Preview: Seattle @ Oakland ... again?

Wait, didn’t I just do this … yeah I thought so too.

Well things are crazy here for the next few days. I am actually taking this weekend completely off so while you may think that I’ve been taking days off because there hasn’t been much site activity it usually means that I’m working on writing one out or Griffin is or maybe we both are or even heaven forbid we both are on vacations.

Of course the expansion of the rosters has meant that they can activate a few guys off the DL as well as bring up a few guys that we didn’t see last time. But with the exception of game one starter Brett Tomko they are throwing the exact same rotation at us a second time (and vice versa).

I don’t expect another sweep. But, it would be cool.

Position Players

Pos	Mariners	WAR	wOBA	Pos	Athletics	WAR	wOBA
	Catchers				Catchers
C	Rob Johnson	0.4	0.281	C	Kurt Suzuki	1.9	0.316
C	Kenji Johjima	0.4	0.281	C	Landon Powell	0.5	0.322

	Infielders				Infielders
2b	Jose Lopez	1.6	0.32	1b	Tommy Everidge	-0.2	0.295
3b	Jack Hannahan	0.6	0.301	2b	Mark Ellis	0.7	0.321
SS	Jack Wilson	0.1	0.239	3b	Adam Kennedy	1.5	0.333
😕	Josh Wilson	0.4	0.338	SS	Cliff Pennington	0.3	0.285
ANY	Bill Hall	0.2	0.257	1b	Daric Barton	-0.1	0.275
1b	Mike Carp	0	0.325	1b/DL	Nomar Garciaparra	-0.4	0.295
3b	Adrian Beltre	1.2	0.3		Bobby Crosby

	Outfielders				Outfielders
of	Ichiro Suzuki	4.3	0.372	of	Rajai Davis	3	0.36
of	Franklin Gutierrez	4.7	0.337	of	Scott Hairston	0.6	0.311
of	Michael Saunders	-0.2	0.233	of	Ryan Sweeney	2.1	0.349
of	Ryan Langerhans	0.5	0.297		Eric Patterson

	DH				DH
DH	Ken Griffey Jr.	0.1	0.322	DH	Jack Cust	0.4	0.31
😕	Mike Sweeney	-0.1	0.321

I expect walks… walks, and more walks.

Nothing especially new in the line up besides the addition of Mike Carp and he may or may not get any starts this weekend.

Starting Pitchers

Day of Start	Royal Pitchers	wFB/C	wSL/C	wCT/C	wCB/C	wCH/C	wSF/C	wKN/C
Thursday	Brett Tomko	2.69	1.39	X	0.21	X	-12.17	X
Friday	Vince Mazzaro	-15.9	2.1	X	2	-2.5	X	X
Saturday	Brett Anderson	-5.4	15.3	X	-1.9	-0.4	X	X
Sunday	Gio Gonzalez	-2.2	X	X	5.8	-3.6	X	X

	Mariners Pitcher	wFB/C	wSL/C	wCT/C	wCB/C	wCH/C	wSF/C	wKN/C
Thursday	Ian Snell	0.48	1.83	X	-5.15	0.26	X	X
Friday	Ryan Rowland-Smith	-0.08	0.58	X	2.88	1.31	X	X
Saturday	Luke French	-2.92	1.34	X	X	2.11	X	X
Sunday	Douglas Fister	-1.16	6.14	X	-0.47	4.77	X	X

Thursday: Brett Tomoko vs. Ian Snell

Friday: Vince Mazzaro vs. Ryan Rowland-Smith

Saturday: Brett Anderson vs. Luke French

Sunday: Gio Gonzalez vs. Doug Fister

Like I said pretty much the same exact line up of pitchers being sent out.

Relief Pitchers

Oakland Athletics	wFB	wSL	wCT	wCB	wCH	wSF	wKN
Craig Breslow	11.7	-1.7	X	0	-0.5	X	X
Jeff Gray	0.9	1.5	X	0.2	X	X	X
Jay Marshall	0.4	0.2	X	X	-0.2	X	X
Brad Ziegler	-0.1	2	X	X	2.6	X	X
Mike Wuertz	-2.9	14	X	-0.7	-0.5	X	X
Edgar Gonzalez	-5.6	3.1	-1	3.1	0.7	X	X
Santiago Casilla	-7.6	2.1	X	X	1	X	X
Andrew Bailey	9.6	1.8	5	3.9	-0.1	X	X
Edgar Gonzalez	-5.6	3.1	-1	3.1	0.7	X	X
Dana Eveland	-0.9	0	X	X	X	X	X
Jerry Blevins	-1.1	0	X	-0.5	0.6	X	X




Seattle Mariners	wFB	wSL	wCT	wCB	wCH	wSF	wKN
David Aardsma	15.8	1.1	X	0	X	-2.6	X
Sean White	8.4	0.2	X	-1.1	1.7	X	X
Mark Lowe	0.4	7	X	X	-2.1	X	X
Shawn Kelley	2.3	-1.3	X	X	-0.7	X	X
Miguel Batista	-2.4	-0.6	0	-0.9	-0.2	0	X
Randy Messenger	-3.8	0.3	X	-0.5	0.8	X	X
Jason Vargas	-3.8	-0.5	X	-4	-0.3	X	X
Chris Jakubauskas	-5.7	X	X	1.9	-1.5	X	X

And more of the same …

Notes: I know this wasn’t really a comprehensive preview but if you really want to see one .. just hit this up.