The Men's Basketball Transfer Portal

The , Washington Huskies have added 

their player from the transfer portal in

guard junior Parker Freidrichsen.

The four star recruit out of high school

Washington will be his third spot. Coach

Sprinkle hopes he improves the team's 

three point shooting. At Davidson last 

year he averaged 10.8 points a game.

Freshman JJ Mandaquit who was starter

for  the Huskies when last season then

was hurt was the first transfer landing 

at Arizona. A good choice if you had to 

leave Washington. I am sure Coach 

Sprinkle will do a better job dealing with

players.  Zoom Diallo had a visit at 

Kentucky however hasn't committed yet.

Go Dawgs.

The transfer portal has  been brutal to

the WSU Cougars as they have lost 

basically the whole team. Only two

redshirt freshmen return. 

They have signed one player already 

in  Fraser Foxburgh a small forward 

from Manhattan. Updated will come.

Gonzaga had five players in the transfer 

portal as well as five who have eligibility 

used up. Unlike Washington State the

Zags will have easier time filling slots.

Adding a big man to go with Braden Huff 

is a must. Several big time programs 

have players in the transfer portal so

they should  be able to fill the spots 

soon. 

They did signed incoming sophomore 

Isiah Harwell from Houston Cougars. 

A swing man he played only 13.8 

minutes a game. He averaged 3.4 points

and two rebounds  in limited time.

We see whether he will be a starter

ot coming off the bench. 

Again we will see who else the Zags

acquire soon. 

The portal closes on April 21 however they

should be a me to sign players after that.

Do one week to go so we will check back

in unless a big name comes before that.

Goes for all three schools.

There are schools trying to recruit players 

who are not yet in the transfer portal 

My opinion those schools should be 

charged with tampering.   The NCAA 

board had put in rules on tampering

so coaches can lose 50 percent of

the season of they are caught.

At least something positive. 

Mariners Sweep Astros

After the last road trip where the Mariners 

went 1-5 and could have been 5-1 they

beat the Astros in all four games. 

Monday afternoon the Mariners beat the

Astros 6-2. They had a great opportunities 

to score more runs however the Mariners 

pitching shut the doors. 

It was primarily George who pitched into

the eighth inning and left with two outs.

George only walked one batter and that

was Alvarez at the end of his pitching.

He struck out seven batters. Matt Brash 

came in to get the last out of the 8th 

and  Cole Wilcox pitched the 9th just

giving up one walk.

Josh Naylor who has gotten off to a

rough start was the player of the game.

He hit his first home run in the first

inning after Cal and Julio had singles.

In the third inning he had a second 

homer with Donovan on base.  Luke 

Raley had his second three hit game 

in a row.  

The Mariners are still in 4th place in

the division however only one game

behind the A's in first place. The 

Mariners now go play the Padres 

for three so if they can do better 

on this road trip who knows. The

Mariners record is now  8-9. 

The Astros are in a bad place not

only  swept by the . Mariners they

continue losing players to the 

injured list. I am sure most Mariners 

fans are not to sympathetic to

them.

Bryan Woo will start the first game

Zin San Diego so we hope for a good

start. Go M's. 

Mariners Take Series

Though there is one game left on

Monday the Mariners are now 3-0

on this series. 

Logan Gilbert went seven innings 

for his best start. Arozarena and

Raley each had three hits.  Julio

getting better with two hits. 

Final  Mariners 6 Astros 1

Three of the runs Mariners were

on 9 walks so they had more

opportunity.  Monday against 

same opponent is unusual 

it will be a day game. George 

Kirby will pitch. 

Tuesday thru Thursday they

will play the Padres in San 

Diego before playing the 

Rangers in Seattle.

The Astros will be home to 

play  Colorado Rockies and 

St. Louis Cardinals. This 

should be it for the season 

against the Rockies. 

Kraken Miss Playoffs

The Seattle Kraken got off to a good 

start however it was awful in the 

secong half. 

Ron Francis who was the original 

general manager then became 

President about a year and a half 

resigned last week.  The Kraken

have had three head coaches 

so likely won't change the position 

now.  It is amazing since they did 

made playoffs once. 

It will be interesting to see what 

changes  they will make.

This last season the Seattle Storm

lost all there free agents. Have

to see how things go there too.

The Mariners at least won the two

games over the Astros in the start 

of this four game series. They are

only a game and a half out of first

place though early.  The A's lead

with 7-7 record. Hopefully the 

Mariners will win at least one of 

the two games in this series.

