Mariners Lose Friday

The Mariners have been inconsistent

all season long. Wednesday they lost 

to the New York Mets to end an

8 game winning streak. Now they began 

a ten game road  trip losing to  the 

Tigers in Detroit.  I hope this is short 

lived to win some more games.

The Mariners scored first in the first

inning. JP Crawford and Julio got hits

right off the bat however had to wait

until Rob Refsynder hit a single with

to score JP.  In the third JP  got hit

by a pitch. He left the game in the

bottom of the third. Details after the

xray was negative however he is day

to day. The Mariners and Tigers play

in the afternoon so possibly he won't 

start on Saturday. Patrick Wisdom 

 came in for JP. He played third and

Colt Emerson moved to shortstop.

In the third the Tigers scored three

runs including a home run off of

Bryan Woo.  The scored that way 

until the 7th. Colt Emerson hit a

home run to make it close. The 

Tigers though scored two runs

off of Woo in the bottom of the

7th. Eduardo Bazardo came in 

to finish the inning.  Alex Hoppe 

who has struggled lately gave up

the final two runs in the 8th.

This was right after Mitch Garver 

drove in Josh Naylor for a run.

Final Detroit 7  Mariners 3

 Bryce Miller is scheduled to start 

on Saturday. Go M's. 

World Cup Starts June 15 in Seattle

Seattle will have six games at Lumen 

Field beginning June 15 of the World Cup. 

It will be exciting having the best soccer 

in the World.

Belgium will play Egypt the first game on June 15. 

The second game will be on the 

19th the home team USA vs Australia.

This should be real exciting. On the 24th

Qatar will play team to be named. 

Egypt will play Iran on the 26th. That

should be an interesting match up to

say the least. On July 1 will be a match 

of 32. That is Canada day so that could

be interesting. The final game in Seattle 

will be on July with a match.of 17.

Here we will let you know how the 

local matches go at least. I know

that not all Americans are into this 

however being the best players in

the world will be exciting. 

If you are going to any matches 

have a good time. 

Russell Wilson Announces Retirement

Former Seattle Seahawks quarterback 

Russell Wilson announced that he 

was going to retire from football 

and go to work for CBS Sports.

I thought he would go into the booth

like a few other former Super Bowl

quarterbacks did. Instead he followed 

Terry Bradshaw and will do the pre 

and progame shows for CBS. 

I generally don't watch the pregame 

show and on occasion the post game

show if the Seattle Seahawks are on 

TV.  It will take me time to see him 

though I may go on his debut if I 

remember. I expect that he should 

do a good job and many Seahawks 

fans will do so if they still like him.

Russell Wilson was drafted by the

Seahawks in 2012 in the third round.

He was one of those amazing stories.

The Seahawks had signed Matt Flynn

to a three year free agency contract.

Russell Wilson played his college 

ball ending with Wisconsin however

many Seahawks fans had never heard

of him.

Wilson won the job coming out of

training. He ended up being the

starting quarterback for the Seahawks 

for a decade. He start game one as a 

rookie and started every game for

eight seasons. His last two seasons

he started 15 games being out with

an injury.  

Russell Wilson became the second 

quarterback in Seahawks history. 

In his second and third seasons 

in 2013 and 14 to go to the Super

Bowl. The Seahawks dominated 

the Denver Broncos winning 43-18.

In the second game they lost to

the New England Patriots 28-24.

This was a game the Seahawks 

could have or should have won.

Many fans thought the Seahawks 

should have given the ball to

Marshawn Lynch at the goal line

instead Wilson threw a pass that 

was intercepted with 20 seconds 

left in the game. 

Now we will see if Russell Wilson

goes into the football Hall of fame.

If he doesn't most likely because of 

the throw. The Seahawks got their

revenge sort of by dominating the

Patriots in this last Super Bowl.

The Seahawks first quarterback 

to take them to the Super Bowl 

losing to the Pittsburgh Steelers 

in a controversy was Matt Hasselback.

 It was no doubt the worst officiated 

game in Super Bowl history. Matt

came to Seattle after being the backup

at Green Bay. 

Sam Darnold this last quarterback 

taking the Seahawks to a winning 

Super Bowl after signing with 

Seahawks during last off season.

When he came out he was one

of the top quarterbacks drafted 

much like his predessor Geno Smith 

by the New York Jets. Smith is now

returning to the Jets after a year 

where he and former Seahawks 

coach Pete Carroll went to Las

Vegas to play for the Raiders and

had a terrible season. Pete was 

fired and Geno got his walking

papers. Now we will see if Geno 

can do something or this will be

his Swan song.

