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Old 05-17-2019, 11:35 PM   #10
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September 1, 2019

The M's sunk below .500 in August, landing at 68-69 as rosters expanded. It was a relatively uneventful month, with no ability to make trades, and thankfully, it was relatively injury-free.

Mitch Haniger paced the offense once again, hitting .323 with six homers and driving in 18. Meanwhile, rookies Jake Fraley and Jamie Ritchie did the best they could to play their way off the team, hitting .100 and .114 respectively. Yusei Kikuchi had another solid month (2.10 ERA in 30 innings) and reliever Jeffrey Springs was excellent (1.15).

The biggest change over the course of the year was the shift towards youth. The M's shipped off quite a few veterans and managed to acquire seven top-200 prospects just during the regular season. Hopefully that will pay some dividends in the coming years.
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