Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Seahawks Open OTA

The Seahawks this week have ota 
work out along with next week. 
Most of the Seahawks are in camp.

The Seahawks offense will likely 
look the same as last season 
however under new offensive 
coordinator Brian Fleury could
have some other wrinkles possibly 
he learned with the 49ers. 

Jardarian Price first round pick 
will take over for Kenneth Walker III
while George Holani most likely for
Zach Charbonnett until he is ready 
to participate late 2026. 

The Seahawks lost free agents 
on defense at cornerback, edge
rusher and safety too. The Seahawks 
number two and three round picks 
will have opportunity to put in a
lot of playing time at corner and
safety. Several two year players 
who had injuries and missed some
of last season will look to make an impression too. 

Both sides of the ball could be even
better than last year. The otas there
will be no contact drills either. They
will be walk threws. Go Hawks!




.Mariners Work On Consistency

The Mariners are now a game and a half 
back after beating the A's on Monday 
night. They win the series it will be a tight 
race still. 

Those who follow the Mariners regularly 
know they are inconsistent. The broadcast 
announcers tell us that as well. Monday's 
game showed that most of the runs were 
with homers. They did get two runs before
the home runs happened. 

Randy Arozarena leads the Mariners bin doubles this season with 13. That is 
another good option besides home runs. 
Monday's game Randy hit a double
scoring Josh Naylor after he drove in
Colt Emerson. 

Luke Raley who leads the Mariners with home runs with ten hit a two run followed by  Canzone with Young on base. 

Being more consistent is hitting the ball
the other way especially with two strikes.
Colt Emerson who had four hits on Sunday 
he looks for the fast ball. Everything else
will work otherwise.

The Mariners are ninth in walks in
the major leagues. The team batting
average is .228 which is ranked 28th 
in the majors.   The Mariners average
4.14 runs per game while the pitching
the earned run average is 3.66.  In 
theory the Mariners should have a
winning record.

The inconsistency has come where 
they have scored three runs or less
in 27 of 54 games. They are 2-6 in 
games where the opposing team
has scored three runs or less too.

There is no data on how many times
the Mariners haven't scored until at
least the 4th inning however they have
scored at least one run in 37 out of
54 games in the first three innings. 

So lack of scoring runs has hurt the
Mariners. They don't need to be in the
upper level however improving the
rest of the season should help. Go M's. 

Monday, May 25, 2026

Mariners Power To Win

Initially it looked like it was going
to be a low scoring game however 
it didn't turn out that way. 

 Final Mariners 9  A's 2

The Mariners waited until the third
inning to score  six runs. Josh Naylor 
forced out Julio and Colt Emerson 
scored then Randy Arozarena doubled
driving in Naylor.  Luke didn't take long
hitting a home run to add two more.
Cole Young hit a double followed by
Dominic Canzone. Suddenly it was 6-0.

The 4th inning inning  JP Crawford 
.add it seven runs with a homer.
Luis Castillo who started only went
four innings as planned.  He gave up
two hits and two walks while striking 
out six. 

In the 8th inning the A's finally got
on board with a solo home run.
In the 9th Randy Arozarena hit
a home run with Josh Naylor on base. 
The A's got their second run in the
9th  on a ground out. That was it.

So far Arozarena is having a very good
season. This is the last year of his 
contract. The question is will the  Mariners 
sign him to a multi-year contract before
the season is over or let him go in
free agency. Many think he will leave
but we will see. At this point the Mariners 
don't behave anyone to take his spot 
or they make a trade.  

Tuesday the Mariners will have Emerson 
Hancock on the mound.  The Mariners will
have Thursday off before facing the Arizona 
Diamondbacks at home. The question is
will the Mariners piggy bank for the third
time next Sunday. Stay tuned! 




A Look At the Arkansas Travelers

The Arkansas Travelers is the double
A team for the Seattle Mariners.
Currently they are playing their best
ball right now. 

The Travelers have a record of 28-17.
They are on top of the Texas League 
North division. They have gone 8-2
in their last ten games.

The most recognized name is the
Mariners number one pick last year
in Kade Anderson a lefty pitcher out
of LSU. This is his first professional 
season and he starts every Friday.
We could see him in Seattle in
September depending how things
go.

In April he had only given up one run.
His first start so far was on May 15
when he gave up five runs. He rebounded
on May 22 by pitching a shut out.  Kade
has an era of 1.63 with a record of 3-0.

Ryan Sloan the Mariners number two
pick in 2024  out of high school is
struggling in his second season. Not
a big surprise after being in his first
season in double A. His era is 5.13.
In April he got off to a very rough start
and in May up and down. The likelihood 
is he will pitch in double A again in
2027. Hope to see him in Seattle in
2028.

Lazaro Montes the Mariners top outfield 
prospect has a low batting average at
.222 however has 11 home runs and 30
rbis. An international signing he is 21
years old. He strikes out just over 16
percent of the time which is good for
a power hitter. We hope even better 
things the rest of the season. If he
makes the Mariners he will likely be
a dh and 4th outfielder depending who
is on the roster. 

Hunter Fitz-Gerald is second with 10
home runs. He is in his second season 
at Arkansas and is hitting .279. Hunter
is playing third base. He is 25 years old
so to make the majors he has to make his
move now. How the Mariners see him 
at the major league level as a third baseman
is not known. The Mariners could use him
as part of a trade if another team feels 
he ready to make the leap. 

