Baseball - Seattle Mariners

Even though the Seattle Mariners are in dead last place in the American League West division, they still have a very good chance of making the play offs. The AL West is the most balanced division in baseball and this shows in the Mariners quest for first place. They are in last place but only five games back from the division leading A’s.

The pitching rotation for the Mariners has been quite inconsistent through the first half of the season. It is safe to say that if they would have been more consistent that the Mariners may be closer to the front of the pack than what they are. The other teams in the division should be worried because the Mariners are only a few close games away from being in the lead.

Even though the Mariners improved on their hitting woes late in the first half of the season, they are still not up to par. At this time they lead the American League in shut outs with ten. In other words there were ten games where they never even scored a run. If they do not improve on this they will not be able to make a run at first place and a play off spot.

Overall, the Mariners have a shot at the play offs if they can sure up their starting rotation and start to produce more runs. But on their way they are going to have to contend with three over divisional foes that are also lobbying for the top spot. It should be interesting race down the stretch.

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