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Gilbert's late mistake proves costly for Mariners

@DKramer_
10:33 PM PDT

SEATTLE -- The way that Logan Gilbert was cruising on Tuesday night, it looked for a while that maybe one run of support would be all he’d need. But after laboring into traffic in the seventh inning -- then nearly escaping it -- Seattle’s towering righty paid mightily for a

Injuries & Moves: Garver dealing with back spasms; Polanco (hamstring) out

10:27 PM PDT

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Day after snagging back-to-back foul balls, fan throws out TWO first pitches

May 14, 2024

SEATTLE -- Josh George has been a baseball fan all his life, so he knows all about the game. And he works at a casino sportsbook, so he knows all about odds. Combine those two areas of his life, and he seems to be the perfect person to know exactly

Which pitch would each Mariners hurler 'steal' from a teammate?

@DKramer_
May 14, 2024

This story was excerpted from Daniel Kramer’s Mariners Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. SEATTLE -- The Mariners’ rotation hasn’t just been among MLB’s most consistent. Their starting five has also featured some of the best pure stuff

Watch Emerson, Montes at Single-A FREE on Wednesday

@thevandalorian and @brendan_samson
May 14, 2024

Once again in 2024, baseball fans can watch Minor League Baseball games across all of MLB's digital platforms. MLB.TV and At Bat subscribers can watch their favorite team's Minor League affiliates in the app at no additional cost, while all MiLB games will be available on MiLB.TV, on the web

Celesten rising fast among Minors’ switch-hitters

@benweinrib
May 14, 2024

In an era that places a premium on platoon advantages, switch-hitters can be the most versatile members of a lineup -- even if they've become increasingly hard to find. Over the past four seasons, the number of switch-hitting batters in the Majors has slowly ticked down from 10.7 percent in

Raley hoists trident -- and breaks it? -- on 3-hit night

@DKramer_
May 14, 2024

SEATTLE -- Luke Raley insists that he didn’t destroy the Mariners’ celebratory home run trident on Monday night and certainly hopes that he’s not on the hook to replace it after the prop came apart while in his possession. But all said, he was all smiles after crushing a 432-foot

Fan comes away with two foul balls ... on consecutive pitches!

May 13, 2024

Sometimes in baseball, the ball just finds you -- even when you're in the stands. One lucky Mariners fan became a true foul ball magnet on Monday night when he ended up with a pair of souvenirs ... on back-to-back pitches! In the bottom of the first inning, lefty Josh

Timing up fastballs, getting ahead: How J-Rod is trying to turn the corner

@DKramer_
May 12, 2024

SEATTLE -- Julio Rodríguez arrived at T-Mobile Park on Saturday afternoon and asked an empty stadium for answers. In a power drought that no one could’ve envisioned at the season’s one-quarter mark, Rodríguez took part in early batting practice with Mariners director of hitting strategy Jarret DeHart, leading to conversations

Standout stats for 8 new Top 100 prospects

@SamDykstraMiLB
May 14, 2024

This story was excerpted from MLB Pipeline's newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

How to watch Roku MLB Sunday Leadoff FREE

@Spokes_Murphy
May 13, 2024

There is a new place to watch free baseball every Sunday this season. Catch your favorite MLB action with Roku MLB Sunday Leadoff, streaming free on The Roku Channel every Sunday morning.

Who takes the hardest swings on each MLB team?

@Theo_DeRosa and @ColeJacobson32 and @ssc627
May 13, 2024

The Statcast era of baseball research has reached another milestone: bat speed is live on Baseball Savant. You can check out this page for more thorough details on what bat speed entails and how it’s calculated. But in the meantime, we’re kicking things off by breaking down the best of

Here's the freshly updated Top 100 Prospects list

@SamDykstraMiLB
May 14, 2024

Break out the caps and gowns. It’s time for a whole bunch of graduations and an updated Top 100 Prospects list. Young players who began the 2024 season on a Major League Opening Day roster with zero MLB service time exhausted their prospect status Sunday by way of the 45-day

'Nothing was falling': Mariners can't get much past Oakland defense

@DKramer_
May 12, 2024

SEATTLE -- All that Julio Rodríguez could do was quite literally tip his cap. A 103.1 mph fly ball to the warning track on Saturday night off the bat looked like it was destined to do damage in the fourth inning of the Mariners’ 8-1 loss to the A’s. But

Woo exits first game back from IL with forearm tightness

@DKramer_
May 11, 2024

SEATTLE -- Cal Raleigh knew something was off immediately, pacing out to the mound after Bryan Woo unleashed what would be his final pitch on Friday night. Woo winced after his 62nd offering, showing discomfort but not extreme pain, which he revealed postgame to be tightness in his pitching forearm.

Brash undergoes Tommy John surgery, targeting return next June

@DKramer_
May 10, 2024

SEATTLE -- Matt Brash's hopes for a comeback in 2024 have officially ended, as the high-powered Mariners reliever underwent Tommy John surgery this week, general manager Justin Hollander shared on Friday. Brash had the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow repaired and a brace installed on Wednesday by Dr.

Mariners lefty Minor League pitcher throws for the out ... righty?!

@thevandalorian
May 11, 2024

With a runner barreling towards first base, Jhonathan Diaz made an unorthodox decision. As the Triple-A Tacoma starter followed through in his delivery in the bottom of the sixth inning Friday night, the left-handed pitcher scampered to his right halfway up the third-base line and fielded a ground ball with

Mariners' pipeline brimming with budding bats

@DKramer_
May 10, 2024

This story was excerpted from Daniel Kramer’s Mariners Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. SEATTLE -- Nearly all of the chatter surrounding the Mariners’ farm system in Spring Training centered around a talented and touted group of hitters

'It's one series': Gilbert, Mariners hit stumbling block

May 9, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS -- It started with a bad omen. And it got worse from there. Logan Gilbert began Thursday’s game by walking Twins leadoff hitter Edouard Julien on four pitches. He needed 32 more pitches to get through the rest of the first inning. By that time, the Twins had scored

Kirby gives up three homers as Mariners fall to Twins

May 8, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS -- Going into Wednesday night’s start against the Twins, George Kirby had given up just two home runs in 38 1/3 innings. Three batters into the game, that total had doubled. Four batters after that, the Twins added another long ball. Those early hiccups were enough to doom Kirby

Potential future closers -- one for each team

@SamDykstraMiLB
May 8, 2024

Big league closers can come from all areas of the pitching world. Some are guys who have always been relievers, from college all the way up to the big leagues. Some were starters whose power stuff (and perhaps lack of command) were better suited for shorter stints coming out of

Raleigh's pinch-hit slam ignites Mariners in thrilling victory

May 8, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Mariners’ 10-6 victory over the Twins on Tuesday night at Target Field can be easily broken into two pieces. There was before Cal Raleigh entered the game, and then there was after he entered the game. Raleigh’s pinch-hit grand slam with one out in the seventh inning

Haggerty preaches new outlook on life with clothing line

@DKramer_
May 7, 2024

This story was excerpted from Daniel Kramer’s Mariners Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. SEATTLE -- The T-shirts surfaced in Spring Training and they quickly became a hit for on-field workouts and batting practice. By the end of