MLB Storyline Halfway Through the Season || PART 3 || AL West

Edition #115

Intro About Me:

First off, I'm super sorry about the lack of content this week. The Sports Summit is coming up and I’m frantically writing my parts for each piece. Pretty hard for me to write original pieces along with my parts along with looking for writers as the summer time means many are on vacation. In 1 hour, which may seem okay to a lot of people, but not me.

But, it’s fine. I got time to write this piece and here it is!

Real Intro:

The MLB is just fascinating. As simple as that. Just when you think you know what's going to happen, well, things go wrong. The one team that exhibits that the most? The Arizona Diamondbacks. Heck, even the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Long story short, the Diamondbacks were supposed to be #2 in the NL West chasing down the Dodgers after reaching the World Series. That hasn’t happened.

I’m starting a new series, reviewing every team in every single division. We’re going to continue this with the AL Central. Let’s get it.

AL West

Seattle Mariners

Yes. This team is leading this division, even with an incredibly bad record playing teams on the road. In fact, their road record is worse than the team in second place in their division, the Houston Astros, by 3 games (3 losses). How are they in first place?

I don’t think this team is going to be in first place for long. They’re going to fall. Houston’s going to come up, but the Mariners are still going to make the Wild Card with the Texas Rangers horrific season. The Mariners just have too many holes (plus a Julio Rodriguez who just can’t hit) to win a division.

ONE THING TO NOTE: This team does not do good in day games sitting at .500.

Houston Astros

Injuries have plagued this team, but the players on the IL should be coming back pretty soon. They should overtake and take first place and it’s going to be great in H-Town.

ONE THING TO NOTE: This team does REALLY BAD in 1-run games.

Texas Rangers

What a bad year this has been for this Rangers team. I hope they can do better in the second half. Seager is doing great. Semien is doing okay. Garcia is doing incredibly badly. This Rangers team has an ERA of 4.00. Bad, bad, bad.

They’re getting their players back from injuries too (I don’t know what’s with the AL West and injuries), so maybe they can make a run to get a Wild Card spot. Otherwise, I’m not too optimistic for the Rangers to win the division, let alone make the playoffs.

ONE THING TO NOTE: This team does not do good in night games.

Los Angeles Angels

What the hell is there to talk about this team? No Mike Trout, so there isn’t even anything worth looking at.

ONE THING TO NOTE: This team is better than the Astros in one run games.

Oakland Athletics

The fact that this team can still end the year ranked 4th in the division is crazy, but still not a surprise.

The outbursts from the A’s this season is unreal. They’ve won a series against some of the MLB’s best teams. It’s crazy! Scoring 18 runs against the Phillies? Even crazier!! In fact, they have a better run differential than 4 teams!

The thing is, the A’s have some really good players. Zach Gelof, Mason Miller, Brent Rooker, etc. All of these guys are homegrown inside the A’s organization. It’s pretty special. To be honest, this team’s farm system has produced players like Matt Olson, Matt Chapman, and Sean Murphy. They developed these guys into studs… before trading them away. So, what’s the point of making them studs?

Needless to say, this A’s team is on the right track. I have them making a playoff push in the 2026-2027 season.