of major league baseball is always
a joy.
The Seattle Mariners will be at
home facing the A's (formerly
Oakland). Logan Gilbert will
be making his first opening
day start for the Mariners while
Luis Severino for the A's.
Both pitchers are right handed
so the Mariners likely will have
Rowdy Tellez hitting at dh. Tellez
who the Mariners signed in the
offseason to a minor league
contract made the team. Luke
Raley will play first base much
of the time, however we will
see Tellez playing there against
righties. Donovan Solano who
the Mariners signed as a free
agent will play first base against
lefties. On occasion we may see
him play at third base too.
Mitch Garver will likely be the
main dh along with being the
backup catcher against lefties.
Other players will dh as well
especially position starters
need a day off. Randy Arozarena
who will start on left field will
be the one who will likely dh
more than the other position
players though we could see
Jorge Polanco doing so when
not playing third base several
times too.
There was a thought that Mitch
Haniger would be the main guy
to dh however he didn't play
a game after March 6 for injury
to a shoulder. The Mariners
decided to release the veteran
player instead though having
to still pay him over $15 million
on his last year of his contract.
On Tuesday Cal Raleigh signed
a six year contract for $105 million
plus incentives. Raleigh not only
the best defensive catcher winning
the gold glove for the best in the
American League as well as the
Platinum as the best overall
catcher. We will likely see Cal
behind the plate a lot. When
he needs relief he likely will
be the dh on most occasions.
Garver we will likely see him
at catcher on a Saturday or
Sunday. When the Mariners
have a day off on Monday
playing Garver is the best
choice so Cal will have two
days off from catching.
Ryan Bliss won the job as the
starting second baseman over
Dylan Moore who will still be
the Mariners primary utility
player. Also Miles Mastrobuoni
who tge Mariners acquired
from the Chicago Cubs will
be a utility player as well. A
left handed bat we may see
him on occasion at second
and third though he can play
the outfield too. Bliss is excited
since this will be his first year
starting the season in the majors.
Emerson Hancock will start the
season in the starting rotation
as George Kirby will be on the
injured list. Kirby should be able
to be back sometime in April.
The bullpen will look a lot like
last season with only adding
Carlos Vargas who played at
Tacoma last season. Troy Taylor
who was expected in the bullpen
will start the season. He and
Matt Brash who missed all of
last season should return in mid
to late April.
The opening ceremonies we will
see all the playerd introduced.
Also Ichiro who will be going
into the Hall of Fame this year
will throw out the ceremony first
pitch.
We hope for the Mariners to win
the opening game as well as the
series. The Mariners will be
competing to win the American
League West Division against
the Houston Astros and the Texas
Rsngers. The Los Angeles Angels
and the A's are long shots to win.
Go M's.
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