Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images Maybe we shouldn’t be so psyched to play the A’s. Good morning all! It’s time for some baseball news on a Tuesday morning. In Mariners news... For the second week in a row, a trio of Mariners prospects picked up some hardware. Another dominant week on the farm @harry_ford (@ARTravs) takes home the Texas League Player of the Week award, while Lazaro Montes and Will Schomberg (@ModestoNuts) earn California League honors. #TridentsUp pic.twitter.com/Es4cPY7AAZ — Mariners Player Development (@MsPlayerDev) May 6, 2024 Shannon Drayer wrote about how the Mariners t ..read more

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images Offense dulls Castillo’s gem with another punchless performance Conventional baseball wisdom would have you believe that making a pitcher work usually results in positive outcomes for the offense. Today the Mariners, defiers of convention, worked nine full counts, and they scored exactly one (1) run. That’s because all those full counts often ended up in outs or strikeouts—four strikeouts, to be exact, en route to an eye-wateringly-bad fourteen on the day. That’s just not a recipe for success no matter how many deep counts you work, and especially not with a ..read more

Brad Rempel-USA TODAY Sports Opening the bill in the Twin Cities with an L Fresh lasagna: Mitch Haniger, +.113 WPA Cold leftover spaghetti: Ty France, -.179 WPA Game Thread Comment of the Day: Today I learned ..read more

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Erik Williams-USA TODAY Sports The Mariners face off against a tough AL opponent in the Twins The good news is, after getting a weirdly rare divisional matchup in the previous series, the Mariners get to play another AL opponent over the next four games. The bad news is it’s the Twins, maybe the hottest team in baseball over the last couple of weeks. Tonight’s game, headlined by Luis Castillo vs. Simeon Woods Richardson, is the only game the Mariners are actually favored to win. (Once again, Logan Gilbert has drawn the toughest opponent of the other team’s ace in Pablo López and has been given ..read more

Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images Everybody is raking Welcome back to another weekly edition of the Mariners minor league roundup! With the complex league starting early this year, we’ll get a taste of every single player that’s currently stateside (we unfortunately still have to wait for the DSL to start) and no longer have to wait until mid-summer to see how everyone’s performing. That being said, let’s jump right into the major league doorstep, the Pacific Coast League. Tacoma Rainiers 19-14, 2nd in Pacific Coast League West Today was a pretty meh week for the Rainiers. Dropping the s ..read more

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images The Mariners head to Minnesota to face the hottest team in baseball. Something, something, starting pitching. Something, something, Josh Rojas. I appreciate this game that the Mariners are playing — they’re showing off enough to nab what is now six straight series wins, but not so much that they’re sweeping teams willy-nilly and giving off a false sense of authority. Gotta keep the pressure low, maintain the illusion of decency to pull off that elusive reverse catfish move in October. (Maybe Jake will add something of actual use here. Mayb ..read more

AP Hello Seattle Mariners fans! Evan James, Zach Mason and Anders Jorstad are here, weak in the knees in the aftermath of the greatest rap beef of all time to talk about…The Mariners? The Mariners! Walter rolled through the Houston Astros last night en route to a 5-0 shutout win with B Money on the rubber this afternoon. While the offense continues to be a bit limp with the stick, there remains much euphoria in sitting atop the AL West. Should we even expect the rotation to regress at all? How concerning are Julio’s ongoing struggles? Who’ is cold vs Who is cooked? How are the uber-prospects ..read more

Photo by Jack Gorman/Getty Images The Mariners head to Minnesota to face the Twins after securing their sixth straight series win. In Mariners news... Cal stays clutch! Cal Raleigh with an absolute tank shot into the Crawford Boxes off Josh Hader. 109.2 mph off the bat, 394 feet -- and it puts the Mariners ahead, 5-4, here in the 9th inning. pic.twitter.com/1UL9IA5WJK — Daniel Kramer (@DKramer_) May 5, 2024 Josh Rojas has been on a tear recently: Josh Rojas' second hit of the game raises his batting average to .356 and his OPS to .996, both of which lead American League third basemen ..read more

Photo by Jack Gorman/Getty Images hope this interaction doesn’t lead to any kind of fallout between us One of the things I’ve liked most about the new Fallout show (don’t worry, no spoilers here) is that the narrative replicates one of the best elements of the narratives from the games, that being escalation. The Fallout games lead the player from fighting simple pests like rats, geckos, or roaches to solving problems for small local towns, to deciding the fates of nations and institutions. This escalation in consequences is accompanied by the escalation of tension and stakes, mirrors the play ..read more