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Good morning! It’s time to put that Kansas City Royals series behind us, as the Mariners prepare to host the Atlanta Braves tonight at 6:40 PM. Logan Gilbert will start off the three-game set against RHP JR Ritchie. In Mariners news… Around the league…
It was bad. It was boring. It was a third straight loss. The Mariners lineup snoozed through a 4-1 loss on Sunday as the Royals completed a sweep in Seattle. The short-side of the Mariners platoons, once again, frankly stunk, sending the minimum-plus-one to the plate over the final five innings. Lefty Kris Bubic took […]
Royals 4, Mariners 1 Bad: Randy Arozarena, -0.14 WPA Worse: Luis Castillo, -.24 WPA Game Thread Comment of the Day:
The Mariners, suddenly drawing from their depth a month into the season, made a waiver claim today, picking up lefty José Suarez from Atlanta. Mariners fans likely remember Suarez from his lengthy Angels tenure, from the time he signed with the Angels as a free agent out of Venezuela to 2024. Prior to the 2025 […]
Cal Raleigh will not return to the Mariners lineup Sunday. The Mariners look to prevent a sweep against the Royals. The pitching staff blew a strong performance by the lineup on Friday, and the lineup blew a strong performance by Emerson Hancock last night. After an up and down April, they have started May on […]
Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh is out of the lineup for a second straight day with lingering pain in his right side. The team has not moved to put him on the IL, awaiting results of imaging he had done yesterday. Raleigh first felt the pain after Friday night’s game, and said he became concerned when […]
The Mariners were a little bit of everything in April, which is exactly what they were supposed to be. The Mariners finished April with a .500 record. The month included a five-game losing streak, a four-game losing streak, and two four-game winning streaks. They were projected in the preseason as favorites in their division and […]
Mariners pitching honored Randy Johnson and the Mariners offense honored Felix last night in the worst game of the year (so far). Salvaging a game in this series against the Royals would feel like a minor miracle, but the M’s will try anyway at 1:10 PST. Happy Sunday everybody! In Mariners news… Around the league…
Randy Johnson is the first Mariners pitcher I remember watching. Somewhere there is a picture of a mulleted Randy taken by me with a hot pink camera in the Kingdome at a Kid’s Day. It’s blurry, and his head is partially cropped off, seven-year-old me tilting up the camera at the towering figure above me. […]
Emerson Emersons: Emerson Hancock, +.31 WPA Mariners Mariner: Cooper Criswell, -.32 WPA; Andrés Muñoz, -.23 WPA Game Thread Comment of the Day:
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Logan Evans was the pitcher on the mound in the Ichiro number retirement game last year; this year it will be Emerson Hancock’s turn for the Randy Johnson number retirement game. For the Royals, their reigning organizational Pitcher of the Month, Seth Lugo, will take the mound. Unlike last night’s surprising slugfest, runs could be […]
There are very few hitters in the minor leagues more fearsome than Lazaro Montes right now. The Mariners #6 ranked prospect, Montes posted one of the finest statlines of his young career in Saturday afternoon’s contest against the Wichita Wind Surge. Ending the game 3-5 with 3 homers and a walk, Montes batted home half […]
Less than an hour before the Mariners were set to take the field for Randy Johnson number retirement night, the Mariners dropped a significant lineup change, removing starting catcher Cal Raleigh and inserting backup catcher. At the same time, the Tacoma Rainiers announced a roster change, scratching their starting catcher for Saturday, Jhonny Pereda. This […]
The Mariners made a surprising move to bolster their bullpen today, calling up right-handed reliever Nick Davila from Double-A Arkansas. In a corresponding move, LHP Josh Simpson – who was just summoned yesterday from Triple-A – was returned to Tacoma. The Mariners roster is now full at 40 players. If you’re not familiar with Davila’s […]
Good morning everyone and happy Saturday! The Mariners lost a late-game thriller to the Royals last night 7-6. Hopefully things turn around soon for Bryan Woo, because we’re going to need him. Importantly, today is Randy Johnson jersey retirement day! What is your favorite Big Unit memory from his time with the M’s? In Mariners […]
A week ago, Bryan Woo got touched up by the Cardinals to the tune of four home runs. He only made it through three innings, while striking out just one of the 18 batters he faced. Recapping the game, I wrote: Was Woo bad or do we just shake it off? Let’s be real here, […]
Royals 7, Mariners 6 Your Apple TV Winning Moment: Julio Rodríguez, +0.43 WPASetting your apple on fire: Bryan Woo, -.038 WPA Game Thread Comment of the Day
We should be in store for an excellent pitching matchup tonight as Cole Ragans faces off against Bryan Woo. Weirdly, I can find no evidence that Woo pitched on Saturday or was injured or ill, even though it was his turn in the rotation. But he’s basically picked up this season where he left off, […]
Just an hour after Mariners GM Justin Hollander gave his weekly injury update saying the team hadn’t made a determination about a Matt Brash IL stint, the Mariners announced they have placed Brash on the 15-day IL with right lat inflammation. The injury designation isn’t entirely a surprise, despite Hollander’s optimism regarding the injury itself […]
Mariners GM Justin Hollander met with the media ahead of this week’s homestand to provide updates on injured Mariners. Obviously, the question at top of mind for most Mariners fans is what the latest is on reliever Matt Brash, who had to leave Wednesday’s game with an apparent injury to his side. Brash had an […]
For all the consternation about the Mariners’ slow start in April, they wound up finishing the month with a .500 record thanks to two straight series wins on the road. Despite sitting a game and a half behind the A’s in the division, FanGraphs gives Seattle coin flip odds to win the AL West (54.4%) […]
Rick Rizzs Happy Totals: 16Dan Wilson Tough One Tonights: 16Run Differential: +7 2025: 18-12, +232024: 17-13, +122023: 12-16, +12022: 11-10, +16 wRC+: 105 (7th)Rotation ERA-/FIP-: 98/97 (15th)/(12th)Bullpen ERA-/FIP-: 84/86 (7th)/(6th)OAA: -15 (30th)BsR: -0.9 (23rd) Mariners fWAR leader: Randy Arozarena, 1.1Mariners rWAR leader: Cole Young, 1.9 Beef Boy Bombs: 7Josh Naylor SB: 4 for 6Julio K%: […]
Good morning everyone and happy Friday! The M’s are on national TV tonight with an Apple TV broadcast on tap for the series opener with the Royals. The Apple TV broadcast has long been my favorite of the national TV presentations. Which ones have you been impressed with so far in 2026? In Mariners news… […]
This discussion comes off the heels of the Mariners win on Sonday night over the Cardinals. The game was noteworthy for Rob Refsnyder’s big pinch-hit home run in the top of the ninth, and the manner in which it came about. Refsnyder watched a pitch about three inches off the plate called for strike 2, […]