Notably, July 31st is the final regular season game Seattle will play against the Astros on the year. They return home after an off-day for four with Canada’s finest, then hoof it for six on the road against the Nationals and Rangers, careening into the All-Star Break. The July slate is a fascinating one, with Seattle hosting Oakland over the July 4th weekend, then traveling to San Diego for a pair of games over the holiday itself.A ten-game road trip in May looks like a crucible on the field, but at least facing the Mets, Blue Jays, and Red Sox in sequence is a compact travel order. Conversely, the road trips are challenging to be sure, but geographically seem as well oriented as possible. ![]() ![]() The M’s get a few massive homestands in the early stretches of the season, with a ten-game homestand in both April and June, as well ten-day, eight-game home set in September.The league plans in an extra rain-out day around Minnesota’s carelessness/rooflessness as usual, and it’s fair to assume the three-game set in Chicago will be cut down a few innings for weather as well. Seattle earns another April trip to the AL Central, winners of the “League’s Least Considerate Hosts” award for decades running.Detroit figures to still be poor next year, though they’ve shown some life with their young pitching and had Seattle’s number frustratingly often this year. Seattle opens at home! They’ll host the Detroit Tigers on Thursday, March 31st, 2022 to start the season as part of a four-game set, then host the Angels for a peculiar two-gamer.The standout elements at first glance appear to be, in roughly chronological order. Kyle Seager: The Giants have had a close look at Seager’s brother Corey for many years now, and while Corey is definitely the better of the two, Kyle is a tremendous baseball player and the name scares me all the same.Here's a look at the 2022 Mariners schedule /HlsgDeDuIr- Ryan Divish August 4, 2021 He swung a red-hot bat during Spring Training, so the Giants pitchers will want to pay him extra attention. Ty France: ZiPS projects France to be the Mariners most valuable player this season after his breakout season in 2020, his second year in the big leagues. He did a tremendous job suppressing walks last year (he led the league with 0.9 per nine innings), and we know how much the Giants want to work counts and draw free passes. Gonzales is coming off of his best MLB season, when the lefty posted a 3.10 ERA and 3.32 FIP. Marco Gonzales: The Giants plan on being a very good offensive team this year, and their first test is the Mariners Opening Day starter. Three Mariners to watch Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Part of that is due to his performance and the team’s trust in him, but, as Andrew Baggarly notes, part of it is because the Giants want to let him ease into the season against a mediocre Mariners team, rather than throwing him to the wolves against the Padres next week. His new changeup opened eyes, and his stat line will make you drool: 17 innings, 7 hits, 2 walks, 22 strikeouts, 1 earned run.Īfter starting camp as a fringe roster player, Webb now opens the year as the team’s third starter. Logan Webb: Webb was the best Giants pitcher in the spring, by a comfortable margin. 373/.489/.718 the rest of the way out, and still managed to finish fourth in the NL in wRC+. ![]() We kind of forgot about that because he hit a staggering. He’s here, and he’ll play.īelt struggled out of the gates last year while dealing with a foot issue, and hit just. He seemed destined to start the year on the Injured List - as he did last year - but no. I’m just happy to see him out there.īrandon Belt: Belt only had 9 plate appearances all Spring Training, after getting a very late start due to foot surgery, a bout of the coronavirus, and a battle with mononucleosis. We’ll all be keeping an eye on that for the next weeks and months, but for today, I don’t care how Posey does. How is his health? Did the year off help him, or is he just a year older? Posey is one of the most intriguing players to watch this year. Three Giants to watch Photo by Rob Tringali/Getty Imagesīuster Posey: It’s been 550 days since we last saw Buster Posey play in a baseball game. Record: 0-0, last in the AL West by an embarrassing margin Record: 0-0, first in the NL West by a deafening margin Seattle Mariners Where: T-Mobile Park, Seattle, Washington Maybe we can find a middle ground in there.Įither way, the season is off and running, and I, for one, am excited and ready. ![]() The Giants have been transparent about their goal of becoming the first team in MLB history to go undefeated or, if failing at that, at least try to finish within 30 games of the two-headed behemoth that is the cream of the NL West’s crop. Today marks the start of the 2021 MLB season, which means it marks the start of a new year of San Francisco Giants baseball.
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