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Completely agree the Ms offense is improved.
Completely agree that there are possibilities to fix some of the problems in the pitching area.
But ...
the Ms are 13th in OBP (.297) ... 22 points under league average.
the Ms are 12th in slugging (.380) .. 27 points under league average.
the Ms are 13th in OPS and OPS+
the Ms are 9th in runs per game.
The Angels, who have a .700 OPS have a R/G of 3.91 and the Twins at .697 have an R/G of 4.00.
The Ms ... off an OPS of .677 have a R/G of 4.25.
The reality that no Mariners fan wants to admit to is that the Mariners offense has been very, very, very lucky in turning its productive at bats into runs.
The Ms "need" to get better just to stay at the same run producing level they have shown thus far.