The Mariners are 6-7 on the season which has them tied for 2nd place in the A.L. West with the Angels, 2.5 games behind the A’s. The Mariners have been outscored 50-45 this season as they still aren’t hitting the ball which has caused them to waste some pretty good pitching. The Mariners play three games at home against the Orioles before traveling to Chicago this coming up weekend for a 3 game set against the White Sox. Those two teams have a combined record of 6-20 on the season so the Mariners appear to be catching both of them at the right time.

The Mariners are now 2-5 on the season which has them tied for last place in the A.L. West with the Angels, 3 games behind the A’s. The Mariners have been outscored 35-21 so far this season as they have not pitched or hit well this year. The Mariners hope that some home cooking will give the Mariners a jolt this week. The host the A’s for three games starting tonight and then they hook up with the Tigers for three games this coming up weekend.

The Mariners lost three out of four games to the Oakland A’s to start the 2010 season. The Mariners were outscored 17-13 by the A’s as they wasted some good pitching. The main problem against the A’s was the hitting. If you take Franklin Gutierrez, Jose Lopez and Matt Tuiasosopo’s stats away, the rest of the team hit a paltry .144 against the A’s and that just isn’t good enough to get the job done. The Mariners are traveling to Texas to take on the Rangers this weekend against a Rangers’ team that is also struggling so far this season at 1-2.

The Mariners have signed 33 year old Miguel Cairo to a 2-year contract. The righty swinging Cairo played in 82 games last season for the Yankees and Cardinals and he was 44 for 174 (.253 avg) with 20 runs scored, 15 RBIs and 10 stolen bases. Cairo has now played in 1,092 games in his major league career and he is 826 for 3,095 (.267 avg, .674 OPS) with 392 runs scored, 27 homers, 295 RBIs and 123 stolen bases. This was a good signing for the Mariners as Cairo is a solid player off of the bench.

Just think of how good the Seattle Mariners would have been this season if they had better pitchers to fill the back end of their starting rotation?  They probably would have won the American League West.  Jeff Weaver has started 25 games this season for the Mariners and he is 7-12 with a 6.21 ERA and a 1.57 WHIP.  In 133.1 innings this season, Weaver has allowed 176 hits, walked 33 batters and whiffed 73.  The most stunning thing about Weaver is the Mariners paid him over $8 million bucks for this season.  Lefty Horacio Ramirez is 8-7 which is unbelievable seeing how he has a 7.16 ERA and a 1.85 WHIP in 20 starts this season.  Ramirez has pitched 98 innings this season and he has allowed 139 hits, walked 42 batters and whiffed 40 this season.  He has been a huge bust as the Mariners gave up reliever Rafael Soriano to get him.  The Mariners are 80-70 currently which has them in 2nd place in the American League West, 8.5 games behind the Angels.  They are also 6.5 games behind the Yankees for the Wild Card.