2020 Seattle Mariners season

2020 Seattle Mariners
2020 Seattle Mariners
Division	Western Division
Ballpark	T-Mobile Park
City	Seattle, Washington
Record	27–33
Owners	Baseball Club of Seattle, LP, represented by CEO John Stanton
Managers	Scott Servais
Television	Root Sports Northwest; (Dave Sims, Aaron Goldsmith, Mike Blowers)
Radio	ESPN-710; Seattle Mariners Radio Network; (Rick Rizzs, Aaron Goldsmith, Dave Sims)

The 2020 Seattle Mariners season was the 44th season in franchise history. The Mariners played their 21st full season (22nd overall) at T-Mobile Park, their home ballpark. The Mariners enter this season with the longest active playoff drought in the four major North American professional sports leagues, attempting to make their first postseason since 2001. They also enter this season as the only team to not win a league pennant.

On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled.^[1] Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks.^[2] On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 24 Opening Day.^[3] The 2020 Major League Baseball season saw the adoption of many temporary rules, including universal DH, 7-inning scheduled doubleheaders, and extra innings starting with a runner on second. All affiliated minor league seasons were canceled, leaving top prospects and depth players at the team's alternate training site in Tacoma on an expanded roster.^[4]

Standings

American League West

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AL West
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Oakland Athletics	36	24	.600	—	22‍–‍10	14‍–‍14
Houston Astros	29	31	.483	7	20‍–‍9	9‍–‍22
Seattle Mariners	27	33	.450	9	14‍–‍10	13‍–‍23
Los Angeles Angels	26	34	.433	10	16‍–‍15	10‍–‍19
Texas Rangers	22	38	.367	14	16‍–‍14	6‍–‍24

American League Wild Card

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Division Leaders
Team	W	L	Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays	40	20	.667
Oakland Athletics	36	24	.600
Minnesota Twins	36	24	.600

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Division 2nd Place
Team	W	L	Pct.
Cleveland Indians	35	25	.583
New York Yankees	33	27	.550
Houston Astros	29	31	.483

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Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Chicago White Sox	35	25	.583	+3
Toronto Blue Jays	32	28	.533	—
Seattle Mariners	27	33	.450	5
Los Angeles Angels	26	34	.433	6
Kansas City Royals	26	34	.433	6
Baltimore Orioles	25	35	.417	7
Boston Red Sox	24	36	.400	8
Detroit Tigers	23	35	.397	8
Texas Rangers	22	38	.367	10

Record against opponents

2020 American League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2020
Team	HOU	LAA	OAK	SEA	TEX	NL
Houston	—	4–6	3–7	7–3	5–5	10–10
Los Angeles	6–4	—	4–6	5–5	4–6	7–13
Oakland	7–3	6–4	—	6–4	7–3	10–10
Seattle	3–7	5–5	4–6	—	8–2	7–13
Texas	5–5	6–4	3–7	2–8	—	6–14

Game Log

Regular season

2020 game log: 27–33 (Home: 16–14; Away: 11–19)

July: 4–4 (Home: 1–0 ; Away: 3–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record	Streak
1	July 24	@ Astros	2–8	Verlander (1–0)	Gonzales (0–1)	—	0–1	L1
2	July 25	@ Astros	2–7	McCullers Jr. (1–0)	Walker (0–1)	—	0–2	L2
3	July 26	@ Astros	7–6	Altavilla (1–0)	Devenski (0–1)	Williams (1)	1–2	W1
4	July 27	@ Astros	5–8	Bielak (1–0)	Graveman (0–1)	Osuna (1)	1–3	L1
5	July 28	@ Angels	2–10	Buchter (1–0)	Sheffield (0–1)	—	1–4	L2
6	July 29	@ Angels	10–7	Shaw (1–0)	Barnes (0–1)	Altavilla (1)	2–4	W1
7	July 30	@ Angels	8–5	Gonzales (1–1)	Bundy (1–1)	—	3–4	W2
8	July 31	Athletics	5–3	Walker (1–1)	Manaea (0–2)	Williams (2)	4–4	W3

