THE CHEAP SEATS with STEVE CAMERON: Notes and ... more notes on Seattle, GU teams

Major bulletin, folks!

(At least I hope so.)

You keep writing in to ask for more “Notes and Quotes” columns, so here’s your news.

Yes, we’re doing a fun episode of N&Q today, but that’s not all.

How about EVERY Wednesday?

If you eventually get tired of it and begin firing rotten vegetables at me, fine, we’ll adjust.

But for now, by public acclimation, you’ll get interesting notes and enjoy some snappy quotes each midweek.

Cool?

All that seems so exciting, I decided we should start with a dreary item this week — just to maintain our sense of balance on the high wire.

So …

Have you been wondering how many games the Seahawks will win this year?

The oddsmakers in Las Vegas generally come pretty close on these things, so I’ll just turn the issue over to them.

At the moment (in other words, with Geno Smith and Drew Lock still the only pro QBs on the roster), the Vegas over/under betting line for victories in Seattle’s 17-game schedule is a truly depressing six wins.

Moving up the standings, the O/U for Arizona is nine, then it’s 10 for the 49ers and 10 1/2 for the Rams.

In other words — especially since the Seahawks and their division foes will be facing the sluggers of the AFC West this season — the Vegas money men expect Seattle to absorb some serious beatings.

Yikes!

ITEM: It’s no secret that the Mariners could use another explosive bat or two — especially with Jesse Winker still miles below his career history as a .300 hitter.

Mitch Haniger won’t be back until late July, most likely, and Kyle Lewis is more or less starting from scratch after missing a year and then suffering a concussion last week.

Wouldn’t it have been great if Jarred Kelenic had opened the season banging extra-base hits the way he did last September?

Instead, JK hit almost nothing (.140 batting average) and struck out a whopping 37.5 percent of the time over the first month of the season.

There was no option but to send Kelenic back to Tacoma, a move that M’s boss Jerry Dipoto called a “life raft” for the prized prospect.

Perhaps Kelenic just relaxed after being taken out of the firing line — or possibly there just isn’t much decent pitching at Class AAA — but in his first 14 games for the Rainiers, Kelenic posted a slash line of .321/.367/.643, with four home runs.

No, in case you’re wondering, the Mariners will not be recalling Kelenic anytime soon.

The club has made it clear that when Kelenic returns, it has to be for good, and the Seattle brass want to make sure that Kelenic has straightened out his game — both mentally and technically.

For instance …

Kelenic is still striking out too much, even at Tacoma (23 Ks in 60 plate appearances, or 38.3 percent).

That’s an obscene whiff rate at AAA, suggesting that Kelenic is still overswinging — or has problems identifying pitches in the strike zone.

Disappointing, but …

The “Kelenic Project” may take a while.

ITEM: Well, at least Gonzaga’s scholarship numbers can stay on track.

The Zags, who hit the limit of 13 players with grants-in-aid when they added Chattanooga transfer Malachi Smith, could have run into a numbers crunch.

Gonzaga was still actively recruiting 6-11 Spanish forward Baba Miller from Real Madrid Baloncesto, but Miller committed to Florida State earlier this week.

The Zags never offered a hint on how they might have handled going one scholarship over the limit, but …

It’s obvious why they wanted Miller.

The 18-year-old plays small forward, even at his height, and looking at the Gonzaga squad makeup, you can see how Mark Few might be needing someone like that down the road.

At the moment, there are six guards on the roster — Smith, Rasir Bolton, Dominick Harris, Nolan Hickman, Hunter Sallis and Martynas Arlauskas.

You could even call that seven guards if you count wing Julian Strawther.

Few will only be half-joking this year if he says the Zags made a strategic move by “going small.”

I know …

BOOOOO!!

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Steve Cameron’s “Cheap Seats” columns appear in The Press three times each week. He also writes Zags Tracker, a commentary on Gonzaga basketball which is published monthly during the offseason, and weekly beginning in October.

Steve suggests you take his opinions in the spirit of a Jimmy Buffett song: “Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On.”