Chasing The Storm 2054-5 Season Review

[njherdfan]

When your child takes their first, precious steps, those are the sort of baby steps that we love and treasure forever. When the Seattle Storm, after years of playing terrible baseball, play slightly-better baseball but still finish with a losing record, we tend to value those baby steps a little less. Nevertheless, Seattle's 75-87 record did indicate some real progress, and its final run differential of -60 also showed a team that, at the very least, was no longer an embarrassment on many of the days it took the field.

At the all-star break this season, Seattle's run differential stood at -70, so that means, for those who are less numerically inclined, that Seattle actually had a +10 run differential during the second half of the season, which is very exciting. This year, Seattle's success was largely driven by its offense, as their 779 runs scored was good for 5th in the Frick League, and Seattle's offense, on the whole, was pretty good. We'll be analyzing Seattle's hitters in more depth at a later point, but at this point, it's fair to say that Seattle's offense exceeded most expectations, and was absolutely not the reason for any of Seattle's struggles.

Of course, that makes it clear that the root of Seattle's failures this year was its pitching staff and its defense. Our analysis of Seattle's pitching staff at the all-star break largely remained the same, as Seattle's pitching staff actually improved at limiting home runs, and finished 8th in the Frick in home runs allowed. Seattle's main problem was that its ERA was astronomical, and a large part of that was the .320 BABIP Seattle's pitchers allowed. That was actually down from the .323 at the all-star break, but it's clear that the problem was not really fixed. It's not entirely clear what will come next for Seattle's defense, but it's clear that Seattle's outfield defense needs a lot of work, as does its defense at shortstop. Unsurprisingly, defense at those positions is pretty important, and it's going to be Seattle's top priority to upgrade those positions and ensure that Seattle's defense can at least hold its own in the future; Seattle's front office is confident that with even average defense, Seattle's pitching staff will look a whole lot better in 2055, and Seattle's fans are hoping that they're right.

[Jwalk100]

Seattle owned the Tropics this season.

[recte44]

Storm coming

[njherdfan]

Storm coming

Fingers crossed!