Cal and Naylor Have Off-season Surgeries

Two important members of the Mariners 

lineup Cal Raleigh and Josh Naylor had

surgery recently since the Mariners didn't 

make the playoffs.

There weren't alone that the Mariners didn't 

make the playoffs however if they had been

100 percent healthy they might have made

it. Cal was out for just over a month returning 

after the all-star break. Interesting he blasted 

home runs in rehab assignment with the

triple A Tacoma before being activated. It

showed it didn't help him to face major league 

pitching. We will never know but it could 

have still affected his hitting.  He played in

14 games and his batting average didn't 

really change at all.  He had one home run 

in July and five rbis. He had one double as

his only other extra base hit.

Much of August he wasn't hitting well either.

In fact his average went down until August 

21 when he hit a home run and driving in

three runs and then on the 24th he had three

home runs. He had three more the rest of

the month. In September he had only three 

home runs but still had a batting average 

that ended at 182.  The first of May Cal was

hitting .186.  Only a few days before in April

he was batting .205.  His average continue 

to go down when they finally put him on

the injured list because of his oblique. The 

surgery was to cleanup on his shoulder.

Many were aware that Cal wasn't throwing 

out a lot of runners though the pitchers

could have played a part as well. 

Josh Naylor had surgery to his right wrist.

He said that you have to play through pain 

and doesn't use it as an excuse.  At the 

plate the wrist was showing giving him

problems though he ended up with a good 

average though was low on how runs which

this was part of his problem. Also his defense 

wasn't good either. 

Josh was in a slump at the beginning of the 

season and didn't get over .200 until almost

the end of April. His average climbed after 

that and his high .272 was on  September 16 

but the wrist must still had bothered him

that he ended up  .261.  Josh had only 10 

home runs which was his lowest since 2021

when he played in 69 games.  He did have 

23 doubles although lower than  any year 

except in 2021.  He had only  57 rbis and

with that he batted .212 with runners in

scoring position.  That shows a lot since

the teams batting average RISP was .233.

The team batting was .228 so they were

slightly higher with runners on base. 

A healthy Cal and Josh in 2027  will help

the Mariners a lot in 2027. We know Cal

being a catcher it will be hard to come

by over the full season. Hopefully whoever 

is Manager and the backup catcher Cal

will  catch less games in 2027. Go M's 

Seattle Kraken 1-1 Over Weekend

The Seattle Kraken has their second and

third games on the season so they are 

now 2-1.

On Saturday the Kraken lost to Edmonton

Oilers on their home place 3-1. Not a

big surprise since the Oilers and the 

Vegas Golden Knights are two of the

favorites to win the Pacific division.

After last season still up in the air

how the Kraken will finish though the

bottom half is likely unless they prove

otherwise.

On Sunday they bounced back in their

home opener beating Calgary 6-1 this

being the same score as they won in

Calgary on Thursday. 

Tuesday the Kraken play  Vegas at home. 

This game may give us more answers we

hope. After that they have two days off

before playing the Redwings in Detroit

and on Sunday the Washington Capitals 

on the road too.  In all the Kraken have

five road games in a row before coming 

home. Go Kraken. 

Where the Mariners Go Forward

Every Mariners fans and media know it

was it was a rough season and the M's 

management as Dan Wilson as well 

the hitting coach, first base coach and

a couple other long time coaches were

here under Scott Servais were dismissed.

The pitching is still in hand and we haven't 

heard whether Edgar will still stay around. 

Arozarena, Canzone and Young had good 

seasons thou Cole tapered down in the

second half however it was his first full

season. We hope that Arroyo and Montes

will be back at the beginning of next season.

I would give the team an incomplete on the

season instead of being a letter score. 

Having three hitters doing most of job

didn't help. The starting pitching didn't have

a good second half.  The relief pitching

when Matt Brash went down..

Besides adding depth to the bullpen and the

bench it will be important to bring in a

manager and coaches that will change the 

culture. We will see what happens. 

I am enjoying the playoffs and I everyone 

in the Mariners organization is watching.

