The Seattle Mariners
The Seattle Mariners nearly made the playoffs in 2021 but they haven’t looked like a playoff team in the first week of the season.
They have hit .191/.284/.312, which is 28th, 24th, and 28th in baseball. They also have scored just 16 runs, for an average of just 2.67 runs per game. They also have an ERA of 4.14, which is not awful but not great either (19th).
Outside of shortstop J.P. Crawford and first baseman Ty France, none of their players who have started in at least half of their games have a batting average above .200 or an OPS above .725.
They have faced the aforementioned Twins and White Sox so they aren’t facing awful teams (at least in theory for the Twins) but the Mariners should have a little bit of a better start.
Shohei Ohtani (at the plate)
Shohei Ohtani made the Opening Day start for the Los Angeles Angels. He pitched well (4 2/3 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 9 K) but he has not hit well at all.
There’s a reason why he was giving CPR to his bat.
Ohtani giving CPR to his dead bat pic.twitter.com/aFoZbMw4sG
— Shohei Ohtani Highlights (@ohtanimoments) April 12, 2022
Through the first week of the MLB season, he is hitting .160/.160/.200 with an OPS+ of 3. In total, he is 4-for-25 with three singles and a double.
He should turn his bat around here soon but it’s definitely a disappointing start to the season for him.