2018 Seattle Mariners season

The 2018 Seattle Mariners season was the 42nd season in franchise history. The Mariners played their 19th full season (20th overall) at Safeco Field, their home ballpark. The Mariners entered this season with the longest active playoff drought in the four North American professional sports, failing to make their first postseason appearance since 2001. At several points in the season, the Mariners were 10 games ahead of the Oakland Athletics in the AL Wild Card race, but ended up finishing eight games behind them. The Mariners were eliminated from playoff contention on September 22 with the Athletics win against the Minnesota Twins. The Mariners began the season on March 29, 2018 against the Cleveland Indians and finished the season on September 30 against the Texas Rangers.

2018 Seattle Mariners
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record89–73 (.549)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)Baseball Club of Seattle, LP, represented by CEO John Stanton
Manager(s)Scott Servais
Local televisionRoot Sports Northwest
(Dave Sims, Aaron Goldsmith, Mike Blowers)
Local radioESPN-710
Seattle Mariners Radio Network
(Rick Rizzs, Aaron Goldsmith, Dave Sims)
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The Mariners were led by manager Scott Servais in his third year as manager.

Offseason and spring training

On December 7, 2017, the Mariners traded three minor leaguers to the Miami Marlins for Dee Gordon and $1 million in international slot money. General manager Jerry Dipoto stated he planned to use Gordon in center field instead of his usual second base.[1]

On March 6, 2018, the Mariners signed free agent Ichiro Suzuki for a $750k salary with incentives up to $2M. He returned to the Seattle Mariners after five years being with the New York Yankees and the Miami Marlins, respectively.

Regular season

Game log
2018 game log: 89–73 (Home: 45–36; Away: 44–37)
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Postponement
Bold = Mariners team member

Standings

American League West
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Houston Astros 10359 0.636 — 46–35 57–24
Oakland Athletics 9765 0.599 6 50–31 47–34
Seattle Mariners 8973 0.549 14 45–36 44–37
Los Angeles Angels 8082 0.494 23 42–39 38–43
Texas Rangers 6795 0.414 36 34–47 33–48

American League Wild Card
Division Leaders W L Pct.
Boston Red Sox 10854 0.667
Houston Astros 10359 0.636
Cleveland Indians 9171 0.562


Wild Card teams
(Top two qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 10062 0.617 +3
Oakland Athletics 9765 0.599 —
Tampa Bay Rays 9072 0.556 7
Seattle Mariners 8973 0.549 8
Los Angeles Angels 8082 0.494 17
Minnesota Twins 7884 0.481 19
Toronto Blue Jays 7389 0.451 24
Texas Rangers 6795 0.414 30
Detroit Tigers 6498 0.395 33
Chicago White Sox 62100 0.383 35
Kansas City Royals 58104 0.358 39
Baltimore Orioles 47115 0.290 50

Record against opponents
2018 American League Records

Source: AL Standings Head-to-head
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore —3–163–42–52–41–62–41–51–67–121–51–68–113–45–147–13
Boston 16–3—3–43–44–23–45–16–04–310–92–44–311–86–115–416–4
Chicago 4–34–3—5–147–120–711–82–57–122–42–52–44–24–32–46–14
Cleveland 5–24–314–5—13–63–412–73–310–92–52–42–52–44–23–412–8
Detroit 4–22–412–76–13—1–58–113–47–123–40–73–42–43–44–36–14
Houston 6–14–37–04–35–1—5–113–64–22–512–79–103–412–74–213–7
Kansas City 4–21–58–117–1211–81–5—1–610–92–52–51–50–72–52–56–14
Los Angeles 5–10–65–23–34–36–136–1—4–31–510–98–111–613–64–310–10
Minnesota 6–13–412–79–1012–72–49–103–4—2–52–51–53–42–44–28–12
New York 12–79–104–25–24–35–25–25–15–2—3–35–110–94–313–611–9
Oakland 5–14–25–24–27–07–125–29–105–23–3—9–102–513–67–012–8
Seattle 6–13–44–25–24–310–95–111–85–11–510–9—6–110–93–46–14
Tampa Bay 11–88–112–44–24–24–37–06–14–39–105–21–6—5–113–67–13
Texas 4–31–63–42–44–37–125–26–134–23–46–139–101–5—3–39–11
Toronto 14–54–154–24–33–42–45–23–42–46–130–74–36–133–3—13–7

Updated with the results of all games through September 30, 2018.

Roster
2018 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers
  • 39 Edwin Díaz
 Catchers

Infielders

  • 20 Dan Vogelbach

Outfielders

 Manager

Coaches

  • 66 Fleming Baez (bullpen catcher)

Statistics

Batting

(Through September 30, 2018)
Players in bold finished the season on the active roster.

