Gonzaga's Men's Transfer Portal

Gonzaga has lost five players in the

transfer portal as of now.  I am not

sure why leaving Gonzaga unless 

you feel that the team won't be as 

good in the coming season or you

want more playing time. Not making

it to the sweet sixteen might be a

a factor as well or having difficulties 

with teammates or the coaching 

staff. 

The Zags weren't good at shooting 

three pointers  so may look to pick

up a few guys there. Graham Ike 

graduation will be a key to replace.

Braden Huff will be back after missing

the WCC schedule and  March Madness.

Leaving the WCC to the new Pac-12 

could be another reason players are

leaving.  Not playing St. Mary's or

Santa Clara might be an issue too.

Huff will be a key player next season.

Davis Fogle had a good freshman 

season where he plays guard and

small forward will return as well

The same goes for Mario Saint-Supery 

who had a good freshman season 

to should get more playing time. 

The Zags have three others returning 

however two are walks and another 

is redshirt freshman.  They have  

three other player coming on board

that are recruits so look forward 

to look at least a couple come through 

the transfer portal.

The Washington State Cougars who

had a poor season last season has had several go into the transfer portal to. 

We will look to see who come aboard.

It is important they become competitive 

in the new Pac-12.  See how Oregon State 

does to.

The Washington Huskies have four who

have entered the transfer portal. The

hardest is Zoom Diallo. We hope he 

finds a way back. They are looking 

at several players to come in so we

will at them in the next week or two

as well.  Danny Sprinkle felt he did

make some mistakes with the guys

leaving so hopefully he will grow in 

that area.  The season was difficult 

with so many players being injured

throughout the season. Tucker who

was hurt at the beginning and end

of the season said he was going to

declare for the NBA draft. I am not

sure why he should stay in college 

for a other year to be healthy whether 

st UDub or not. He could be back as

well. Go Dawgs.

NFL Draft In Two Weeks

Winning the Super Bowl the Seahawks 

have the last pick of the first round.

The Seahawks have only three picks 

so they drop down and pick up a 

couple extra picks.

The Seahawks look at drafting a

running back along with an offensive 

line and edge rusher. If they are able

to get additional picks we could see

a defensive back in the process.

If things work out the running back

could come in the second round. 

If that were the case the Seahawks 

would have two second round picks.

They could trade the second pick

in the second round and pick up 

third rounder  along with another 

pick. The Seahawks have a third

round pick but it is late so could

move down again. 

The first day will be April 23 so we

will won't see the Seahawks pick

unti late if they keep. The second

and third I believe will be on  Friday.

4th through 7th will be Saturday 

so the Seahawks won't have a

pick unless they make a trade or more.

The picks on Saturday will be guys

who would be playing special teams 

mainly and we know how much it

means to have players on special 

teams. Go Hawks!

Mariners Go 1 for 6

This wasn't hits the Seattle Mariners 

though close to it. Wednesday 

afternoon the Mariners lost  to the 

Texas Rangers 3 to 0. We hope a 

turnaround when they get home to

face the Houston Astros on Friday.

To give a grade for the road trip

I would give the pitching an A -. 

They should have won all six games

or at least five. The pitchers did 

 a good job keeping them in each

game. 

The offense I would give a D minus.

It would be an F  if it wasn't for

Cole Young and Brendan Donovan 

who actually missed a few games.

The defense wasn't much better

so I have it a D and the same for 

the coaching not setting up the

offense to succeed. 

Emerson Hancock will start Friday

for the Mariners.  Victor Robles 

went on the injured list and they

brought up   Connor Jo who can

play first base or the outfield.

Whether he was  the best choice 

we will find out.  In the 5th inning

where the Rangers had all three 

runs Jo did have a throwing error.

Woo only pitched five innings with

one run earned.  Makes sense to

take out Woo to fight another day. 

Cole Young and Mitch Garver had 

the only runs of the game. Please 

guys let the offense turn around. 

Go M's. 

Mariners Lose 4th In A Row

The Seattle Mariners could have a 

good record however now have lost

four games in a row.  Now they are 

1-5 on this road trip. Bryan Woo 

will go on Wednesday late morning 

in Texas before coming home to

take on the Astros. 

