Huskies Win Easy

As we hoped the Washington Huskies beat Maine fairly easy 72-53 after getting off to a slow start.

The Huskies ran off 13 points in the second part of the first half with Maine never getting back into the game. Isaiah Stewart led the Huskies with 16 points along with 9 rebounds. The Huskies had only six turnovers in the game after being in double digits in their first three games. Now they have a record of 3-1. Take on Montana on Friday.

The Washington State Cougars are 2-1 they take on Omaha in Pullman, Washington on Thursday night. The Cougars are hoping to have a good season though they are expected to finish in the bottom half of the Pac-12.

The Seattle Mariners are expected to complete their 40-man roster or at least add a few players so they are not part of the Rule 5 draft. Currently, they have 35 players on the 40-man roster. What we are looking for is whether Jerry Dipoto will make a trade soon to add to their roster.

In other Mariner news. Kristopher Negron who spent the end of 2018 with the Tacoma Rainiers and the Mariners then Rainiers most of 2018 then called up before being traded to the Los Angeles announced last he was retiring. The Mariners have hired him as the Assistant Director of Player Develop under Player Development Director Andy McKay. He will assist McKay in all areas of player development including on-field instruction and mentoring minor leaguers. It will be good to bring back Negron to the Mariner organization. Since Dipoto came on as General Manager he has been working on the Mariners becoming a better minor organization to help players make it to the major leagues. Outside of pitchers, the Mariners haven't had a lot of position players stick around especially top draft picks.