

season. Mariners now have only

two games remaining against the 

Astros. Hopefully the Mariners 

make the playoffs but we hope

another team will beat them first.

The Mariners will brush off this game

and we hope the Astros offense runs

out of steam. The Mariners still break

even in the series.

What they can learn from the Astros

is have a good inning early on and

add on after that. The Astros maybe

the best team in.the American League

though the Yankees who the Mariners

play next are pretty good to.

The Mariners made a trade with the

Cincinnati Reds getting the best 

starting pitcher available in Luis

Castillo. It did cost them two top

prospects in Marte and Arroyo. At

least they have depth at shortstop 

in the minors and JP Crawford isn't

going anywhere else soon.

The Mariners are missing the

other Castillo who went onto

the ten days injured list. Hopefully

he will be able to return when the

Mariners come home. 

With Luis Castillo will George Kirby

stay in the rotation or not? Will the

Mariners go to a six man rotation

or someone else be pumped. If

the Mariners do stay with five man

rotation either Kirby or another

starter could share time. I could see

Logan Gilbert who they want to watch

his innings kept down start and go 

five innings. The Mariners could bring

in Kirby to pitch the final four innings. 

In a tight game he could go three

innings and have Paul Sewald or 

whoever pitch the ninth. 

The Mariners should do well after

they finish with Yankees. They play

the Yankees at home as well as on this

 trip in New York. No matter the success

 or failure against the Yankees

they should know they can beat these

other teams. 

 

The trading deadline ends on this

Tuesday coming up. Will they be able

to pick up a bat. They are still in the

sweepstakes for Juan Soto. Is that 

a wise decision or not? 

On Friday the Pac-12 had their media

day in Los Angeles. The Huskies were

picked sixth followed by the Cougars.

After last season I will take sixth.

Utah was picked to finish first like 

last year followed by Oregon. USC

who had same record as the Huskies

have a new coach and a lot of transfers

to. They are picked third. UCLA is

 fourth followed by Oregon State. The

Huskies do play UCLA this year but

not USC unless they both find their

way into the championship game.

With training camp beginning the

first week we will keep you up to

date on the Huskies and Cougars.

By the way the Cougars have a new

quarterback transfer Cameron Ward.