Mariners Make It Two

For  the second game in a row the

.Mariners beat the Astros on Saturday 

night 8-7. 

The Mariners began the game with 

a two run homer by Cal Raleigh in 

the first inning. The Astros scored

three runs in the second and third

then one run in the 4th. 

Luis Castillo who started gave up 

all seven runs on ten hits  before 

being lifted in the 4th inning with 

one out.  It looked dismall at the 

time. The Mariners used five 

relievers who gave up seven hits

however gave up no runs.

The Mariners scored five runs to

tie in the  5th inning. JP Crawford 

hit a single to drive in two runs.

Cal had a sacrifice fly to score 

Rivas then Julio had a home 

run scoring JP ahead of him. 

Everything was silent at least in

scoring until JP hit a single to 

short left field to score Rivas 

who had walked. 

Sunday the Mariners will look

to win the series with Logan 

Gilbert on the mound. 

Brendan Donovan is expected 

back on Sunday to start. How 

JP has done in these two games

I would leave him leading off

for the meantime. Go M's. 

Mariner End Losing Streak

The Seattle Mariners ended their five

game losing streak by beating the

Astro 9 to 6. 

It wasn't as easy as you would think

although they could have scored more

runs. The Astros who have injuries 

to their starting rotation the starter

in this game left after giving up three

runs in the first inning.  They could 

have scored at least a couple more 

runs.

It got tough in the top of the second 

inning for Emerson Hancock where 

he threw 3 to pitches in the inning.

The Astros were able to score three

runs thing the game. Hancock though

was able to survive going through

five innings.

In the bottom of  the fifth Randy Arozarena 

hit a two run to end the tie. It was into

the second level. What I thought was

funny Randy hit his helmet a few times 

right after the previous pitch. I think

he couldn't believe he didn't challenge

that pitch that was called a strike. You

have to decide fast to do so. If he

had challenged Randy might have

walked. I know the announcers didn't 

see what I did it at least didn't mention 

it. 

In the 7th inning the Mariners scored

four runs to make it 9-3. That didn't 

last long as the Astros had two straight 

singled in the top of the 8th than Yordan

Alvarez hits a three run homer to make

it 9-6.

In the top of the 9th with Andre Munoz 

in he walked two batters however he

was able to strand both runners with

with a ball hit to Rivas at who ran over 

to third and stepped on the bag to

end it. 

This is a four game series so important 

to win the first game.  Luis Castillo will

start Saturday in game two. All nine 

position players scored a run.  Ten 

Mariners were walked in the game.

In his second game Kade Anderson 

ended up striking out 11 of his first

14 batters. He ended up going five 

innings. Let's see how he goes in

his next outing for Arkansas. 

Gonzaga's Men's Transfer Portal

Gonzaga has lost five players in the

transfer portal as of now.  I am not

sure why leaving Gonzaga unless 

you feel that the team won't be as 

good in the coming season or you

want more playing time. Not making

it to the sweet sixteen might be a

a factor as well or having difficulties 

with teammates or the coaching 

staff. 

The Zags weren't good at shooting 

three pointers  so may look to pick

up a few guys there. Graham Ike 

graduation will be a key to replace.

Braden Huff will be back after 

missing the WCC schedule and  

March Madness. Leaving the WCC 

to the new Pac-12  could be another 

reason players are leaving.  Not 

playing St. Mary's or Santa Clara 

might be an issue too.

Huff will be a key player next season.

Davis Fogle had a good freshman 

season where he plays guard and

small forward will return as well

The same goes for Mario Saint-Supery 

who had a good freshman season 

to should get more playing time. 

The Zags have three others returning 

however two are walks and another 

is redshirt freshman.  They have  

three other player coming on board

that are recruits so look forward 

to look at least a couple come 

through the transfer portal.

The Washington State Cougars who

had a poor season last season has 

had several go into the transfer portal 

to. We will look to see who come 

aboard. It is important they become competitive in the new Pac-12.  See 

how Oregon State does to.

The Washington Huskies have four 

who have entered the transfer portal. 

The hardest is Zoom Diallo. We hope 

he finds a way back. They are looking 

at several players to come in so we

will at them in the next week or two

as well.  Danny Sprinkle felt he did

make some mistakes with the guys

leaving so hopefully he will grow in 

that area.  The season was difficult 

with so many players being injured

throughout the season. Tucker who

was hurt at the beginning and end

of the season said he was going to

declare for the NBA draft. I am not

sure why he should stay in college 

for a other year to be healthy whether 

st UDub or not. He could be back as

well. Go Dawgs.