Mariners: How does their schedule stack up to the other playoff hopefuls?

Mariners Remaining Strength of Schedule: .491 w/35 games left (20th toughest)

• 7 vs Oakland
• 7 vs Kansas City
• 6 vs LA
• 6 vs Houston
• 6 vs Arizona
• 3 vs Boston

Well, that’s actually the entirety of the Mariners remaining schedule. Since it’s the M’s, and that’s who we are here to read about, I wanted to give you the whole thing.

The Mariners have a great chance over the next 2.5 weeks to continue to gain ground in the Wild Card Race. Heck, they could even make ground on Houston, but I’m not going to be overly optimistic on that one.

They have four against the Royals, then play Houston, Arizona, Houston, Arizona. If they can win each Arizona series, and the Royals series, that would put them at 7-3 over that stretch. Then, then hope is a split with Houston. I know we want more, but realism is sometimes the best way to look at it. Especially if you are taking care of business against those other teams.

That would get them to 79-64. Even splitting the three with Boston and Kansas City would be okay. 82-67. I think all of us would be happy to see the Mariners there in the middle of September.

They finish Oakland (4), LA, Oakland, LA. Taking care of Oakland is going to be paramount, and could be the series that decides on if the Mariners get into the playoffs. 3-3 against LA and 5-2 against Oakland would get them to 90-72. That just might do it, even though it would be cutting it close. Let’s hope for that, as well as the AL East either beating up on each other, or one of those teams completely falling apart. This is gonna be fun Mariners fans.