Mariners Come Home

The Seattle Mariners  showed some

good signs on the latest road trip.

The offense did well  at times though

they still look to be in a slump. 

The nine  game road trip they went

went 4-5. The pitching was the primary 

reason they did that well and could 

have won one or two additional games.

Luis Castillo and Marco Gonzales both

pitched terrible  while Gilbert, Kirby and

Miller  could have won each of their

outings. Even with Castillo and Marco 

not pitching well the Mariners should

win three out of five games on a regular 

basis.

The hitters outside of Crawford, Casaballero,

Suarez, Raleigh and Hernandez need to

step up. Julio doesn't  have to be hitting

like he did last year but if he added 40

points to his average the Mariners would

be plus side in victories. 

The Mariners  will be home for ten games.

They need to win 7 out of the 10. The first

four games  are against Oakland so playing 

average  baseball would  allow  them to do

so. 

The all-star game  is  in Seattle  this July.

At this point the Mariners don't have  many

candidates to be in it which would be a let

down as well. The  pitching we could see

Gilbert and Kirby. Position player Ty France 

but that is about it. If Julio can finish May

and have a great June he will be there.

The Oakland series will  show whether any

improvement or not. The Astros have won

ten of their last eleven games. The Mariners 

won fourteen in a row. With the pitching either

one is possible. Go M's!