Battle for the Division: Who Will Rise and Who Will Fall in This Nail-Biting Showdown?

The Mariners are the most restructured team in baseball, considering their moves around the trade deadline. To start the second half of the season, the team was just six games above .500, and since then, they have moved to 15 games above. Specifically, since August 1st, the team has gone 26-17. They are arguably the hottest team in baseball at the moment as well with wins in 11 of their past 12 games. This followed a stretch where they were struggling, losing seven of nine games, Still, they picked the right time to get hot, and they get to face the Rockies for three games after this series. Today, they put Bryan Woo on the hill. Woo is 14-7 for the season with a 3.02 ERA, and a 0.94 WHIP. He also is 12th in strikeouts. Woo is a guy who probably won’t get Cy Young consideration, but should at least garner some talk. Woo has been decent for the season on the road with a 3.58 ERA, and has faced the Astros on the road once this season, going six innings allowing two earned runs on 10 hits. The hits are a bit concerning, considering he has allowed 16 in 12 innings to them over his two starts, but he got away with it in the first matchup.