Matt Brash Only Human

Robbie Ray  went  three innings in his 

second  outing of the spring.  He gave 

up  one hit and a walk while striking 

out five. We hope that Robbie could

be in the running for another Cy Young 

award. If not him, the Mariners have

three other starters who could.

The Mariners  lost 5-3 Wednesday 

against the Chicago Cubs. Matt

Brash who has maybe the best 

slider in baseball  showed he is

human after all. He gave up all

five of the runs in the 4th  inning

after taking over for Ray. Don't 

expect that during  the season 

to come in the 4th or giving up

five runs. We will see how dominant 

Brash will be during the season.

We hope to see more than once that

happened on Wednesday  was back to

back solo home runs by Julio Rodriguez 

and Jarred Kelenic. The only other run

scored by the Mariners was number one 

prospect Harry Ford  hit a double in the

8th inning scoring Cooper Hummel who

was the second  dh on the day. AJ Pollock 

began the day as the dh. Pollock had

two hits on the day.

It looks like  Pollock is wanting to have a

good season this year. If Kelenic  have a

turn around and hit good we could see more

at dh. Kelenic  could play some right field 

allowing  Teoscar Hernandez  do some dh

as well. This will depend  how healthy  the

outfield  stays this year.  The Mariners go

with another extra outfielder this will give

a lot of help in the lineup. 

Again Sam Haggerty played second base

and had a  hit. Dylan Moore  not playing 

yet it looks to give Haggerty more chance

at second base. Though Sam has been 

a utility  player  during  his career until

last year he didn't  play any outfield. The

Mariners will have four bench players  

besides  the second catcher.  You have

to figure Moore and Pollock counted

as two of the four. Haggerty gets the

third spot leaves one  other slot open. 

With injuries  there is likely someone 

who doesn't  open the season on the 

roster will  be  there at some point. 

Logan Gilbert expected  to  make his

first start of the spring  on Thursday 

against the  San Diego  Padres. Let you

know how he does  and who else might

be a star of the game.

During the season  we will give summary 

of the game along with who the best

pitcher of the game and position  player too.

Go M's.