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2026: Spring Training Game #1: Open Game Thread

One upshot of the Mariners’ deep playoff run in 2025 is that fans have been gifted with the shortest offseason in Mariners history. It’s been exactly four months since Game 7 of the ALCS. Those four months have contained multitudes: a rollercoaster of emotions, the stages of grief, one of the most exciting free agent […]

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22 days ago | 1 read

40 in 40: Cal Raleigh is ignorant

Instead of writing about Cal Raleigh’s 2025 season, I’d like to show you a few pitches that caught my attention. April 17, bottom of the tenth The Mariners had stormed back in the ninth inning to tie the game and send it to extras (thanks to a Cal Raleigh home run), which meant that Cal […]

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22 days ago | 4 reads

40 in 40: Two Bryans Diverged in a Woo(d)

40 in 40: Bryan Woo, Regent Ascended By: John Trupin February 20th, 2030 Reality spares no thought for the satisfying heft of narrative arc, preferring the winds of fate to take the reins. So, the petty tyranny of middle managers goes unpunished. We’re so often denied a last, meaningful conversation with a loved one. The […]

22 days ago | 5 reads

40 in 40: Just the facts of Cole Wilcox

Had the deal not occurred in the early stages of the winter, with the club still reeling from their ALCS exit, Cole Wilcox’s acquisition from the Tampa Bay Rays for cash considerations would’ve delivered a classic Jerry Dipoto quote. Something in the milieu of having had their eyes on Wilcox since his draft day, seeing […]

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23 days ago | 2 reads

Mariners Reacts Survey: World Baseball Clash

Last time we spoke, we wanted to hear from you, the reader, about spring training. As we all know, the roster gets crunched in the spring, crushing dreams, occasionally ending careers, and dashing the hopes of young prospects everywhere. We all know how it goes. One of the items we discussed was who stands to […]

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23 days ago | 2 reads

Mariners Prospect Rankings #17, OF Jared Sundstrom

Jared Sundstrom’s surface numbers from the 2025 season do not scream “Top Twenty Prospect” by any stretch of the imagination. A large-bodied outfielder that strikes out nearly 30% of the time and bats right handed isn’t exactly a hot commodity, so what gives? What makes Sundstrom different? For starters, the tools Sundstrom brings to the […]

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23 days ago | 5 reads

Mariners re-sign C Mitch Garver to minor league deal

The offseason may be officially over, with the first slate of spring training games set to begin in just two days (!), but the Mariners aren’t done making moves, and they’ve brought back an old friend for at least the Cactus League. There has been enough ink spilled about how Garver’s previous two years with […]

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23 days ago | 2 reads

40 in 40: Brendan Donovan defies the Baseball Furies

From an offensive perspective, three outcomes all but assure a miserable result in a plate appearance: a strikeout, pop-up, or double play ball on the ground. Devoid of function and aesthetic, all three demand failure by the batter as well as success by an opponent, but they are most commonly where I see and feel […]

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24 days ago | 2 reads

40 in 40: Jhonny Pereda is correct

In Hebrew, the verb חָנַן‎ means to have grace, compassion, or mercy. It’s difficult to capture the pronunciation in English because for the first sound, the best we have for it is ch, but it’s not like chat or child. It’s that throat-clearing thing like in chutzpah. So the transliteration of חָנַן‎ is chanan, even […]

24 days ago | 3 reads

Making sense of the MLBPA mess: who can save the (Opening) day?

In case you missed it yesterday, MLB Players’s Association (MLBPA) Executive Director Tony Clark resigned abruptly on Tuesday after an internal investigation found evidence he had an “inappropriate” relationship with his sister-in-law, who was concurrently employed by the union starting in 2023. Clark, a former MLB player, had held the position since 2013, when he […]

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24 days ago | 3 reads

40 in 40: Rob Refsnyder has arrived

Rob Refsnyder was one of the worst players in MLB from 2015-2021. He’s now a crucial member of the Mariners’ title run. Refsnyder posted -1.0 fWAR in the seven years that followed his MLB debut in 2015. It wasn’t just one bad season but the slow accumulation of negative value across several years and teams. […]

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25 days ago | 2 reads

Mariners Prospect Rankings #18, LHP Mason Peters

When Mason Peters was selected out of Dallas Baptist in last year’s draft, the young left-hander was (perhaps fairly) overshadowed by several players capable of headlining a draft class by themselves. Kade Anderson, Nick Becker, and Luke Stevenson were all given first round grades last season, so Seattle managing to land all three was a […]

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25 days ago | 7 reads

40 in 40: Rhylan Thomas is a contact-driven, left-handed seventh outfielder

The little apartment on the second floor of one of the many old Victorian homes on Chestnut Street is almost entirely empty. Billed as a two bedroom place by Joe, an acquaintance of an acquaintance whose last name will always be a mystery, it appears to have been designed by someone who never lived indoors. […]

25 days ago | 1 read

Pre-season Pile Pick: Which new Mariner pitcher is your breakout candidate?

The reports are starting to filter in from Peoria and we’re starting to get some downright tantalizing videos of pitchers throwing bullpens. Before we get too into the buzzy part of spring, or Overreact To Small Sample Size Theater, take this opportunity to stake your claim: which of the new Mariners arms are you predicting […]

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25 days ago | 5 reads

Mariners acquire lefty reliever Josh Simpson from Miami

Three days ago, ESPN published a tongue-in-cheek article called “Why Your Team Didn’t Do What You Wanted This Winter.” In a spectrum that ran Dodgers-to-Rockies, the Mariners were thankfully much closer to the Dodgers side of things, but Bradford Doolittle, the author, did question why the Mariners didn’t get another lefty bullpen arm to help […]

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26 days ago | 4 reads

Ryan Bliss, the mountain holds the cards

Embarrassing confession time: I unabashedly love the Olympic Games. In my defense, it’s in my DNA: I was born during the Lake Placid Olympics, a week before the Miracle On Ice. Wait, let me make this even more embarrassing: I love the Olympics largely because I was a kid in Seattle for the 1990 Goodwill […]

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26 days ago | 4 reads

Mariners Spring Training Broadcast Schedule

Spring Training games start this week, meaning we are on the clock for an Opening Day countdown. We’ll be wrapping up the 40 in 40 series this week, finishing our prospect rankings, and rolling into Opening Day with our analysis of the other squads in the AL West. In the meantime, we have actual spring […]

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26 days ago | 5 reads