Go M's.

Seahawks Get Back to a Win

The Seattle Seahawks won on Sunday 

30 to 23. Not smart football in the 4th

quarter though which almost cost them

the game or allow  the LA Chargers to

tie in regulation.

The game was ugly as there was 28

penalties total by both teams. The 

Seahawks had eight personal fouls. 

A critical one in the 4th quarter when

the Chargers had third down and thirty 

and roughing the quarterback. After 

that the Seahawks had the Chargers

deep in their side of the field went for

it on 4th down and the Seahawks gave

up a 30 yard pass for a first down that 

led to a touchdown. 

The Seahawks offense trying to run

the ball with no success kicked back

to the Chargers who were able to get 

the ball down and decided to kick

a field goal to come within the seven 

points. Again the Seahawks offense 

didn't do the job so the Chargers got

it back again. The Seahawks defense 

came through just under a minute to

cause a fumble and they were able

to run out the game.

Justin Herbert Chargers  quarterback 

did a fine job being hurt by the Seahawks 

and fortunately turned over the ball

three times.   The Seahawks led at halftime 

20-6. Had ten points to the Chargers seven

in the 3rd quarter but none in the 4th.

Emanuel Wilson did a fine job running

the ball until the 4th quarter. He had

a touchdown both running and catching.

Tory Horton had a touchdown too.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba had five catches

however the Chargers kept him out of

the end zone 

The Seahawks play the San Francisco next 

week but they must play  better to win.

The 49ers are undefeated beating the

Broncos. The Rams lost to the Eagles

so the Seahawks are second place

at 3-1. Go Hawks. 

WSU Lose Ugly At Home

The Cougars were a slight favorite 

heading into Saturday's evening

game but ended up losing to 

Fresno State Bulldogs 26-6 at

home. 

This was the first game of Pac-12 

action for both teams. Positive 

for the Bulldogs and not so good 

for the Cougars. 

The game was tied 6-6 at halftime 

despite struggling on offense and

defense keeping them in the game. 

Fresno State kicked a field goal

in the first quarter.  Second quarter 

the Cougars tied then responded a

second time after the  Bulldogs 

had kicked their second field goal.

It was a positive aspect for the Cougars

as field goal kicker Jack Stevens had

struggled going into this game. His

first kick was 32 yards and the second.

50 was a big accomplishment. 

The Cougars had only 30 yards rushing

was a season low. Quarterback Caden

Pinnick had 11 carries for a negative 23

yards. Still not impressive without it.

A great part on the Bulldogs as they are

averaging 171 yards against the run.

Made quite the adjustment since the 

Cougars are averaging 152.8 on the 

ground. Pinnick was second on the 

Cougars 51.5 yards per game. 

Running back Kirby Vorhees had 25 ysrds

on six carries to lead the Cougars. The 

Cougars ran the ball 24 times while Pinnick

threw the ball 34 times while completing 

21 for 152 yards and one touchdown.

The Cougars are averaging 161 yards 

passing per game so not a big difference.

The Cougars will have a short memory 

as they play at Utah State next Friday 

evening.  Utah State has the same record 

as the Cougars at 1-4. 

The big question is how long will the

Cougars stick with Pinnick as quarterback?

Go Cougs.

Huskies Have Disappointing Loss

The USC Trojans were favored by a lot

over the Huskies who made it a game.

Final  Trojans 25 Huskies 21

The Huskies came down to their last

series against the Trojans. They had 

to match down from deep in their 

territory to come up short. The Huskies

made several  first down on tough third

and fourth downs to be able to win.

Unfortunately the last play they had 

came short on fourth down. 

In the first quarter about half way the 

Trojans scored first with a field goal.

Under two minutes left the 1st quarter

wide receiver  Dezman Roebuck three

a five yard touchdown in the end zone.

Just under ten minutes left in the second

quarter the Trojans scored their first

touchdown to take the lead. The  Huskies 

had a one yard touchdown run by tight

end Kaden Elridge to make the Huskies

ahead at halftime 14-10.

