Seattle Seahawks Going Forward

The Seattle Mariners are not playing 

Monday in spring training as one of

two days off. So here we go on the

Seahawks. 

Winning the Super Bowl a team can't 

go higher though I am sure they will

try to be better so they can repeat as

champions which is never easy.

The Seahawks will likely lose a few

players to free agency and who knows

maybe retirement or releases.

Ken Walker III who was the MVP of 

the Super Bowl could be one of those

guys. All comes down to how much

another team is willing to pay him.

They do have a few on defense as well 

but with the defense they have  they

should find away to still be good. 

They might have to replace but we

will see that over the season.

Zach Charbonnett was hurt in the

first game of the playoffs and might

not play at all next or if he does will

be late in the season. He would have

been the starter otherwise. 

The Seahawks have other running

backs however no one they would 

consider being a starter or would 

have seen more action in the playoffs.

If Walker does go elsewhere the

Seahawks will go out and find someone.

Both Walker and Charbonnett were

second round picks so even bringing

in another running back they may take

another on in the second round of

sooner.

There is talk that the Seahawks may

draft another wide receiver in the

first round to go with Jaxon Smith-

Njigba.  Cooper Kupp is expected 

back and he would be good to work

with that receiver.  A thought is if

he is available that receiver could

be former Washington Husky Denzel 

Boston. 

If Denzel already taken could see

the Seahawks taking another 

offensive lineman to play on the

right side at guard.  The Seahawks 

have four draft picks as of now.

The first, second, and third rounds 

plus the sixth round.  Likely they

will add some more picks. So we 

will see what happens there. 

On the Washington Huskies football

they lost their offensive coordinator.

At this point they are not replacing 

him according to head coach Jedd 

Fisch.  So Fisch will continue play

calling and the position coaches 

will do what they do. I guess we

will see how that works out  Go Dawgs!

Rangers Beat Mariners Sunday

The Mariners scored first with half

the runs on the day on a home run

by second baseman Cole Young.

The Mariners were without the

players who are going to play in

the World Baseball Classic. 

Final was Rangers 9 Mariners 4

Logan Gilbert pitched fine giving

up a solo home run in the second

inning. He went 2 and 2/3  innings. 

A top pitching prospect pitched 

a single inning in the 4th.  Gabe 

Mosser signed a minor league 

contract pitched the fifth giving 

up five runs on seven hits. 

The Mariners won't play Monday 

so next game with be against

the Los Angeles Angels in Peoria. 

The season will start on March 26.

Minor leaguers have reported so

soon we will see players who are in

major league camp be sent own. 

Whoever makes the end of the 

roster we won't know for a bit of

time. Go M's.

Gonzaga and WSU Both Lose

Gonzaga who had been undefeated 

after losing to Portland in their first

game of the season lost to St. Mary's 

on the road 70-59. This means these 

two teams end the West Coast 

Conference season in a tie at 16-2. 

St. Mary's dominated the action

down the stretch winning very easily.

The Zags led by seven at halftime.

In the second half the Zags only 

scored 23 points while Sy. Mary's 

had 41.

Neither team shot well from the 

field however the Zags couldn't 

stop St. Mary's making 3 point 

shots. They made 16 of 33 behind

the line while Zags made 5 of 17. 

The Zags were led by Graham Ike 

with 17 points with two other

starters scoring double figures.

What didn't help the Zags was

only 8 points off the bench as 

they played seven players.  The 

two players off the bench played

a combined 47 minutes. 

Now they wait to see who they

play in the WCC tournament.

It begins on March 5. 

The WSU Cougars lost to 

Pepperdine Saturday 88-79.

The score difference at halftime 

wasn't much difference. The

Cougars I am sure wish that 

they had played a better season. 

Ace Glass who has had a very

good season as a freshman led

the Cougars with 22 points. The

Cougars had ND Okafor with 15

points and 10 rebounds to lead

then in school. 

This has been a terrible record

this year for the Cougars.  They

finish 8th with a conference

record of 7-11.  We will have to

see how the  Cougars do in the

Conference tournament. 

Kade Anderson Makes Professional Debut

Kade Anderson made his debut 

Saturday afternoon against the 

San Diego Padres. The first 

round pick of the Mariners in

2025 showed what he was 

capable of by striking out the

side in the first inning.

In the second inning he did give

up two hits and  before being lifted.

