The Mariners and Colt Emerson Sign New Deal

Tuesday morning need came out that

the Seattle Mariners are going to

sign Colt Emerson to an eight year 

contract for $95 million. There is an

option for a 9th year making it a total

of $130 million. That is the largest 

contract for someone in his position. 

This says to me that we will see him

shortly in a Mariners uniform. We 

could see Colt play some third base 

and shortstop for this season. JP

Crawford may come off the injured 

list when the Mariners go on the

first road trip or during that trip.

What JP's future looks like in years 

ahead is hard to know with the M's.

When he does play he will need to

have a good season. He has value 

whether he starts or not. He will be

a free agent so it will depend what 

another team looks at him as well 

as the Mariners.

Throughout spring training Emerson 

we heard that he looked good to be

the Mariners everyday shortstop. If

that is the case we could see Crawford 

play some second base as well as

shortstop. I think third base maybe

harder to do so. Cole Young does look

like future second baseman however 

time will tell though it looks good right

now. Whatever the case the Mariners 

look to be in a good position.

Who next will the Mariners sign to

a long term contract? Logan Gilbert 

looks like the main choice. George

Kirby could be after that although

the question is how much does he

like being a Mariner. Bryan Woo 

looks to be a good choice to sign

though after Gilbert. 

I guess we have had questions in the

Mariners ownership to sign free agents

to long and high contracts. This year

the Mariners traded for Brendan Donovan 

who they could give a new contact before 

Gilbert or Woo. We do know that the

Mariners need a third baseman though

Donovan can play multiple positions. 

It does look like infield is set for the

future for a few years. Go M's. 

Cal Hits Walk Off Single Over Yankees

The opening game of the series against 

the New York Yankees worked out

 like Mariners would like in a way. 

Cal Raleigh didn't catch this game 

or start at dh for that matter. Rob

Refsynder started his second time

at dh against a lefty. 

This time Refsynder batted second

after leading off in his first start. 

He is still waiting for his first hit

as a Mariner.   It looks like Refsynder 

isn't going to to get a lot of at bats 

against righties as Canzone who pinch

hit for won't have a lot against lefties. 

Final was Mariners 2 Yankees 1

The Mariners scored first when Cole

Young hit a single driving in Randy

Arozarena in the second inning.

Luis Castillo pitched well going six

innings and not giving up a run. He 

gave up two hits and two walks.

Also struck out seven including 

his career 1500th. 

Jose Ferrer pitched the seventh

getting one out and had a wild 

pitch. Eduardo Bazardo gave up

a sacrifice fly though it was not

an earned run.  Gabe Speier pitched

the 8th and Matt Brash the 9th.

Cal who pinch hit earlier for Canzone

came up  with Leo Rivas on third 

and Donovan on first. Cal pulled 

the ball down the first base line

scoring Rivas for the walkoff run. 

Tuesday Logan Gilbert will start

so the Mariners will see if they can

win the series in his second start. 

The Tacoma Rainers beat Reno on

the road in their first series two out

of three games. Colt Emerson hit

a home run in the season opener. 

Tuesday they home season against 

El Paso. 

Mariners Take On The Yankees

The Seattle Mariners had a 2-2 record 

against the Cleveland Guardians in

the first series of the season.

Three out of the four games the 

starting was excellent. Logan 

Gilbert pitched ok in the opening 

game however the bullpen the

game.  George Kirby pitch excellent 

in game two with the Mariners winning.

Bryan Woo pitched well though gave

up two runs in the sixth inning. Julio

was able to tie the game in the bottom 

of the 9th however the Guardians hit

a three run homer to win. The pitch was

on the outside for the homer.  Luke

Raley hit a two run homer in the bottom 

of the 10th which wasn't enough.

Sunday the Mariners beat the Guardians 

8-0. Emerson Hancock showed what he

could do by pitching a no-hitter through

six innings. Cooper Criswell finished

the final three innings giving up two

hits. Brendan Donovan, Luke Raley 

and Dominic Canzone were the primary 

hitters in the series all having home

runs.  The series already looked like

playoff baseball.

Now the Mariners play the Yankees for 

three games in Seattle. The Yankees 

are 3-0 leading with Aaron Judge.

It will be important to limit his hitting

as well as others. Luis Castillo will

make his first start of the season.

It will be important he gets off to

a good start for the Mariners to

win the series. Logan will make 

his second start followed by Kirby.

It would be nice to take two out of three.

This is a key to winning baseball.

Go M's. 

Mariners Shout Out the Guardians

First it was Emerson Hancock he went

six innings pitching a no-hitter.   He did

allow a walk however struck out nine.

The Guardians has trouble with his

sweeper. 

Cooper Criswell pitched the final three

innings. He gave up two hits. He got a

hit early in the 7th inning however he 

got out of it on a double play.  Cooper

didn't walk a batter and struck out five.

He to threw  a sweeper that the Guardians had trouble with. This means the bullpen 

should be in good shape. Most likely 

won't see Criswell in the Yankees series.

Hancock keeps pitching like this will

put the Mariners in a tough spot when

Bryan Miller comes back. At least 

Miller should have a good rehab 

assignment to be ready. The Mariners 

could put Hancock back in the bullpen 

or go with a six man rotation which they

did a few years ago. This comes down

to how healthy the rest of the starters 

go too. Criswell shows he could be a

good long reliever or be ready to pitch

in the rotation if necessary. 

