Wow! If those weekend clobberings at the hands of the Rangers were awful, yesterday's one-hit 11-0 humiliation by the Cubs was worse, because after a promising bounceback in defeat the day before, the Ms appear to have learned nothing. It was all there, lousy pitching, undependable fielding, no hitting.
This graph, the proprietary work of baseball-reference.com, tells the whole ugly story. It shows run differential, how much a team won by (green) or lost (red) for each game through the season. Four games ago the Ms led all of the major leagues with 43 RD. Over the next four games the team's run differential fell to two... 2. That's it.
Just when I think they have it turned around, they stagger off the path. Keep in mind the red lines are losses. After reaching an early April high of 13 wins with two losses, Seattle has played 5 and 13 ball. That's a .278 winning percentage. That projects to a 51-111 season.
I don't know if I can think about that much less write about it. Back on the road... Cleveland, the Yankees, the Red Sox. Okay?
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