Michael Arroyo another top prospect is
only 21 years old. He is considered to
be a future top utility player as Cole
Young and Colt Young are  above him.
They have tried him some in left field 
as well as the infield. Arroyo is hitting 
.254 in his first full season in double A.
He currently has five home runs. Arroyo 
in the majors might hit 15 home runs.

Next time on the minor league level
we will look at Everett the Mariners 
top A team. 












Sunday, May 24, 2026

Mariners Continue Rough Ride

After beating the White Sox the Mariners 
lost the last two games against the 
Royals who have had trouble with 
their offense though.

Final Royals 8 Mariners 6

Though it shows the Mariners 
scored six it happened later in 
the game.  The Mariners had a 
home run by Julio Rodriguez 
in the first inning. It actually 
stayed that way until the Royal
scored four runs in the 5th
inning off of Woo. 

The Royal got two hits of Woo in the fifth. Both  runners were able to move along 
to second and third. They were 
able to get Bobby Witt jr. on a pop
up first however the next runner 
bunted with two strikes to move
those guys. 

The next hitter they walked after 
Witt they intentionally  walked after 
having two balls.Salvador Perez 
singled to drive in two runs. The 
next batter drove  in Perez and the 
other guy. My thought they should 
have walked  Witt and at worse had 
given up a run to tie. At that point 
4-1 Royals. The Royals scored another 
in the 6th.

Perez hit another hit in the 7th to
drive in another run.  This was after
the Mariners scored two runs with
singles by Colt Emerson and JP.
In the 8th the Royals scored two 
more runs two make the difference.

Julio Rodriguez singled to drive in
Emerson then Naylor drove in Julio 
and Arozarena hit a double to score
Baylor to make it at least interesting.
So we could say the early part of the
game cost the Mariners. Emerson
was 4 for 4. Raised his average to
.286.

Now the Mariners go the Sacramento 
to take on the A's. This is an interesting 
series to keep the Mariners in it.

At this point it looks like Mariners will
will start Luis Castillo on Monday with
Bryce Miller piggy backing on him.
losing Sunday's game is that a good 
idea or not. I like where it is important 
for the Mariners to win the first game
of a series. Stay tuned. We will see the
results whether the Mariners will keep 
going with it.  Go M's.











Saturday, May 23, 2026

Mariners Shut Out Saturday Afternoon

The series between the Mariners
and the Royals is even now. 

Final Royals 5 Mariners 0 

The Mariners offense has struggled 
in this series with the only runs scored
in the series opener on a  two run 
homer by Steve Garver. In that one
Logan Gilbert into six innings getting
two outs and the Mariners didn't give
up a run.

Saturday's game the Royals scored
three runs in the first inning making
enough to win. George Kirby went
six innings giving up nine hits. What
is common though he didn't give a
walk. He is one of the top pitchers
in the majors not giving up a lot of
walks. He surrendered all five runs
however only three earned. Kirby is
now 5-4 on the season. The Royals
we're aggressive on the bases too.
They have been struggling scoring 
runs this season so they decided to
change things up.  Kirby only had
three strike outs in the game. Love
for him in that regard.

The Mariners have struggled against 
left handed pitching however in this
one they faced a right hander. Stephen 
Kolek went a complete game giving up
four hits to the Mariners. He walked
only one however had only two strike 
outs. He started out in May where his
first two starts he gave up 8 runs
but in the last two games including
this one shutouts in both although
in last start he went six and one-third 
innigs.

Luke Raley had three of the four hits
while Cole Young had the fourth hit.
Everyone else was shut out. 

Bryan Woo will start Sunday for the
Mariners and face another right hander
Seth Lugo.  He has a 1-4 record with
bad luck with 3.68 earned run average.
Lugo has only given up two home runs
in his ten starts. The Mariners a home run
hitting team may have to turn that around
if they expect to win. Go M's. 







Washington State Cougars Football For 2026

The Washington State  Cougars and
the Oregon State Beavers are the 
only remaining schools in the new
Pac-12 Conference.  How both schools 
do this coming season will give national 
recognition or not. 

Jimmy Rogers who was the Cougars 
head coach moved on during the 
off-season to Iowa State. The Cougars 
lost 37 players to the transfer portal 
with many going to Iowa State.  The
Cougars hired Missouri offensive 
coordinator Kirby Moore who was
born and raised in Washington.

The Cougars have 28 players transferred 
in to help replace those who left. The
Cougars have four starters who came in
the transfer portal along with four on
second string on offense. The big change
is on defense where eight starters on the
depth chart and seven second string at
this point.  The Cougars offense has 
always had a better reputation than 
the defense. With so much change on
the defense side will that show an
improvement. We will see won't we. 

The head coaching change the Cougars
have only 14 incoming freshmen. At
this point none of them are listed  on
the first three strings. It will be interesting 
to see how that effects them the next 
few years. Of those 28 transfers in
only four on offense and four on defense
are starters so in another year the Cougars
mostly likely won't have to deal with as many
to come in. Of course it will depend on how 
good the team is in 2026.  The Cougars 
have seven in special teams with four as
regulars. Go Cougars. 


Seahawks Open OTA