The Astros they gave four times. The

final game ends Monday afternoon 

which I have never seen before.  

Final Rangers 3 Mariners 2

Brendan Donovan again started the

game leading off with a home run.

The difference was later on George

Kirby made one mistake giving up 

a two run homer. This is something 

that  happens more frequently than

we like. The trouble though is the

Mariners can't execute when they

need to especially early on in the

season.

The only good thing is that George 

Kirby was able to pitch all eight 

innings. He thrown only 90 at the

end of the 8th. The Mariners did have

Luke Raley on the bases who got as far

as second bases.  Donovan ended the

game with a swinging bunt.

This was the fourth loss in a row

with good pitching. We hope the

Mariners can find a way to end this

steak. All four games were by a run.

Mariners Lose Series Opener To Rangers

So far not a good road trip for the Mariners.

Now  have lost 3 out of 4 with two remaining.

It is sad with the offense still struggling.

The Mariners could have easily won 3 of the 

games. 

Monday final Rangers 2 Mariners 1

The Mariners only run came on Cal's 

first home run of the season in the

first inning. Logan Gilbert went six

innings giving up the two runs. Right

now he is like Randy Johnson and

Felix Hernandez getting little run

support. Felix might be in the hall

of game of he did have more run

support. 

The Mariners had only two hits

in the game  including Cal's home

run. The other hit was by Arozarena.

Some  are saying the players who were

in the WBC are off to slow starts. We

know Cal didn't get the chance he 

should have had. The Mariners seem

to always get off to a slow start. My

opinion they need more preparation 

in spring training.

We hope the Mariners can turn it around

soon. George Kirby should start Tuesday.

Again I am tired of pitch hitting when

it comes to the platoon spots. Not

one hit today. Refsynder is 0 for 12. 

Unless runners are in scoring position 

leave whoever started in.  I won't 

repeat myself since it is happening.

The Mariners are not a good pinch hitting

team.  Go M's.

Mariners Sunday Loss

The Seattle Mariners lose Sunday

letting the game get away from 

them. 

Come Young hit a three run homer 

in the fifth to take the lead 5-3

then gave up two runs in the bottom 

of the inning.  Leo Rivas had an error.

Whad I didn't understand was the

Mariners had infield come in. 

The Mariners again had some trouble 

scoring runners on base while the 

Angels did better.

The game was tied after nine innings 

at 6-6.   In the top of the 10th Josh

Naylor was about to move Julio 

to third on a deep fly to left field.

Arozarena singled Julio in however

they couldn't bring in another run

as they did in game one. Angels batter 

was hit so runners on first and second.

They bunted the runners along.

They tied the game with a sacrifice fly.

In the 11th the Mariners weren't able 

to score. The Mariners intentionally 

walked Zero and did the same thing

with a sacrifice but then a sacrifice fly 

again to win.

Was this a bad coaching mistakes 

that cost the Mariners the game 

it seems so.  

Now the Mariners to Texas  to face

the Rangers to turn things around.

Go M's. 

Mariners Lose At Great Odds Saturday

The Seattle Mariners lost to the LA Angels 

1-0. Emerson Hancock struggled a bit

 in the first inning and gave up a home

run to shortstop Zach Neto to lead off

the bottom of the first. After that first

inning Hancock was amazing and lasted

until two outs in the seventh inning when 

Eduardo Bazardo came in and finished 

the game.

The amazing thing and this would  not

happen times in a career of an outfielder

than in one game. Right fielder Jo Adell

robbed the Mariners of three home runs.

Each one looked like a home run and 

Adell was able catch all three over the

frnse. The first one was to  Cal Raleigh 

then Josh Naylor. The final one was

the most amazing one of all. JP Crawford 

looked like he was going to tie the score

in the top of the 9th. Adell actually went

diving into the stands to take the ball

Zaeay. JP  just staired not believing what 

had happened. 

Sunday the final game of the series 

the Mariners will see if they can win it.

Luis Castillo will start. Brendan Donovan 

didn't play Jose dr he could be back in

the lineup. He is day to day

 Go M's.