Seager should be hitting 4th

[seahawksfan234]

He is not a typical #4 hitter, but he is on fire and Smoak is not.

Seager:
.272 BA .355 OBP .503 SLG 9 HR 36 RBI
(Over the past 24 games is hitting .333)

Smoak:
.217 BA .290 OBP .377 SLG 7 HR 29 RBI
(Over the past 24 games is hitting .170)

Smoak had been clutch at times this year, but I find it unlikely that he continues to hit so well with RISP and 2 outs.

We shouldn't waste the way our top of the order has been hitting on Justin Smoak, he has failed to drive in runs over the past month while Seager has been on fire. Put Seager in a place where he can knock in some runs.

 

[johnfree63]

Did you know that Smoak has played in every game this year? Pretty fucking ridiculous you ask me. Seager should be hitting 4th and Smoak should be out of the league.

 

[Mariners_44]

1 - JJ
2 - Saunders
3 - Cano
4 - Seager
5 - Zunino
6 - Smoak
7 - Ackley
8 - DH - Not much to right home about here
9 - Miller

I like this lineup more so than whats been put out there; although we have somehow continued to win. I think the most glaring hole here is DH from a lineup standpoint, and SS from a defensive standpoint.

 

[Podunkparte]

Did you know that Smoak has played in every game this year? Pretty fucking ridiculous you ask me. Seager should be hitting 4th and Smoak should be out of the league.

And our first baseman should be ......

 

[Mariners_44]

ask and you shall receive............. Seager is hitting 4th today!

 

[SeattleCoug]

Smoak:
.217 BA .290 OBP .377 SLG 7 HR 29 RBI
(Over the past 24 games is hitting .170)

Joking aside, its beyond frustrating that this guy cant put a decent couple of months together. Its always two good weeks, six bad weeks, another decent week, then five more bad ones etc. etc.

 

[johnfree63]

And our first baseman should be ......

Anyone .

Seriously though. Right now only 2 everyday 1B have a lower OPS then Smoak, only 3 have a lower wRC+, AVG, and only 5 have a lower SLG.

It's time to bring up Montero or Morrison.

 

[unlvmariners]

Anyone .

Seriously though. Right now only 2 everyday 1B have a lower OPS then Smoak, only 3 have a lower wRC+, AVG, and only 5 have a lower SLG.

It's time to bring up Montero or Morrison.

Would either of these guys bring much more to the team? I agree with you that Smoaks numbers are not good. But I have a hard time believing Smoak is the biggest issue and that Montero or Morrison could fix first base. With all of the holes on this team offensively there are currently not many internal solutions to any of them.

 

[SeattleCoug]

Montero would need to hit .300 with 30 homers to make up for the amount of runs he would give up on defense. Montero is a DH or nothing.

 

[seattlefan75]

Seager would have been hitting 4th already if it wasnt for his slow start he was hitting on the the mendoza line to start the season.

does anybody got a little upset that he was short a single to complete the cycle against the yankees?

 

[NWinAZ]

Mt.-tero should not play the field in any capacity. Would still give him a try at DH as I said before.

Morrison should not be on any roster above AAA.

Is Peterson still too far away? I am afraid I already know the answer. I still hold out hope for Hart at 1B. We all should of known it would take him a bit to get his stroke going after a year off.

 

[gohusk]

Smoak doesn't deserve to be on a MLB roster at this point. I was pulling for him because he has a good attitude and a sense of personal responsibility but he just doesn't have the talent. The only reason he's still here is because Jack Z doesn't want to admit failure with the Cliff Lee trade.

 

[NWinAZ]

Back to the original topic of the thread- Problem with Seager hitting 4th is that he has never been very good at it and he looked lost tonight as well.

2nd hole - ,297
3rd hole - .233
4th hole - .231
5th hole - .322

He is definitely a 5th hole hitter over his career which there is nothing wrong with that. It isn't his fault we can't buy a real cleanup hitter.