The Mariners offense was silent until

the 4th inning.  The Guardians starter

to through a lot of pitches. Dominic 

Canzone  got on followed by  Cole Young.

Leo Rivas singled to bring in Canzone.

Brendan Donovan hit a three run homer 

to make it 4-0.  All four of these guys 

had a good series. 

In the 5th inning Randy Arozarena hit

a double scoring Julio and  Luke Raley 

hit a single to bring in Randy. This made

it 6-0.  In the 6th inning Cal Raleigh had

his first big hit a double  driving in 

Donovan making it 7-0. In the 8th

inning  Randy singled driving in Julio

who had gotten on by an error of the

Guardians infield making it 8-0.

The final Mariners 8 Guardians 0

This was the first game where the

whole Mariners offense contributed

in some fashion.   Mitch Garver is 

the only position player who didn't 

in the series. It looks like he won't 

get much action unless he subs

for Cal. 

Monday the Mariners will start

Luis Castillo in his first one of

the season against the Yankees. 

Gilbert and Kirby should start 

game two and three. 

The Mariners will have Thursday 

off so Woo will start on Friday 

against the Angels followed by

Hancock on Saturday and Castillo 

on Sunday. The Mariners have a

 road trip with Texas Rangers 

starting on that Monday for three

more games. The rotation will 

start again. They have Thursday

off again so that weekend will

play the Astros in Seattle plus 

Monday for four games. Weird 

schedule to me  since they go 

to San Diego for three then

returning home to play the Rangers

again. Go M's. 

Guardians Win In Ten Innings

The Seattle Mariners offense 

continues to struggle however

the bullpen had trouble too.

Final Guardians 6 Mariners 5

The Mariners scored first in the 

second inning when Victor Robles

doubled driving in Brendan Donovan.

The 4th inning Randy Arozarena 

scored on a wild pitch. 

Bryan Woo pitched outstanding

until the 6th where the Guardians 

tied game.  The bottom of the 

6th the Mariners had a couple 

runs on but couldn't bring them 

home. Eduardo Bazardo came

in the seventh surrendering a

run.

Julio Rodriguez hit a single in

the 9th scoring Cole Young.

He was down to two strikes 

when he hit one to right field.

In the 10th Steven Kwan hit

a single to drive in the ghost 

runner.  Chase DeLauter hit

his 4th home run of the series

scoring Kwan.  I am sure the

Mariners will be glad not to

face DeLauter when the Guardians 

leave. 

Luke Raley pinch hitting for Robles

hit a two run homer but the M's

couldn't at least tie the game 

Emerson Hancock starts Sunday 

to see if the Mariners can tie

the series. For the most part 

the Seahawks top of the lineup 

is looking to get started. Go M's. 

Mariners Take Game Two

George Kirby pitched a good game going 

six innings in his first start. He gave up

one run a homer in the first inning. 

It was the same player the Mariners 

gave up two home runs in the opener. 

Final Mariners 5 Guardians 1

The Mariners finally scored in the 4th

inning on a three run homer from

Cole Young his first of the season.

Both Randy Arozarena and Dominic 

Canzone had walked. This was the 

key hit in the game. In the 6th inning

Luke Raley hit a home run for the

second time on the season. Again

Randy Arozarena had walked.

The Mariners had one other hit

on the night a triple by Leo Rivas 

however no one was able to bring

him home. 

Eduardo Bazardo pitched the 7th 

followed by Matt  Brash in the 8th

and Andre Munoz in the 9th.

These three we could see in this 

order many times this season.

The Mariners placed Carlos Vargas 

on the injured list. He will be out

for some time. This will make

Eduardo very important this season. 

Another reliever needs to step up.

Reliever Cole Wilcox was recalled 

from Tacoma to take Vargas spot

The end of the Mariners bullpen 

 now is Wilcox,  Casey Leguimina 

and Cooper Criswell. 

Bryan Woo will start Saturday night

and then Emerson Hancock on Sunday 

late afternoon as the game will be on

NBC Sunday night baseball. 

Luis Castillo will start the opener 

against the Yankees on Monday

followed by Gilbert on Tuesday 

and Kirby on Wednesday. Go M's. 

Mariners Lose Season Opener

Despite a big crowd and excitement 

the Mariners lost to the Cleveland 

Guardians 6-4.

If you liked home runs you were 

welcomed to a treat. Chase DeLauter

who was second in the lineup for

the Guardians hit a home run off

of Logan Gilbert in the first inning.

He hit a home run in the 9th inning

for the Guardians final run. That 

was a key since it put them up 

by two runs.

Brendan Donovan led off for the 

Mariners with a home run in the

first inning. This was the first 

time anyone led off with a home

run for the Mariners in a season

opener to have a home run. 

In the second inning the Mariners 

took the lead when Dominic Canzone 

hit his first home run. He hit another 

in the 7th inning. 

In the 5th inning Brayan Rocchio

hit a double off of Logan Gilbert 

to score two runs. Luke Raley 

hit a homer run in the bottom 

of the inning to tie it.

Logan Gilbert left after getting one

out in the 6th. Jose Ferrer made

his Mariners debut getting the

final two outs though gave up

two hits.

The 7th inning the Guardians got

two more runs on a double off

of Gabe Speier. Casey Leguimina 

pitch the 8th and Cooper Criswell 

,making his Mariners debut in the

9th. 

Donovan and Arozarena each had

doubles however the Mariners were 

unable to take advantage of them.

George Kirby will start Friday for 

the Mariners do hopefully they 

can rebound. Go M's