Houston Roth who the Mariners 

signed to a minor league contract 

during the off-season came in 

for Anderson. He was able to get

two outs but had four hits. Two

runs scored went to Anderson 

while three went to him. He walked

a batter.  Peyton Alford came in

and got the final out. 

Emerson Hancock came in and

went two and two-thirds innings 

get all right batters be faced out

including striking out four. Have

to say Emerson looks like he is

ready to go.  News came out that

Bryce Miller won't make his next

start as a precaution. Emerson 

looks like he will be the sixth 

starter when needed.  He should 

be in the bullpen before then. 

Final was Padres 7 Mariners 1

The Mariners plsying in the World 

Baseball Classic will be heading 

out on Sunday. Be ready for it Cal

Raleigh caught all nine innings

Saturday. Go M's.

On Sunday the Mariners will play

the Texas Rangers in Peoria.

Monday will be their first day off

of two during training camp.

In men's basketball the Washington 

Huskies Saturday lost to Wisconsin 

at home 90-73. The Badgers are

the sixth best team in the tough

Big Ten. They are 20-9 overall 

while the Huskies are 14-15.

Wisconsin scored 15 points in

the first half before the Huskies 

held their own in the second half

scoring two more points than the

 Badgers.

The difference in the game was

the Badgers made 13 more points

behind the 3 point line. Both shot

about the same in the field. I

would say the Huskies failed in

that manner.   Hopefully the defense 

will get better against teams that 

shoot a lot from 3 point line.

The Huskies will be at home on

Wednesday against the USC Trojans

then the regular season ends next

Saturday in Eugene against the

Oregon Ducks. We hope to see

success against them as the Big

Ten Tournament begins after that.

Hannes Steinbach had 22 points 

making 8 of 11 in field goals while

Zoom Diallo had 21 making 9 of 15.

They were the only Huskies to score

in double figures. Go Dawgs 

Mariners Lose First Night Game

The Seattle Mariners were beaten by

Arizona in the first spring game at

night.

It wasn't much of an offensive game

for one of the few games so far.

Arizona 3 Mariners 1

Luis Castillo went one and one-thirds

innings in his first start. He gave up

the three runs in the second inning

on a homer run. The Mariners one

run was driven in by Cole Young 

in the 7th inning. The Mariners had

six hits on the night. 

Mariners take on San Diego on

Saturday afternoon. 

Julio Rodriguez Heading Into His 5th Season

Those who are seeing Julio at training

camp say he is acting more mature 

heading into his 5th season for the 

Mariners. 

The season Cal Raleigh had last season 

puts pressure off of Julio as well. Having

Josh Naylor for a full season hitting 

behind him will help. 

Julio is hitting well so far in spring games

so far. Going to the World Baseball Classic 

for the Demonican Republican should 

help as well.

We know his defense is always good 

if he isn't hitting well. He is averaging 

31 home runs a season with a .274 

batting average and 91 rbs as well.

We get critical of him since he usually 

starts out slow. What if he gets off

to a good start his numbers will be

creater this season. The Mariners

could win the division easily too.

The Mariners starters are more

healthy and adding another good

reliever will make it great too. 

Go M's . 

Mariners Win Offensive Game

Thursday the Mariners beat the Cleveland Guardians 8-7. Offense is still happening. 

The Mariners scored two runs in both the

first and second innings. 

Bryce Miller who was hurt much of last

season he went one and one-third innings 

giving up three hits however no walks 

and gave up no runs. He only threw 21

pitches with 16 being strikes.  The rest

of the guys were so so. 

Cooper Criswell is a tall guy at 6'6

and throws hard would be nice to 

make the bullpen pitched two 

innings giving up three runs. He

would be nice to be a long reliever 

gave up three runs but this early in

spring training. 

The top of the batting order looked

good as Brendan Donovan had a 

hit and drive in a run. Cal had two

hits and Julio had a hit along with

walking a couple times.

Colt Emerson had a couple hits

while playing shortstop as JP

Crawford is out it looks like 

until Monday. So we will see

a bunch of Colt. He makes the 

team out of spring training 

because the Mariners thinks he is

ready to go. Not saying that will

happen however it could at the 

same time.  

Friday the Mariners play Arizona 

Dismondbacks in Peorio at 5:10

Pacific time.  Luis Castillo is 

expected to start for the Mariners.

Go M's.