August: 11–18 (Home: 6–8 ; Away: 5–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record	Streak
9	August 1	Athletics	2–3 (10)	Soria (1–0)	Altavilla (1–1)	Hendriks (2)	4–5	L1
10	August 2	Athletics	2–3	Bassitt (1–0)	Graveman (0–2)	Hendriks (3)	4–6	L2
11	August 3	Athletics	1–11	Montas (1–1)	Sheffield (0–2)	—	4–7	L3
12	August 4	Angels	3–5	Heaney (1–0)	Dunn (0–1)	Buttrey (1)	4–8	L4
13	August 5	Angels	7–6	Gonzales (2–1)	Teherán (0–1)	Edwards Jr. (1)	5–8	W1
14	August 6	Angels	1–6	Bundy (2–1)	Walker (1–2)	—	5–9	L1
15	August 7	Rockies	4–8	Senzatela (3–0)	Kikuchi (0–1)	—	5–10	L2
16	August 8	Rockies	0–5	Hoffman (2–0)	Misiewicz (0–1)	—	5–11	L3
17	August 9	Rockies	5–3	Sheffield (1–2)	Márquez (2–2)	Williams (3)	6–11	W1
18	August 10	@ Rangers	10–2	Dunn (1–1)	Gibson (0–2)	—	7–11	W2
19	August 11	@ Rangers	2–4	Vólquez (2–1)	Gonzales (2–2)	Montero (3)	7–12	L1
20	August 12	@ Rangers	4–7	Hernández (3–0)	Swanson (0–1)	Montero (4)	7–13	L2
21	August 14	@ Astros	1–11	Valdez (1–2)	Cortes Jr. (0–1)	—	7–14	L3
22	August 15	@ Astros	1–2	Javier (2–1)	Margevicius (0–1)	Pressly (2)	7–15	L4
23	August 16	@ Astros	2–3	Pressly (1–1)	Swanson (0–2)	—	7–16	L5
24	August 17	@ Dodgers	9–11	Ferguson (1–0)	Magill (0–1)	Jansen (7)	7–17	L6
25	August 18	@ Dodgers	1–2	Treinen (2–1)	Altavilla (1–2)	—	7–18	L7
26	August 19	Dodgers	6–4	Walker (2–2)	Santana (1–1)	Williams (4)	8–18	W1
27	August 20	Dodgers	1–6	Kershaw (3–1)	Kikuchi (0–2)	—	8–19	L1
28	August 21	Rangers	7–4	Margevicius (1–1)	Allard (0–2)	Williams (5)	9–19	W1
29	August 22	Rangers	10–1	Sheffield (2–2)	Lyles (1–3)	—	10–19	W2
30	August 23	Rangers	4–1	Dunn (2–1)	Minor (0–5)	Williams (6)	11–19	W3
31	August 25	@ Padres	8–3	Gonzales (3–2)	Paddack (2–3)	—	12–19	W4
—	August 26	@ Padres	Postponed (Boycotts due to Jacob Blake shooting); Makeup: August 27
32	August 27	@ Padres (1)	7–10 (7)	Johnson (3–1)	Williams (0–1)	—	12–20	L1
33	August 27	@ Padres (2)	8–3 (7)	Kikuchi (1–2)	Richards (1–2)	—	13–20	W1
34	August 28	@ Angels	2–3	Heaney (2–2)	Margevicius (1–2)	Buttrey (4)	13–21	L1
35	August 29	@ Angels	3–16	Bundy (4–2)	Sheffield (2–3)	—	13–22	L2
36	August 30	@ Angels	2–1 (10)	Williams (1–1)	Quijada (0–1)	Ramírez (1)	14–22	W1
37	August 31	@ Angels	2–1	Gonzales (4–2)	Andriese (1–2)	—	15–22	W2

