The Mariners Offense Is Already Looking Locked In This Spring

It may only be two games into spring training, but the Mariners are already looking as if they are in midseason form with their bats.

Before this past Saturday, there had been a good amount of angst building in Mariners nation. Fans are more eager than ever to see the new-look team, but more importantly, they want to see their team win.

So far, heading into their third spring game, the M’s are not only winning, but winning big.

On Saturday, the Mariners opened up spring ball with a 13-3 shellacking in the first game of a back-to-back with the San Diego Padres. Yesterday the team continued their assault on the competition, piling on another 13 runs versus the NL West team in a 13-2 victory.

Now it may just be early into the less-meaningful spring training games, but what the M’s are doing offensively is mindboggling.

Let’s take the simple stat that they have scored 10+ runs in both their games; only three other teams have scored 10+ runs in a spring training game this year against MLB-level opponents -the Los Angeles Dodgers scored 10 runs on Saturday and the Detriot Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies scored 11 yesterday- but each of these teams only reached the double-digit mark once so far.

Even more amazing, when you break down each box score this spring training, 42 of 73 of any teams’ (excluding the M’s) hits total couldn’t reach 10 knocks let alone 10 runs.

And the Mariners could have already scored far more runs had they been able to drive in men that have been left on base. In total there have been 43 M’s that were stranded on base in the two games, 25 alone in their season opener.

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How have they been racking up so many runs you may ask? It hasn’t been the home run that has propelled the Mariners to such major victories, it’s been the double.

On Saturday, the Mariners smacked seven doubles against the Padres; the Padres collected seven total hits that day.

In fact, 24 of the 73 teams couldn’t manage producing more than seven hits in spring game thus far. All in all, the M’s have snagged 10 two-baggers from nine players in the two games.

Come Opening Day, these spring stats may mean nothing. Spring ball is never a true indication of what a team can do when the games begin to mean something, but just imagine, imagine the Mariners pounding the ball with ease each and every game starting April 3rd versus the Houston Astros.

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If they could play to this level for 162 games, this team would be well on its way to a World Series title.

The M’s play their third game of spring at 11:10PST today versus the Kansas City Royals.