Tacoma Rainers and Arkansas Travelers

The Rainiers beat El Paso 3-1 Thursday 

night to even the series 1-2 after Wednesday 

nights game was cancelled for rain and

the game will be made up in a double 

header on Saturday. The weather expected

to be good.

No scoring happened until the sixth

inning when Carlos Rodriguez for El

Paso hit a single to right to drive in

a run.  In the bottom of the 7th Colt

Emerson hit a single followed by 

Conner Joe with one out. Patrick

Wisdom flied out for the second

out. Carson Taylor hit a home run

scoring both Emerson and Joe 

ahead of him. It was Taylor's first

home run of the season  and he is

only hitting .125. So the Rainier's 

beat the odds too.

Gabe Mosser  who started for Tacoma 

went six innings giving up the one run.

He had thrown 82 pitches. Blast Casano

pitched the seventh have up no hits

recorded his second win already.

None of the three relievers gave up

a hit for Tacoma.   Alex Hoppe recorded

his second save of the season. The

Rainiers are now have a record of 3-2.

The Arkansas Travelers lost their opening

game of the season Thursday at Midland

5-1. Starter Michael Morales only went

two innings surrendering two runs. In

all the Travelers used five pitchers.

Dh Hunter Fitz-Gerald hit a double 

driving in Lazaro Montes for the only

run. The Travelers had only six hits

with Hunter having two.

Friday night Kade Anderson makes his

regular season professional debut for

the Travelers. The Mariners number one

pick and third overall we hope for better 

success. Go Travelers. 

The Arkansas Travelers

Thursday the Mariners double A team

starts their regular season. Mike Morales 

starts the opening series followed by

Made Anderson make his regular season 

pro career on Friday and Ryan Sloan on

Saturday. Not sure any double A team has

a better tip three starters. Let you know 

how all three go in their first starts.

In other news the Mariners activated JP

Crawford to the 36 man roster. So we

could see him start on Friday night.

Ryan  Bliss was sent to Tacoma. This 

means that Leo Rivas is the primary 

utility player for now. Most likely he

will play some second and third base

as well as shortstop. Come Young 

hss hit well against lefties so far however 

against tough lefty Rivas could play.

In other local sports the Washington 

Huskies and Washington State Cougars 

football team have begun spring practice.

The  Cougars have lost five men into

the basketball team in the transfer portal.

We have to see how things go for them.

 The Washington Huskies have one player 

freshman Courtland Muldrew who said 

he is going to enter the portal. Head

coach Danny Sprinkle admits that he 

should have played Muldrew this season.

With freshman and the transfer portal 

always is a sticky situation. The portal 

doesn't begin until April 7th so who 

knows if he can change Muldrew's

mind.  The Huskies shot poorly behind

the three point line so possibly they 

may bring someone from the portal 

to help them do we will see.

The Seattle Kraken who were doing good

earlier are now at  32-30 so they are now

looking more looking in than being in the

playoffs. We see if they can rebound.

Go Kraken. 

Mariners Lose Again

For seven innings it looked like Mariners

were going to be shutout again.

   Ben Rice one of the big Yankee guns 

in the series hit a double in the first

inning driving in Cody Bellinger 

Things were quiet until the sixth inning 

when George Kirby gave up a couple 

walks then Paul Goldschmidt a three

run homer. 

Jose Ferrer pitched the 7th inning

and Cooper Criswell in the 8th. He

pitched two innings.

In the eighth being down 4-0  the Mariners 

were able to get the bases loaded with two

outs Cal Raleigh Mr clutch came to the plate.

Dominic Canzone, Cole Young each got hits.

Brendan Donovan walked to load the bases.

Cal hit a single driving in Canzone and Young.

Julio though struck out with Donovan and

 Cal on the bases. 

In the ninth down by two runs  Yankees 

Ben Rice hit a home run off Criswell.

Yankees closer David Bendar  came in

to face Cal in the 8th.  He got into trouble

in the 9th when the Mariners had two

runners on base. Unfortunately Cole

Young struck out to end the game.

The Mariners did make him throw 40

pitches.

The Mariners have Thursday off and

go on the road to face the Angels on

Friday. Go M's. 

Yankees Shut Out Mariners

The second of three games against 

the Yankees there wasn't much good

news. Let you know what was positive 

soon.

Final Yankees 5 Mariners 0

Max Fried left handed starter dominated

the Mariners for seven innings giving 

up three of the Marines for hits.  Fried

signed a free agent contract with the

Yankees before the 2025 season. Fried 

pitched eight seasons for the Atlanta 

Braves. Last year for the Yankees 

he was 19-5. He pitched the opener

against the San Francisco Giants and

didn't give up any runs in that game

either. He gave up two hits in 6 and 

1/3 innings. 

The Yankees scored two runs off Logan

Gilbert in the first inning. The Yankees 

got the other three runs in the sixth

inning. Loganefy with one out. It was

the same players who did the job for

the Yankees in both innings.

First baseman Ben Rice hit a double

scoring Cody Bellinger for the Yankees

first run in the game.  Giancarlo Stanton

singled in Rice. In the sixth inning

Rice walked Stanton doubles  Bellinger 

scores. Rice scores to. 

The positive for the Mariners in the 

game were the two relievers. Cole

Wilcox who was recalled from Tacoma 

when Carlos Vargas went on injured

list came in for Logan. He gave up two 

hits however no runs and three strike

outs. Casey Leguimina finished going

one and two-thirds not giving up a 

hit or a walk.

George Kirby will start Wednesday 

afternoon game in the final of the

Yankee series. He pitches like in

his first start the Mariners have a

good shot to win. Go M's.

The Tacoma Rainers lost their 

home opener 6-4 Tuesday evening.

Starter Randy Dobnak have up all

six of the runs in four and two-thirds 

innings. JP Crawford made a rehab 

assignment at shortstop. He didn't 

get a hit though walked once. Colt 

Emerson who played third didn't get

a hit either. We will see how the Rainiers 

do on Wednesday. 

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.