September: 12–11 (Home: 9–6 ; Away: 3–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record	Streak
—	September 1	Athletics	Postponed (COVID-19); Makeup: September 14
—	September 2	Athletics	Postponed (COVID-19); Makeup: September 14
—	September 3	Athletics	Postponed (COVID-19); Makeup: September 26
38	September 4	Rangers	6–3	Kikuchi (2–2)	Cody (0–1)	—	16–22	W3
39	September 5	Rangers	5–3	Gerber (1–0)	Hernández (5–1)	Ramírez (2)	17–22	W4
40	September 6	Rangers	4–3	Dunn (3–1)	Lyles (1–4)	Hirano (1)	18–22	W5
41	September 7	Rangers	8–4	Gonzales (5–2)	Allard (0–5)	Ramírez (3)	19–22	W6
42	September 8	@ Giants	5–6	Rogers (2–3)	Misiewicz (0–2)	Watson (2)	19–23	L1
43	September 9	@ Giants	1–10	Anderson (2–3)	Margevicius (1–3)	—	19–24	L2
44	September 11	@ Diamondbacks	3–4	Young (2–3)	Kikuchi (2–3)	Crichton (1)	19–25	L3
45	September 12	@ Diamondbacks	7–3	Sheffield (3–3)	Gallen (1–2)	—	20–25	W1
46	September 13	@ Diamondbacks	7–3	Sadler (1–0)	Weaver (1–7)	—	21–25	W2
47	September 14 (1)	Athletics	6–5 (7)	Gonzales (6–2)	Soria (2–2)	Hirano (2)	22–25	W3
48	September 14 (2)	Athletics	0–9 (7)	Minor (1–5)	Yacabonis (0–1)	—	22–26	L1
—	September 15	Giants	Postponed (Bad Air Quality); Makeup: September 17
49	September 16	Giants^[5]	3–9	Cahill (1–1)	Newsome (0–1)	—	22–27	L2
50	September 17	Giants^[5]	4–6	Garcia (1–1)	Graveman (0–3)	Selman (1)	22–28	L3
51	September 18	Padres ^[6]	1–6	Paddack (4–4)	Kikuchi (2–4)	—	22–29	L4
52	September 19	Padres	4–1	Sheffield (4–3)	Altavilla (1–3)	Hirano (3)	23–29	W1
53	September 20	Padres	4–7 (11)	Rosenthal (1–0)	Sadler (1–1)	—	23–30	L1
54	September 21	Astros	6–1	Gonzales (7–2)	McCullers Jr. (3–3)	—	24–30	W1
55	September 22	Astros	1–6	Valdez (5–3)	Sadler (1–2)	—	24–31	L1
56	September 23	Astros	3–2	Margevicius (2–3)	Greinke (3–3)	Hirano (4)	25–31	W1
57	September 25	@ Athletics	1–3 (10)	Diekman (2–0)	Gerber (1–1)	—	25–32	L1
58	September 26 (1)	@ Athletics	5–1 (8)	Graveman (1–3)	Hendriks (3–1)	—	26–32	W1
59	September 26 (2)	Athletics	12–3 (7)	Dunn (4–1)	Blackburn (0–1)	—	27–32	W2
60	September 27	@ Athletics	2–6	Petit (2–1)	Hirano (0–1)	—	27–33	L1

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Mariners team member

Roster

2020 Seattle Mariners

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other Batters

20 Dan Vogelbach

Manager

29 Scott Servais

Coaches

14 Manny Acta (third base)
66 Fleming Baez (bullpen catcher)
44 Jarret DeHart (assistant hitting)
40 Brian DeLunas (bullpen)
13 Perry Hill (first base)
21 Tim Laker (hitting)
48 Jared Sandberg (bench)
39 Carson Vitale (field coordinator)
32 Pete Woodworth (pitching)

Statistics

Farm system

Level	Team	League
AAA	Tacoma Rainiers	Pacific Coast League
AA	Arkansas Travelers	Texas League
A-Advanced	Modesto Nuts	California League
A	West Virginia Power	South Atlantic League
A-Short Season	Everett AquaSox	Northwest League
Rookie	AZL Mariners	Arizona League
Rookie	DSL Mariners 1	Dominican Summer League
Rookie	DSL Mariners 2	Dominican Summer League

References

^ Mark Feinsand (March 12, 2020). "Opening Day delayed at least 2 weeks; Spring Training games cancelled". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
^ "Opening of regular season to be pushed back". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
^ Feinsand, Mark (June 24, 2020). "Play Ball: MLB announces 2020 regular season". MLB.com. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
^ "These are the rule changes for 2020 season". MLB.com. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Mariners-Giants series moved from Seattle to San Francisco due to poor air quality from wildfires". cbssports.com. September 15, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
^ "Seattle Mariners' three-game-series with Padres relocated to San Diego due to air quality". seattlepi.com. September 17, 2020. Retrieved September 20, 2020.

External links

Seattle Mariners Official Site (Seattle Mariners Schedule)
2020 Seattle Mariners season at Baseball Reference

[1] Mark Feinsand (March 12, 2020). "Opening Day delayed at least 2 weeks; Spring Training games cancelled". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved March 14, 2020.

[2] "Opening of regular season to be pushed back". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.

[3] Feinsand, Mark (June 24, 2020). "Play Ball: MLB announces 2020 regular season". MLB.com. Retrieved June 24, 2020.

[4] "These are the rule changes for 2020 season". MLB.com. Retrieved September 28, 2020.

[september15changes-5] "Mariners-Giants series moved from Seattle to San Francisco due to poor air quality from wildfires". cbssports.com. September 15, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2020.

[september18changes-6] "Seattle Mariners' three-game-series with Padres relocated to San Diego due to air quality". seattlepi.com. September 17, 2020. Retrieved September 20, 2020.

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