Mariners Lose Saturday Evening

The Seattle Mariners continue to

have trouble hitting against lefties.

Also Luis Castillo still trouble 

pitching as well.

Final White Sox 6 Mariners 1

Luis Castillo gave up a two run homer

in the first inning and another in the

third inning.  He lasted only four innings.

The only run was when Mitch Garver 

walked then came home on a Refsynder 

sacrifice fly.  Though he isn't hitting

well in limited action he continues 

to be willing to walk.  We do hope 

Refsynder starts to hit soon too. He

is playing sparingly as well however

as a veteran he should be used to it.

Leo Rivas was back at third base.

I expect right now the Mariners 

are trying to use him against 

righties.  We hope he is able 

to play more often soon.

My thinking is the Mariners need

to pick up another right handed 

back.

Bryce Miller is expected to start 

on Wednesday. There looks like

the two might piggy back on 

each other though not the first

round this coming week. Whether

Castillo will start and Bryce come 

in after a few innings or possibly 

the other way around. We will

find out. How it affects the other

starters we will see too. 

The minor leaguers are pitching

once a week at this time. So 

this could be normal in the future.

I like the old days when there were

four starters. The Mariners though

have had five solid starters so for

this team makes sense. 

For minor leaguers they look so

injuries won't happen as often.

This is especially true for pitchers 

who pitched in college where they

throw a lot of innings. 

The Mariners will go to seven  

relievers for the meantime. Not

sure however one will be sent 

down to the minors if they have

options to do so.

Go M's. 

Mariners Win Opening Game On Road Trip

The Seattle Mariners started out well 

however let the White Sox back into the 

game. Final Mariners 12  White Sox 8

Luke Raley was the player of the game 

having his first grand slam of his career.

Unfortunately Emerson Hancock wasn't 

able to keep the lead. Later Raley had

a three run homer. He was one run 

short in tying for driving in the most

run in a game. 

Josh Naylor had a great game to having 

three hits and had a three run homer later

after Raley's. Arozarena had three hits 

too. Julio had a home run too.

Luis Castillo should start on Saturday.

We see how he does whether to get

better. Go M's. 

When Should The Mariners Make a Trade

We know the Seattle Mariners will 

likely trade at the deadline however

should they before the deadline.

We know the Mariners are struggling 

against left handed hitting. It is

interesting that Cole Young is the

best hitter against lefties this season 

and he bats left-handed and he is

in his first full season. 

Rob Refsynder has been a disappointment 

so far in this season hitting .140. The

Mariners have had trouble with acquiring 

right handed bats the last several years 

to platoon or pinch hit. Refsynder has 

had a poor history pinch so I have no

idea why they use him that way.  

Connor Joe is the other right handed

bat at the moment. Victor Robles is

doing a rehab assignment right now.

Not sure when he will be back however 

Joe will likely be sent down. Does this

mean that the Mariners should look to 

make a trade for a right handed bat

that is hitting well right now. 

Bryce Miller is about to return after

doing multiple rehab pitching. What 

does that mean to the rotation. One

story I heard is that they will do back

to back. What does that mean. It

sounds like starting Luis Castillo 

will start and go four or five innings 

then Bryce Miller will come in. This

could mean for one game in every 

five the bullpen will have a day off.

One reliever like Munoz or Jose Ferrer 

could pitch the 9th inning depending 

on the score.

Luis Castillo is currently the 5th

starter and how Emerson Hancock 

has been pitching this is a good

idea. This maybe better than going

to a six man rotation. In either

case the Mariners will have seven

in the bullpen. Having this would 

be better than going to a six man

rotation. 

Even if the Mariners don't pick up 

another right handed bat now June 

or July will be a good time. All

comes down to their record. If

they can have a good record in

May then waiting until July might

be the best.

Brendan Donovan is expected back 

Friday. This means they will go back

to two catchers likely and Rivas will

be the utility player which he can do

better. We hope for a good road trip.

The White Sox are doing better than

the last few years however are beatable 

for the Mariners to win two out of three.

The Mariners should have a good time

in Houston as the Astros are still 

having injury trouble so if the  M's

can take three out of four would be

good.  Go M's. 

Washington Huskies Football Heading Into 2026

All depending on the poll the Washington Huskies are in the top 25 or just outside 

of it.  

The Huskies have a young team. They

have 25 freshman and 14 transfers.

Last year they had a good impact by

freshman so we will see how they do

in their second year. 

