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1 = Mariners' winning streak
10 = Mariners wins, out of 13 games played with Griffey statue nearby
24.1% = Portion of 2017 schedule played
-3.0 = Games out of playoffs
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2 = Number of times Jean Segura reached base Monday
2 = Number of times Jean Segura scored runs Monday
24 = Runs, Segura, 2017
27 = Games played, Segura, 2017
44 = Base hits, Segura, 2017
264 = Base hit ratio, over 162 games
262 = Ichiro's major league hits-in-season record
7.1 = How many WAR did Ichiro get that season
YES = Are Jean Segura 2017 and Ichiro 2004 "comparable players" (defensive specialists with high AVG and high SPD)
7.3 = How many WAR would Jean Segura get this season at this rate, if he missed 10 more games
IF HE KEEPS IT UP, THEN PRETTY MUCH YES = is this version of Jean Segura as good a player as Ichiro Suzuki
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33 = RBI, Nelson Cruz
38 = Games played, Nelson Cruz
174 = OPS+, Nelson Cruz
-10% = Fishing rate, vs 2015-16, Nelson Cruz
1 = Number of blogs that praised Jack Zduriencik for Cruz' 4-year deal
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SLIDERS = What pitch is still giving the Mariners trouble
NO = Is trend getting better, in terms of results
#15 = Of thirty teams, where do M's rank in terms of most sliders seen, last 30 days
YES = Are April slider woes therefore ameliorated
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2 = Walks, Ben Gamel, Monday night
0 = Walks, Kyle Seager, Monday night (did hit a CF homer of course)
GAMEL = Which of the two Mariners "saw" hard-throwing sidearm LHP Manea better
14 = How many walks is that for Gamel now
18 = In how many games
NO = Did Gamel look comfortable swinging against 99 MPH righties
+3.04 = But what is Gamel's pitch value against fastballs this year
4 = How many hits did Mariners lineup have Monday
7 = How many walks did Mariners lineup have Monday
50% = How many of your wins result from other team playing badly
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WHO EVEN KNOWS = How many eye-popping catches has Jarrod Dyson made this week (four to five of them made in one game)
+8 = How many runs (not bases) has Dyson saved on defense, per John Dewan (+5 in left, +3 in center, equally distributed shallow/medium/deep)
+21 = How many runs (not bases) has Mariner OF saved in 39 games, per John Dewan (but -14 at pitcher and catcher)
+6.9 = Wins Above Replacement, Seattle position players (2nd to Yankees in AL)
NEXT ROAD TRIP = When is Mitch Haniger scheduled to return
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93 MPH = Yovanni Gallardo's average fastball Monday night
95.1 MPH = fastest Gallardo pitch Monday night
TOP 20 = Gallardo rank in velocity, American League starters
? = Exactly where did this velo come from
REMARKABLE = How did Gallardo's "worst pitch in AL" cutter/slider look Monday night (thrown low and hard in zone with late bite)
$11M = How much will Gallardo earn in 2017 at this rate
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BABVA,
Dr D