Felix is ours.
After a strong start to their series in Baltimore, the Mariners had to settle for a split series after two lackluster efforts on Wednesday and Thursday. That eight-game win streak a week ago is doing a lot of heavy lifting for Seattle’s overall place in the standings. It feels like the team has slipped back […]
Happy Friday! The Mariners suffered a 5-7 loss to the Baltimore Orioles yesterday, with a tough outing from starter Bryan Woo resulting in seven earned runs. The Mariners began a new series with the Washington Nationals this afternoon at 3:45 PM, with Bryce Miller taking the mound against RHP Zack Littell. In Mariners news… Around […]
Last week, I sent two condolence cards and a “congratulations on your new baby” card. This afternoon, while distracted by a flock of teenage goslings, half-grown and ugly as all get out, I tripped over the corpse of what used to be some sort of creature. Life doesn’t need to dabble in subtleties, it beats […]
Orioles 7, Mariners 5 Cloudless blue sky and sunshine: Julio Rodriguez (0.2 WPA) Thunder, lighting and rain: Bryan Woo (-0.42 WPA)
Personally, I hate the series in Baltimore every year about as much as Andrés Muñoz. The weather sucks no matter what time of year it is, the Mariners never seem to score many runs (especially when George Kirby is on the mound for some reason), the injury bug always seems to bite in Oriole Park […]
It seems the Seattle Mariners may have finally found their footing. After a difficult start to the season plagued by injury and inconsistency, the Mariners have taken the lead in the AL West and seem poised to hold on for the remainder of the year. It still feels wild to have the Mariners among the […]
The Seattle Mariners have cranked their bullpen merry-go-round once more. This time, they’ve selected a local product to cycle into the rotation, selecting RHP Michael Rucker from Triple-A Tacoma and designating RHP Domingo González for assignment one day after recalling him. Rucker is a 32 year old hurler who starred at Auburn Riverside High School, […]
It can be tough to find true impact players towards the back half of the first round, but that certainly hasn’t stopped the Mariners from shooting for the moon in the past. Snagging their infield tandem of the future in Colt Emerson and Cole Young with picks in the 20’s, the M’s will yet again […]
Good morning and happy Thursday everybody. Ders is still out of town so you get a double-dose of Nick links this week. The Mariners got trounced 7-2 by the Orioles yesterday but have a chance to bounce back in the series finale with Bryan Woo on the mound at 4:05 PST on ESPN. I know […]
It may have started on time and finished without interruption, but Wednesday night’s game was rain-delayed in spirit for the Mariners. They could never really get the engine to start for their offense as they dropped the third game of their series in Baltimore, 7-2. Orioles starter Brandon Young cruised as the Mariners struggled to […]
Orioles 7, Mariners 2 Hey, he drew a walk: Luke Raley, -0.01 WPA Certainly a team loss: Randy Arozarena, Julio Rodríguez, -0.08 WPA Game Thread Comment of the Day:
Earlier today, I made a trip up to Everett. As I was passing by Funko Field, a thought struck me. “AquaSox.” What a name. Have wet socks ever been a good thing? In that sense, the Mariners’ recent development of minor league talent seems somewhat antithetical to their High-A affiliate’s team name. Everett did win […]
The Seattle Mariners were expected to make some moves following Tuesday’s unlikely extra innings victory. They have not disappointed Wednesday afternoon, but the results are in part quite distressing. RHP Matt Brash has been placed on the 15-day injured list for pitchers with a right lat strain, retroactive to June 9th, while INF Ryan Bliss […]
In case you are one of the people who values their brain health and has fled neu-Twitter, let me introduce you to one of the foundational texts among the terminally online: Because we are Mariners fans, this meme gets a lot of use: most recently, heavily deployed in the Leo Rivas Era, but also apropos […]
Good morning, foLLks, and happy Wednesday! The Mariners somehow, some way, won a wild extra-innings affair against the Orioles 6-5 last night to take the first two of a four-game series in Birdland. Let’s hope for a semi-normal game tonight, huh? In Mariners news: Around the league:
5,000 light years from BirdlandBut I’m still preachin’ the TridentLong-gone, uptight years from BirdlandAnd I’m still watchin’ it with ’em Years from the land of the BirdAnd I am still feelin’ dispirit5,000 light years from BirdlandBut I know we still hear it Goms named itGoms made itGoms heard itThen played itWell-stated! Birdland-It happened down in Birdland […]
Mariners 6, Orioles 5 Craig from Richland: The Seattle Mariners 100% WPA Game thread comment of the day:
The Seattle Mariners announced another batch of roster moves Tuesday, following Monday’s placement of SS J.P. Crawford on the 10-day injured list and recalling of 2B Ryan Bliss. Today, they placed long relief RHP Cooper Criswell on the 15-day injured list for pitchers with a right shoulder strain, recalling RHP Nick Davila from Triple-A Tacoma […]
Ah, it’s that time of the season. The Mariners will roll out… a lineup to face the Orioles on Tuesday in Birdland. Victor Robles is leading off. Ryan Bliss, Rob Refsnyder, and Patrick Wisdom each get a start. Cole Young is at short. Not ideal! But hey, this isn’t the worst lineup the Mariners have […]
In his first rehab start with the Everett AquaSox on Sunday, Cal Raleigh went 1-for-3 with a single. Serving as the DH, he also hit a deep flyout, just missing a home run. He got that home run today and more in his rehab start for Triple-A Tacoma, a 15-3 drubbing of the Albuquerque Isotopes […]
In the last three weeks, Colt Emerson has made his MLB debut with the Seattle Mariners, notched his first MLB hit with a home run, hit his first career triple, hit three more home runs, and made some stellar plays at third base. Emerson still can’t legally buy a beer yet, but his scorching first […]
Good morning! A fun 6-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles was powered by a Josh Naylor grand slam and two key challenges. Logan Gilbert takes the mound this afternoon at 3:35 PM against Orioles LHP Trevor Rogers. In Mariners news… Around the league… Becca’s picks…
The good thing about the punishing grind of an MLB season is it doesn’t allow a lot of time for wallowing. Just one day after the Mariners blew a winnable game in Detroit to drop a series against the lowly Tigers, they escaped with a win in Baltimore today in the series opener against the […]
Mariners 6, Orioles 3 Happy Andrés Muñoz: Josh Naylor, .33 WPA Sad Andrés Muñoz: Patrick Wisdom, -.10 WPA Game thread comment of the day: I can hear this comment Side quest: What kind of music does each Mariner reliever make? For some reason I feel like Cooper Criswell makes Noah Kahan-style folk music.
The Mariners will look to shake off a disappointing weekend series in Detroit – capped by a bummer of a walkoff yesterday – by opening a four-game series against the Orioles in Camden Yards. They’ll be doing so without their starting shortstop, though, as J.P. Crawford was officially placed on the injured list after missing […]