The Mariners face the Braves in a series marked by injuries on both sides. Key players like Ronald AcuƱa Jr. and Brendan Donovan will miss games, impacting team performance.
The Mariners will be without Brendan Donovan and Matt Brash, while the Braves are missing Ronald AcuƱa Jr. and have Michael Harris II limited to DH duties.
The Mariners will start Logan Gilbert, George Kirby, and Bryan Woo, while the Braves will counter with JR Ritchie, Bryce Elder, and Grant Holmes.
The Braves lead in batting with a wRC+ of 124, while the Mariners have a wRC+ of 101; in pitching, the Mariners have a FIP- of 94 compared to the Braves' 106.
The series features three games: Game 1 on May 4 at 6:40 PM, Game 2 on May 5 at 6:40 PM, and Game 3 on May 6 at 1:10 PM.
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| Game | Time | Mariners Starter | Braves Starter | Mariners Win% | Braves Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game 1 | Monday, May 4 | 6:40 pm | RHP Logan Gilbert | RHP JR Ritchie | 61.1% |
| Game 2 | Tuesday, May 5 | 6:40 pm | RHP George Kirby | RHP Bryce Elder | 58.3% |
| Game 3 | Wednesday, May 6 | 1:10 pm | RHP Bryan Woo | RHP Grant Holmes | 60.2% |
| Overview | Braves | Mariners | Edge | ||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | ||
| Batting (wRC+) | 124 (1st in NL) | 101 (4th in AL) | Braves | ||
| Fielding (FRV) | 9 (3rd) | -11 (14th) | Braves | ||
| Starting Pitching (FIP-) | 106 (10th) | 94 (5th) | Mariners | ||
| Bullpen (FIP-) | 85 (3rd) | 84 (2nd) | Mariners | ||
| All those absences and a few more from their bullpen depth have left Atlanta with a pathway to victory forged in prodigious offense outlays. The Team of the South spent several years as the most viable peer on paper to the Los Angeles Dodgers, boasting a blend of stellar players from their internal development and savvy external acquisitions, with extensions signed on their core players well below market rate allowing them to pay far less than the performance theyāve received would suggest. This year, their glovework in particular has helped them buoy a beleaguered rotation, with Gold Glovers at shortstop, first base, and even on the mound in Chris Sale, alongside strong defenders around the outfield. | |||||
| Player | Position | Bats | PA | K% | BB% |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mauricio Dubón | CF | R | 131 | 16.0% | 6.9% |
| Drake Baldwin | C | L | 161 | 19.9% | 9.3% |
| Matt Olson | 1B | L | 158 | 22.2% | 12.0% |
| Ozzie Albies | 2B | S | 151 | 11.3% | 7.9% |
| Michael Harris II | DH | L | 113 | 17.7% | 5.3% |
| Austin Riley | 3B | R | 148 | 26.4% | 8.8% |
| Eli White | LF | R | 53 | 18.9% | 3.8% |
| Mike Yastrzemski | RF | L | 109 | 24.8% | 7.3% |
| Jorge Mateo | SS | R | 44 | 36.4% | 4.5% |
| Perplexing at the time and blessed in hindsight, Houston traded away Mauricio Dubón to Atlanta for light-hitting infielder Nick Allen this winter. The cost-saving move also saved the Astros from the indignity of paying a good player, allowing Dubón to slot into a roster so well I had to double-check heād not been a Brave before. With AcuƱa out, Seattle gets a reprieve in the slightest degree, but heās been a more modest engine for the Atlanta offense. Matt Olson and Ozzie Albies are longtime stalwarts, albeit Albies having a scalding hot opening to the year. Drake Baldwin and Michael Harris II look like their Rookie of the Year (or RoY-caliber) selves. Harris has been nursing a quad injury, so heāll cede defensive ground to the speedy-but-thumpless White. Hotlanta is slightly more vulnerable as such, but itās a bit like saying fighting a leopard in the daylight is easy compared to doing so at night. |
| Team | W-L | W% | Games Behind | Run Diff | Recent Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 18-16 | 0.529 | ā | -10 | W-W-L-L-W |
| Rangers | 16-18 | 0.471 | 2.0 | -1 | L-W-W-L-L |
| Mariners | 16-19 | 0.457 | 2.5 | +2 | W-W-L-L-L |
| Astros | 14-21 | 0.400 | 4.5 | -23 | L-W-L-W-W |
| Angels | 13-22 | 0.371 | 5.5 | -15 | L-L-L-W-L |
| Seattleās embarrassing sweep ā The Big P-Unit ā at the hands of the Royals was another masterclass in whatās ailed these Mās. One-run and close losses with meat left on the bone. And yet, it lost them a whopping single game of positioning against the Athletics and Rangers. They saw their faces rubbed in the mud by the joint division leaders of the AL Central, the Guardians and Tigers respectively. The Lastros are no more, having sludged their way out of the sewer, taking two out of three from the similarly moribund Red Sox. Anaheim is in free-fall, dropping two of three to the Mets and having lost 12 of their last 14 games since their 11-10 start. |