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; K = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On Base Percentage; SLG = Slugging Percentage;

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB K AVG OBP SLG TB
John Andreoli 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 .333 .200 1
Gordon Beckham 22 44 3 8 1 0 0 1 1 4 11 .182 .250 .205 9
Christian Bergman 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1
Robinson Canó 80 310 44 94 22 0 10 50 0 32 47 .303 .374 .471 146
Nelson Cruz 144 519 70 133 18 1 37 97 1 55 122 .256 .342 .509 264
Roenis Elías 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1
David Freitas 36 93 9 20 6 0 1 5 0 8 25 .215 .277 .312 29
Ben Gamel 101 257 37 70 14 4 1 19 7 31 61 .272 .358 .370 95
Marco Gonzales 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0
Dee Gordon 141 556 62 149 17 8 4 36 30 9 80 .268 .288 .349 194
Mitch Haniger 157 596 90 170 38 4 26 93 8 70 148 .285 .366 .493 294
Ryon Healy 133 493 51 116 15 0 24 73 0 27 113 .235 .277 .412 203
Guillermo Heredia 125 292 29 69 14 1 5 19 2 32 52 .236 .318 .342 100
Félix Hernández 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0
Chris Herrmann 36 76 6 18 4 2 2 7 0 10 24 .237 .322 .421 32
Mike Leake 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 0
Wade LeBlanc 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 1
Mike Marjama 10 27 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 6 .111 .172 .222 6
Cameron Maybin 30 91 12 22 2 1 1 8 2 6 20 .242 .289 .319 29
Taylor Motter 7 15 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 2 5 .267 .353 .467 7
Kristopher Negrón 18 29 6 6 0 0 1 3 2 1 9 .207 .233 .310 9
Erasmo Ramírez 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0
Andrew Romine 72 119 15 25 2 1 0 2 1 7 39 .210 .260 .244 29
Kyle Seager 155 583 62 129 36 1 22 78 2 38 138 .221 .273 .312 233
Jean Segura 144 586 91 178 29 3 10 63 20 32 69 .304 .341 .415 243
Denard Span 94 294 36 80 15 6 7 30 3 23 55 .272 .329 .435 128
Ichiro Suzuki 15 44 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 .205 .255 .205 9
Zach Vincej 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 2
Daniel Vogelbach 37 87 9 18 2 0 4 13 0 13 26 .207 .324 .368 32
Mike Zunino 113 373 37 75 18 0 20 44 0 24 150 .201 .259 .410 153

Pitching

(Through September 30, 2018)
Players in bold finished the season on the active roster.

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K
Dan Altavilla 3 2 2.61 22 0 0 20.2 11 7 6 15 23
Shawn Armstrong 0 1 1.23 14 0 1 14.2 9 2 2 3 15
Christian Bergman 0 1 5.79 3 2 0 14.0 12 9 9 3 7
Chasen Bradford 5 0 3.69 46 0 0 53.2 55 23 22 14 38
Álex Colomé 5 0 2.53 47 0 1 46.1 35 14 13 13 49
Ryan Cook 2 1 5.29 19 0 0 17.0 15 10 10 7 23
Ross Detwiler 0 1 4.50 1 0 0 6.0 8 3 3 2 2
Edwin Díaz 0 4 1.96 73 0 57 73.1 41 17 16 17 124
Zach Duke 2 1 5.52 27 0 0 14.2 13 9 9 6 12
Roenis Elías 3 1 2.65 23 4 0 51.0 46 17 15 16 34
Matt Festa 0 0 2.16 8 1 0 8.1 13 2 2 2 4
Erik Goeddel 2 0 1.23 5 0 0 7.1 4 1 1 5 9
Marco Gonzales 13 9 4.00 29 29 0 166.2 172 76 74 32 145
Justin Grimm 0 0 1.93 5 0 0 4.2 2 1 1 0 3
Félix Hernández 8 14 5.55 29 28 0 155.2 159 107 96 59 125
Casey Lawrence 1 0 7.33 11 0 0 23.1 28 19 19 10 14
Mike Leake 10 10 4.36 31 31 0 185.2 207 98 90 34 119
Wade LeBlanc 9 5 3.72 32 27 0 162.0 151 74 67 40 130
Ariel Miranda 0 0 1.80 1 1 0 5.0 6 1 1 4 5
Mike Morin 0 0 6.75 3 0 0 4.0 6 3 3 1 6
Taylor Motter 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 1 1
Juan Nicasio 1 6 6.00 46 0 1 42.0 53 35 33 12 33
James Paxton 11 6 3.76 28 28 0 160.1 134 67 67 42 208
James Pazos 4 1 2.88 60 0 0 50.0 47 19 16 15 45
Erasmo Ramírez 2 4 6.50 10 10 0 45.2 52 35 33 12 33
Andrew Romine 0 0 15.00 3 0 0 3.0 5 5 5 2 0
Nick Rumbelow 0 0 6.11 13 0 0 17.2 19 12 12 6 12
Marc Rzepczynski 0 1 9.39 18 0 0 7.2 13 11 8 9 10
Sam Tuivailala 1 0 1.69 5 0 0 5.1 6 1 1 1 4
Nick Vincent 4 4 3.99 62 1 0 56.1 50 28 25 15 56
Adam Warren 3 1 3.74 23 0 0 21.2 22 9 9 8 15
Rob Whalen 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 4.0 1 0 0 1 0

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tacoma Rainiers Pacific Coast League Pat Listach
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Daren Brown
A-Advanced Modesto Nuts California League Fred Ocasio
A Clinton LumberKings Midwest League Denny Hocking
A-Short Season Everett AquaSox Northwest League José Moreno
Rookie AZL Mariners Arizona League Zac Livingston
Rookie DSL Mariners 1 Dominican Summer League
Rookie DSL Mariners 2 Dominican Summer League
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References
  1. Johns, Greg. "Speed & Dee-fense: Gordon dealt to Mariners".
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