Mariners Lose To Dodgers Friday Night

As we know and we can say

spring training games are

meaningless as far as who 

wins. There has been teams

who have won in spring

training then has a terrible 

season. The same goes the

other way too.

The Mariners lost to the

Dodgers Friday evening

6-4. Since the Dodgers

won the World Series

no shame in losing for

the Mariners.

An update on George

Kirby who has inflammation

on his shoulder will start

the season on the injured

list. General manager Justin

Hollander said before Friday's

game a MRI showed no

structural damage so a

precaution. 

Once a week the Mariners will

have a look at George Kirby

go see when he can start

throwing again. The best

scenario would be that Kirby

would only miss two starts.

Depending on when he starts

throwing he could go on a

rehab assignment too. 

Emerson Hancock started

Friday and went two and

a third innings. He gave

up three runs on four hits.

Hancock walked one and

struck out four. Outside

the stats he looked good.

He is expected to start

on the team in place of

Kirby. 

The rotation right now to

start the season will likely

be Logan Gilbert, Bryce 

Miller, Luis Castillo, Bryan 

Woo and Emerson Hancock.

Last year when healthy

Bryce Miller and Bryan Woo

were the 4th and 5th starters.

The Mariners rotation is

such that the order isn't

so important other than

Hancock being the fifth

starter. Having Miller

and Woo not bsvk to

back might be a good 

thing. 

We will see the Mariners

face the A's in the first

series at home which is

four games. This means

that Hancock will start

the first game against

Detroit Tigers. The Mariners

will have a day off  the

first two Thursday's of 

the season so an extra

day of rest will happen

for the starter.  After

that they have the Monday

off before the first long

road trip of the season.

The Mariners had a handful

of starters in this one. Victor

Robles was the only regular

outfielder to start and play.

Donavon Solano played

third base again. Jorge 

Polanco once again was dh.

Be interesting to see whether

Solano will be the opening third

baseman. 

Ryan Bliss started at second

and had a double in the game.

There is a good possibility he

will be the starting second

baseman.

The Mariners were scoreless

until the ninth inning when

catcher Blake Hunt came in

for Cal had a two-run homer 

that was a blast over left

field. Right now looks to be

the guy if the Mariners need

a third catcher.

Saturday  afternoon the Mariners

will play on the road against the

Chicago Cubs. Logan Gilbert

will start. The game will be

shown on the MLB network. 

Go M's.