Of the transfer the one with the most 

to have an impact is running back 

Jayden Limar. Whether he starts 

or is number two should see good

action. Another is Christian Moss 

wide receiver and he missed the spring

training. Until the season starts we 

will look at other players who could

make a difference.

The Washington State Cougars had

to do a major overhaul when new 

head coach Kirby Moore onboard.

They have 9 offensive and 17 defensive 

players.  

The Cougars are expected to be one of 

the top teams in the new Pac-12 with

Oregon State and Boise State who

joins in. The Broncos have always been

a good team in the Mountain West.

The Cougars have always been a good team

throwing the ball and hope to continue 

the history in that regard. It is getting the

running game going and having a good 

defense. How the Cougars season goes

will have to come down to the defense.

The Cougars have three quarterbacks

competing for the job so we will see

who comes out the winner initially. 

Both schools men's basketball lost

players in the transfer portal. The

Huskies have done well replacing 

guys so we see how they do. The

Cougars will likely have more trouble

doing so. For one they will have to

compete with state rival Gonzaga 

for players in the same conference 

as well as the Huskies. Depending

on the players the Cougars are likely 

number three. 

We will see how all three go in basketball 

as well as Huskies and Cougars in

football. Go teams. 

Mariners Win Wednesday Afternoon

The Mariners were able to come back

after being swept by the KC Royals 

over the last weekend. They beat the

Braves the best record in the major

leagues taking Eq2  first and last game 

of the series.

Cal dh once  again drove in the first

run in the third inning while playing 

into a double play. He didn't get a

hit at all. Is he still hurting that bad.

At least he gets a day off tomorrow.

Julio who has been hitting well of

late hit a home run in the 6th inning.

Bryan Woo came back after a couple 

bad outings to shutout the Braves 

over six innings. 

Cooper Criswell did fine pitching the

seventh. Bazardo struggled in the 8th 

giving up three hits however only gave

up one run to make it a close game.

Cole Young who leads the Mariners in

runs batted in had his 20th driving

Josh Naylor in with a double from

second in the 8th. 

Jose Ferrer pitched the 9th in his 

third outing straight against the

Braves.  He received the save.

He seems to be the guy the Mariners 

can use if Munoz is rested. Ferrer

is the key lefty now while Speier is

on the injured list.

Final Mariners 3  Braves 1

The Mariners have Thursday off

then play the Chicago White Sox 

Friday thru Sunday on the road.  

Next week Monday thru Thursday 

they play the Astros in Houston.

The  Mariners are now second place

a game a half behind the Athletics.

Go M's.

Mariners Lose By One

The Mariners seem to play a lot

of one run games so far this 

season. They won .Monday night

however the Braves did so Tuesday.

George Kirby pitched well giving up

two runs in the 4th inning on a double.

He went seven innings. The Mariners 

scored two before the Braves did in

bottom of the third. JP Crawford hit

another two run homer with Mitch

Garver on with a walk.

The game was tied until the 9th.

Matt Olson hit  a solo homer off

Andre Munoz.   The Mariners need

to find a way not allow their own

pitchers not to give up home runs.

The Mariners and Braves play 

Wednesday afternoon to see who 

takes  the series.  Bryan Woo will 

see if he can rebound from his

last two starts and the hitting

gets going too. 

The Mariners had Cal Raleigh back 

being  dh. He went hitless though.

Go M's. 

Seahawks Rookie Camp

Friday and Saturday the Seahawks had their 

minicamp for rookies and othereho showed up.

First round pick  Jadarian Price showed

his speed in the drills. Also showed that

he can catch the ball coming out of the 

back field. 

Last year the fullbacks didn't get as much

action because of injuries. The Seahawks 

new offensive coordinator came over from

the 49ers. They use full backs to so be

interesting to see how the Seahawks do

this coming season. When Zach Charbonnett 

gets back the Seahawks could use him

and Price in the backfield at the same

time on occasion. 

Bud Clark second pick and Julian Neal 

third round pick both defensive backs

showed how good they are in coverage.

Beau Stephens the next pick is seen

to be important guy at guard. He

was seen both at right and left guard

in practice. Most likely not a starter

he will be valuable as a backup.

Sixth round pick wide receiver Emmanuel Henderson Jr showed his good speed.

Making the roster though will come down

to special teams.

Marvin Jones Jr.  edge rusher was the 

most impressive of the undrafted free 

agents with his speed.  He looks like he 

maybe a keeper.  

We will see how things go in the next

mini camp. Go Hawks.