Emerson is the 11th Mariner to have his first hit be a home run, last one was Jarred Kelenic
Who did Emerson hit his first home run over in right field you ask? None other than…Jarred Kelenic
Full circle moment for Kelenic
We’re sitting at 22-26 yet somehow only 2 games out of first. I don’t even think we’re that bad because we have a +6 run differential but our situational hitting sucks and our bullpen is a legitimate question mark. Also Dan Wilson has made questionable decisions that have easily cost this team a few games
Having Macdonald as our coach gives us an inevitablity factor that other teams lack. He could make the Jets into a competent team lol. I feel like we can become a dynasty
They were 23-27 in one run games, and that was obviously going to come back to bite them. They sort of remind me of a worse version of the 2021 Giants, everyone just sort of had career years at the same time and now they’ve regressed to the mean
This is not including current Mariners, so don’t question why Julio, Cal and others are not on this list lol
Mariners HoF: Kyle Seager for sure, beyond that it wouldn’t be surprising to see Nelson Cruz and Mitch Haniger get a plaque
Number retirement: King Felix, usually the Mariners want a number retiree to be inducted into the baseball HoF but if Felix doesn’t get in I’m sure they’ll waive the requirement for him. Beyond that don’t think there’s anyone that will get their number retired
Off-day discussion but this might bring up some interesting thoughts. Both were unthinkable accomplishments, Ichiro broke a record that had stood since WWI and Cal smashed the home run record for a catcher, becoming one of only a handful of hitters to have 60 home runs. Which was more impressive to you?
So I’m kind of a loner right now so I need to figure out where to meet people and have a social life. Don’t want to be trapped inside my house all summer :/
On top of seeing Julio, Cal and Naylor finally getting going after a month it’s nice to see Hancock finally living up to his billing of first overall pick. If he can sustain this our rotation would be insanely scary as we’d have all five starting pitchers giving us a shot on any given day, and when Bryce gets back maybe we move him to the bullpen or go to a six man rotation? Either way it’s a nice problem to have. Also it was a good sign seeing the bats pick up Woo after an uncharacteristic off day when the ball was flying. I feel like we’ve finally turned a corner and we should be getting better as our schedule is starting to become more favorable, as we play a collection of struggling teams