.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. 

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. 

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.

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. 

Mariners Win Opening Game On Road Trip

The Seattle Mariners didn't have much

of am offense Friday evening in Kansas 

City against the Royals.

Final Mariners 2 Royals 0

Mitch Garver was the hero for the

Mariners hitting a two run homer

in the 7th inning.  Garver hasn't 

had a good season at the plate 

but does not better on the road.

This was Garver's second home

run on the season. Both happened 

in the last seven games. His batting 

average is .177. Before Cal Raleigh 

went on the injured list he was 

hitting.260 on the road.  He hasn't 

played a lot of games though fewer 

when Cal was playing. He was playing 

about once a week so not easy to

hit playing only so often.

He actually done well walking. He has

15 walks while only 11 hits. Garver 

has struck out 24 times. His on base

percentage is .333 so he knows how

important to walk and let others drive

him home.  He has scored ten runs 

which is good.  

Not sure when Cal Raleigh will return

though he should be eligible to come

off the injured list soon.

The Mariners faced a lefty which the

team has had trouble with all season.

The Mariners Mariners use a platooning

system in right field and designated 

hitter.  The right handed bats haven't 

done well so far this season.

Victor Robles came off the injured list

and played several games at Tacoma

on rehab assignment.  He played right 

field having two at bats without a hit.

Late in the game Luke Raley pinch hit

without a hit.  

Rob Refsynder who the Mariners signed

as a  free agent during the off season

to face lefties struck all three times. 

Dominic Canzone pinch hit late in

the game for him. So right field and

designated hitter they were zero for

seven. 

The Mariners rested first baseman 

Josh Naylor as well. I didn't really 

understand this move when it was 

the first game of the series and 

road trip. Fortunately the pitching

along with Garver's home run gave

them the win. Patrick Wisdom who

recently activated from the injured

list played first base without a hit

either. 

Logan Gilbert started and pitched

five and two thirds innings giving 

up two hits while walking two and

striking out six. Much better than

his last outing where he gave up 

seven runs in a Mariners loss.

Eduardo Bazardo came in with 

runners on base and got the

last out with the grounder to

Colt Emerson who stepped on

third base.  He came back to

to pitch the 7th striking out 

three batters.

Matt Brash pitched the 8th inning 

which is often his custom. He

did have a little trouble giving up

two hits however got out of it.

Andre Munoz came in and took 

care of the Royals.

Saturday afternoon George Kirby 

will pitch for the Mariners. He

has had a good season overall.

He has a 5-3 record with an era 

of 3. 45. In recent outings last

Sunday was his toughest giving

up six runs against the San Diego 

Padres. He and Gilbert's outings.

was a major reason they were 

swept at home to the Padres.

After this series the Mariners 

go to Sacramento to take on

the A's.  The Mariners are two

games behind the A's right now.

If the Mariners can win this

series as well as against the

A's they could be in first place.

The Rangers are a half inning

ahead of the Mariners however

they are losing to the Angels 

do stays that way them and the 

Mariners are tied.  The Rangers 

play the Astros four games this

coming Monday thru Thursday 

at home. A good scenario would

be the two teams would split 

the series. 

Next weekend the Mariners be 

back home to play the Arizona 

Diamondbacks to finish the month

of May.  The Mariners start the

month of June playing three 

games against the New York

Mets who have been struggling 

so far this season. The Mariners 

then will go on another road 

trip. Go M's.