Articles by Brian Hight

About Brian Hight

Brian Hight lives in Seattle and writes primarily about MLB and the local Seattle Mariners, with a focus on advanced analytics. Occasionally, he delves into the NFL and the NBA, also with an emphasis on advanced statistics. He’s currently pursuing a Certificate in Data Analysis online from Microsoft, where he hopes to create a prediction model for baseball outcomes for his capstone project.

Are The Dallas Cowboys The Cure For The Seattle Seahawks Woes?

September 21, 2018 Brian Hight Comments Off

Monday night in Chicago, the Seattle Seahawks offense looked abysmal. They ran the ball 22 times for 74 yards for 3.36 yards per carry. First round draft pick Rashad Penny ran the ball 10 times […]

A Mack Truck Is Headed For The Seattle Seahawks O-Line

September 14, 2018 Brian Hight Comments Off

Kahlil Mack is a force of nature. For some inexplicable reason, the Oakland Raiders and returning so-called wunderkind Jon Gruden traded the fifth-year linebacker out of Buffalo University to the Chicago Bears, rather than pay […]

The Seattle Mariners May Have Caught A “Break” But September Call Ups May Negate It

August 30, 2018 Brian Hight Comments Off

If you are a baseball fan, you want your team to win, but you also don’t want to see players on other teams get hurt. No fan base in Major League Baseball longs to see […]

Will The Overachieving Seattle Mariners Still Disappoint?

August 27, 2018 Brian Hight Comments Off

Following a home series loss to the Houston Astros, the Seattle Mariners record settled in at 72-56 for a .563 winning percentage. That winning percentage projected out over the whole 162 game season would capture […]

Slumming It At Safeco Field

July 27, 2018 Brian Hight Comments Off

Every baseball season since my wife and I moved to Seattle, a little over five years ago, we have made a point to attend at least one Seattle Mariners home game, usually a mid-week day […]

Seattle Mariners – Homerism And All-Star Voting

July 3, 2018 Brian Hight Comments Off

This happens in every American city with a Major League Baseball team (and one Canadian). It’s not just Seattle. The pleas of the local broadcasting team to vote for the hometown boys is echoed across […]

Seattle Mariners Debunking Clichés

June 14, 2018 Brian Hight Comments Off

Most sports fans have heard the old cliché that “you can’t win (fill in the blank) early, but you can sure lose (fill in the blank) early.” And while it does seem reasonable that a […]

The Surprise That Is Marco Gonzales

June 7, 2018 Brian Hight Comments Off

Over the weekend, I noticed that Marco Gonzales, starting pitcher for the Seattle Mariners, had been picked up on waivers in my oldest fantasy baseball league. The league originally started back in Memphis, TN, so […]

Are The Seattle Mariners This Good?

May 24, 2018 Brian Hight Comments Off

The early months of the MLB season have been pretty good overall for the Seattle Mariners. Heading into the final, afternoon, game of the series against the Oakland Athletics, the Mariners record stood at 29-19, […]

The Seattle Mariners Will Get Better Dee At Second Base

May 18, 2018 Brian Hight Comments Off

In the immediate wake of Robinson Cano’s suspension for violating MLB’s drug policy, the front office of the Seattle Mariners stated that former Gold Glove Award winner Dee Gordon, who was obtained in the offseason […]