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Good morning! A satisfying 3-1 win last night featured the Mariners’ eighth straight victory over the Houston Astros dating back to last season. A season-high seven strikeouts for starter George Kirby was supported by a few strong bullpen outings, and a solo home run from Julio Rodriguez highlighted the Mariners’ scoring. Bryan Woo gets the […]
Three runs of offense and five innings from a starter aren’t the typical blueprint for a Mariners win, but the bullpen – missing two of its leverage arms – made those three runs hold up in a 3-1 victory in the series opener with the Astros. This game got off to a frustrating start: the […]
Mariners 3, Astros 1 When Andrés Muñoz is happy: George Kirby, .17 WPA When Andrés Muñoz is sad: J.P. Crawford and Brendan Donovan, -.08 WPA Game thread comment of the day: I gotta go with BirdNerd’s time to shine. Thanks for making us all smarter! And BONUS CONTENT because it was too good to pass […]
After laying an egg the size of The Bean in Chicago (sorry, Cloud Gate, one day Anish Kapoor will be called to account for that particular boondoggle), the Mariners limp into Houston for an important AL West showdown. Today I learned Kapoor also has a related work in Houston, Cloud Column, which is basically Cloud […]
Over the weekend in Chicago, Ryan Divish reported that Domingo González was present in the visiting clubhouse in case José A. Ferrer’s wife went into delivery. Ferrer stuck around, working out of a bases loaded jam on Sunday unscathed, but he did not end up making the trip to Houston with the rest of the […]
The Mariners took another two steps backwards over the weekend after such a promising start to their week last week. The 12-run outburst on Friday was very good to see but to follow that up by scoring two runs total over the final two games in Chicago was a huge let down. It feels like […]
Tacoma Rainiers Tacoma squandered a series split with an extra-innings loss in Sunday’s contest, dropping the six game set by a score of 4-2. Despite the loss, the series still managed to provide plenty of outstanding performances offensively, perhaps providing a glimpse at a few bats that could be up with the Mariners awfully soon. […]
Good morning! A frustrating 2-1 loss to the Chicago White Sox last night saw a Logan Gilbert gem erased in the eighth inning, and a lack of Mariner run support gave Chicago the series win. George Kirby will take the mound tonight at 5:10 PM in a new four-game series against the Houston Astros. The […]
Eduard Bazardo yielded the two runs the Chicago White Sox needed to beat the Seattle Mariners today. His 1-2 breaking ball to veteran OF Randal Grichuk floated over the heart of the plate like a miscategorized deluxe roll of conveyer belt sushi on the cheapest designated plate. Grichuk’s solo shot tied things at 1-1 in […]
White Sox 2, Mariners 1 Logan on the upswing: Connor Joe, .15 WPA (Sorry, I meant to have an additional category, but clearly the leader was Logan Gilbert, .39 WPA) Everyone who was actually swinging a bat today: Eduard Bazardo, -.53 WPA Game thread comment of the day: Fritz wants us to really dive deep […]
Oh whoops hey there’s baseball today isn’t there. Logan Gilbert gets the start for the Mariners. Davis Martin gets the start for the White Sox. Martin is a righty which means the Mariners will send their good lineup, with Brendan Donovan leading off in his second start back from injury. It’s a beautiful day for […]
Andrés Muñoz changed for some reason. It’s been a rough early going for the Mariners’ star closer. Muñoz has a 6.00 ERA and has already allowed more home runs (three) than he did all of last season (two). He’s been pinned with five “meltdowns,” or outings where his WPA was less than to -0.06 — […]
The Mariners lost a bummer of a game in Chicago yesterday but still have a chance at a series win tomorrow at 11:10 am PST. Happy Sunday everybody! In Mariners news… Around the league… Nick’s pick…
After a 12-run explosion yesterday, the Mariners couldn’t summon up a ton of offense, and their pitchers gave up three homers in a 6-1 loss against the White Sox. Luis Castillo couldn’t wiggle out of some first-inning trouble after giving up a leadoff single to Sam Antonacci on a fastball that came in at 95 […]
White Sox 6, Mariners 1 Giving up two two-run homers: Luis Castillo, -.22 WPA 18 whiffs: no one deserves praise, none of you are without sin Game thread comment of the day:
Baseball is so weird. Emerson Hancock pitched his poorest outing of the season yesterday and got a win after being handed a loss in what was probably the best-pitched game of his career last outing. And it was still one of the more normal games the Mariners have played in the Windy City, where things […]
Sniff deep, and you can nearly smell .500 once again. Seattle will seek a second consecutive series win this evening as the Mariners face off against the Chicago White Sox today at 4:10pm Pacific time on the usual locations. Seattle outslugged the ChiSox Friday night, in a recap you can enjoy here. In Mariners news… […]
Luke Raley’s done a lot of things in his career. He’s the rare Mariner who can both get to the third deck in right field and also routinely bunt for a base hit. He burst into fans’ hearts in 2024 by doing exactly that. But something he’s never done is hit a grand slam. At […]
Mariners 12, White Sox 8 The gusto with which Aaron Goldsmith introduces an in-game ad from Washington’s beef farmers and ranchers: Luke Raley, +0.43 WPAThe gusto with which Rick Griffin would recommend proton therapy: Brendan Donovan, -0.14 WPA Game Thread Comment of the Day
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The Mariners take their talents to the South Side of Chicago tonight, where temperatures will be in the high 50s, with winds under 10 mph and no rain in the forecast. Could the Mariners possibly play a normal game at Guaranteed Rate Field? Emerson Hancock will take the ball for the sailors, fresh off one […]
The Seattle Mariners announced Friday that they have activated UTIL Brendan Donovan from the 10-day injured list. Correspondingly, they’ve optioned C Jhonny Pereda back to Triple-A Tacoma. One sharp game in Double-Arkansas was proof enough on his rehab stint for the Mariners to activate Donovan, who should immediately slot back in atop the M’s lineup […]
The Mariners finally showed some life against a really tough opponent, handing the Braves their first series loss of the season earlier this week. All three games were incredibly close affairs as you would expect in a series between two playoff contenders. Seattle now embarks on a seven-game road trip and the beginning of a […]
Good morning, foLLks, and happy Friday! After a second consecutive Thursday off-day, the Mariners kick off their fourth road trip of the season today at 4:40pm Pacific time with a three-game set in the South Side of Chicago. Munetaka Murakami has taken the league by storm in the first six weeks of the season; has […]
Good morning friends and happy Thursday! The M’s polished off a clean 3-1 win over the Braves yesterday to capture the series victory. Bryan Woo had himself a solid bounce-back outing against a good offense, which was great to see. If you could pick one currently-struggling Mariner to return to form over the next week, […]