The Huskies were able to stop the Trojans

who had the first series of the second

half. The Huskies were able to go down 

the field and on a long pass of 42 yards

to tight end Decker DeGraaf at 13:30 in

the third quarter. It was the last score they

made leading 21-10. The Trojans scored

twice for touchdowns in the third quarter 

to take a 22-21 lead at the end of the 3rd

quarter.  The Trojans kicked a 39  yard 

field goal to make the final 25-21 at 9:36 

in the 4th quarter.

The Huskies had the opportunity to 

score twice more in the game on

two turnovers by the Trojans but.

couldn't capitalize on them. The Huskies

are now 0-2 in Big Ten play.  Next Friday 

evening the Huskies will be back home

against Iowa. We hope for a better result.

Go Dawgs.

Washington Huskies, WSU Cougars and Gonzaga Men's Basketball Coming Up

All three schools have started fall practice 

heading into the nonleague schedule.

All three schools have had turnover with

some graduations and the transfer portal.

These days the transfer portal is a big 

reality though in respect hurting the college 

sport more than others. 

The Washington Huskies men's basketball 

team biggest player to replace was freshman

Hannes Steinbach the teams best player.

Unlike others he went to the NBA as lottery

pick to Carolina. We wish him a good career.

I thought that the players who they had 

that didn't graduate along with Steinbach

was a good unit needing to add a couple 

pieces but that didn't happen. The Huskies 

were #12 ranked in the Big Ten Conference 

because of injuries. With the new roster

including six players through the transfer

portal they are hoping to break into the top

nine of the conference which become success

with it being one of the top conferences in the 

country.

The Huskies start their season on November 

2 playing Colgate in nine non-conference 

games. Two teams in the early  will be third

game Utah former Pac-12 opponent and

on November 23 in Southeast Invitational

in Maui Hawaii they play BYU.   In early 

December they will play conference rivals

USC and UCLA. On December 19 they

game on Baylor at Climate Pledge Arena 

in Seattle. 

The Huskies will begin the rest of their 

Big Ten schedule against  Michigan on

the road followed by Michigan State. 

In all they play 20 games in the Big Ten

ending with Oregon at home on March

6. Go Dawgs.

The Washington State Cougars aren't

expected to finish well placing 9th

and last in the new Pac-12. Two top

head liners are freshmen Lazerek Houston

and Jamari Phillips. They lost top freshman 

Ace Glass who transfered. They have 

eight players transfer including Casey Jones

from nearby Eastern Washington.

The Cougars will not play a regular season 

game against the Huskies however they

will have an exhibition game on October 25

at Washington.   The Cougars have a 32

game schedule including 16 in conference 

play. They start the season at home against

Davidson on November 2.  On November 21

they play Duke in Palm Springs California.

In December on the 12th play UNLV,

followed by Seattle University on the 19th

and finish the month on the 28th against

LSU all in the road.  They begin conference 

play January 3 at Fresno State. They play 

Gonzaga on the 6th at home. They play the

Zags in Spokane on February 17. They end

the season at home against Texas State.

The conference tournament begins on the

10th. Go Cougs.

Gonzaga is favored to win the Pac-12.  I

am sure at least some of the teams in

the West Coast Conference are glad they

are gone. 

The Zags have 13. non league games.

They begin on November 2 playing 

Purdue in Las Vegas. They play UCLA,

Michigan State and Oregon of the Big

Ten as well. Like the Cougars they play

Duke to on February 20 in Detroit 

Michigan.  They have LSU and Kansas 

State earlier on the schedule.  They 

have 16 games in the Pac-12 schedule.

They start January 6 at Washington 

State and end on March 6 at Colorado 

State. 

The Zags have 15 players on their roster

with only three returning with Braden Huff

the most notable who missed all conference 

games last season because of injury. 

They have three incoming freshmen so the 

remaining nine are transfers. Three of them

waiting on being eligible to play. Go Zags 

As as we know will let you know what each

teams depth chart looks like.