Callaghan Bluechel

Seawolves/Mariners reporter @EmeraldSpectrum
reporter @Cascadia_FC

[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

"Winning player": these are the two words that #Mariners top prospect Colt Emerson brought up time and again to describe his approach to the game. What drives Emerson's well-praised consistency?

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[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

... but that had the side effect (especially with the outfielder positioning optimization) of murdering outfield BABIP.

This has been a big reason for the #Mariners' homer-heavy lineup construction in recent years.

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[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

That's because T-Mobile Park isn't a pitcher's park in the typical sense of "it's hard to hit a home run," even though it used to be. It's a pitcher's park because:
-the batter's eye screws up righties
-in 2013, the fences got moved in to address the HR issue...

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[Mike Petriello @mike_petriello]

Something I've been monitoring that's blowing my mind -- and which I don't have a good "why" to right now.

The lineup that has the most HR at home .. the Mariners .. in famously hitter-friendly, uh, T-Mobile?

https://t.co/HPkSxWd6J5

[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

The big difference between Kirby and Peralta's starts (other than the defense behind them) has been Peralta's unwillingness give in on tough counts/traffic situations

3-1 heater to Canzone here is the only real example of that, and it ends up as a single for Seattle.

[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

@tangotiger @FreelanceBBall My instincts would be to examine how quickly as a percentage of max sprint speed a fielder typically runs on fly balls and see if that has a relation to how much sprint speed declines affect fielders.

[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

All three of #Mariners' notable Tuesday night heroes were guys who started the year in the minors.

Their anticipated trajectories were and are different, but they kept the win streak steady with a resounding triumph.

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[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

FINAL: Colt Emerson finishes it off with a grooovy catch, and the #Mariners beat the #Mets, 8-3.

Seattle has won eight straight games, with a third straight series win for the first time this year.

More soon for @EmeraldSpectrum.

[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

Almost the Jose Canseco Special.

[Rhett Bollinger @RhettBollinger]

Oh no. Jo Adell just had a ball hit off his glove and off his head for a home run. #Angels down 8-0.

[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

This game might decide who stays as the backup when Cal comes back from injury #Mariners

[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

Woof, the Mets infield defense...

[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

As so often happens when a team is on a roll, the auspices of fortune shined upon the #Mariners on Monday night.

And given the opportunity by a lockdown bullpen, it was the only man with a hit in the field who finished the honors.

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[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

The #Mets became the 3rd team this year to get zero non-HR hits in a game, after the Royals (4/7@CLE) and the Reds (5/12@ATL)

1sttime a team did this into extras since 8/6/22 (CHC, at MIL, Cubs *won* that)

1st time a team did that into extras and lost since 5/1/17 PIT, at CIN

[Alex Mayer @alexmayer34]

Cole Young is the first player in @MLB history to record an extra inning walk-off in his MLB debut (May 31, 2025), and then proceed to be on a team that walks it off … on the 1️⃣ year anniversary (May 31, 2026) of his debut. 🔥

(h/t @IISwitchII for the idea) #TheMayerGWS

[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

22 players had plate appearances between the Mets and Mariners on Saturday and only one had a hit that wasn't a homer.

[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

That's seven straight wins for Seattle, three of the last four have been walk-off victories.

More soon for @EmeraldSpectrum:

[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

The #Mariners have kept the opposing ghost runner off the board in three straight 10th innings.

Bottom of the 10th, #NYMvsSEA game tied 2-2.

[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

Just as I was typing the phrase ".000 combined BABIP" into my google doc, Cole Young gets a single into the outfield.

#Mariners-#Mets tied at 2-2 with two solo shots for each side, bottom of the seventh.

[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

Both team's first hit is a home run, as Jared Young goes deep to tie it in the fifth

1-1 between Mets and Mariners

[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

First hit of the game for either team is a Colt Emerson homer in the bottom of the third.

1-0, Mariners.

[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

The #Mariners are the latest example of the titular old saying, with a six-game win streak going into their series at home against the Mets.

What has caused this upturn, and what do the M's need for it to continue?

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[Callaghan Bluechel @CalBluechel]

Probably only behind Wolfram Alpha in usefulness

My only real gripe with it is that the search tool only has >= and <= operators, no > or <

It can be remedied by throwing the data in R, which is relatively easy due to the download CSV option. Just a little time consuming tbh

[Derrick @Steelers_DB]

I’m def a noob but baseball savant being a free resource is crazy. The NFL has nothing like that and if they did, it would cost a million dollars lol