Even after leaving the Jets Darnold 

was known for not winning the big

one including being in Minnesota 

where they went to the playoffs but

couldn't get the job done. This lead

him into free agency. Instead of 

resigning Geno the Seahawks decided 

to take the chance on Sam.

Something that Russell and Darnold 

do have in common it was the Seahawks 

dominating defense that won the 

Super Bowls. Right now Wilson would

be the best quarterback in Seahawks 

history however Darnold's book hasn't 

finished. If he is able to be the Seahawks 

quarterback to win at least a  second

time he probably will likely take that spot

even if he doesn't play a decade. Go Hawks. 

Seattle Mariners Low A Affiliate

This year the Mariners moved their 

Low A Affiliate to Island Empire

called the 66ers.

Since the Mariners have Thursday 

off to look at another minor league

team. They do have a rookie league 

team in Arizona and the Dominican 

Summer League.  The DSL as we 

call it are made of young players 

who the Mariners signed as international 

players. This is where Julio Rodriguez 

started his career.  

The 66ers have a few top prospects 

of the Mariners. So far they aren't 

doing well as a team with record

of 22-31. These prospects are outside

the Mariners top ten and were drafted

last year.

Kirby Dickerson was the Mariners 

fifth round pick last year and number

12 top prospect is playing center

field and has 5  home runs.  He is 

hitting  .283 with 19 rbis.  Cesar 

Quintas is a first baseman. He

was originally signed as an international 

player is in his third year in low A

however has improved batting .299

and is tied for the team lead with 7

homers and hss 36 rbis. He likely 

move up possibly to Everett in the

second half.

Another international player not in

the top 30 prospects is second 

baseman Ricardo Cova is in his 

third year at low A ball. He is 

hitting .291 with 5 home runs,

22 rbis and 18 stolen bases.

Aiden Taurek plays left field

batting .272 with 4 home runs

and 36 rbis. He was drafted 

last year by the Mariners in

the 13th round and the 29th

top pick.

In pitching another lefty picked

last year not named Anderson 

was drafted in the 4th round.

He doesn't have a record but 

has an era of 1.56 in nine starts.

He leads the 66ers with 51 strike 

outs. Also has only 8 walks.

He is the Mariners #15 prospect.

In July we will look at how the

66ers have done again plus a 

few other players.

The Mariners are taking on the

Tigers in Detroit Friday night.

So far no transactions setup

for this coming ten game 

road trip. 

Mariners Win Streak Ends

Wednesday afternoon the Mariners 

win streak ended at eight. 

Final Mets 7 Mariners 1

I guess if you are going to lose

you might as well lose big.

George Kirby had his worst game

of the season going four innings

and giving up four earned runs

in the 4th inning. Post game he 

said the Mets finding the holes.

The Mets actually had nine hits

off Kirby.  Eduardo Bazardo pitched

the 5th giving up a run.  Jose Ferrer 

pitched the 6th giving no runs.

Both these guys seem to be able to

pitch almost everyday.

Cooper Criswell who pitched last

night going two innings pitched 

the 7th without a run. Alex Hoppe 

gave up a run in the 8th. The 

Mariners have Thursday off then 

face the Tigers in Detroit.

Bo Bichette was the one with the

most hits for the Mets going four

for four with three rbis.

The Mariners only run was another

leadoff home run by JP Crawford 

The Mariners have Thursday off

before three game series against 

the Tigers.  The Tigers have struggled 

this year however they just swept 

the Tampa Bay Rays. We will see if

that is a good thing. 

Now the Mariners will be going with

the six man rotation. This is a good 

thing since they are going on a ten 

game road trip.  Bryan Woo will start 

against the Tigers on Friday. Bryce Miller 

and Luis Castillo next but not sure which

order.  Emerson Hancock on Monday 

against the Orioles. This will be a four

game series then next weekend three

against the Nationals in the national 

capital. 

News came out that Cal Raleigh will

start his rehabbing  on June 7 with

Everett and finish up with the Tacoma

Rainiers.  He possibly be activated when

the Mariners get home. 

No news yet when Brendan Donovan 

will start his rehab assignment. He is

on the treadmill at this time. When he 

does return I hope that the Mariners 

will still have JP in the leadoff spot 

as long as he continues doing well.

Cal should be down in the order too.

Both players may dh when they are

activated. Cal being a switch hitter

the Mariners should be able use him

against righties and lefties.  Donovan

though a left handed bat he does hit

lefties well. This may cut down some

time for Canzone at dh though he 

could play the outfield depending 

how Luke Raley is doing.  

It will be important for the Mariners 

to beat the Tigers on Friday for the

beginning of the series and  the road

trip.  Hope for a winning road trip.

Go M's. 

A Look At the New Pac-12 Football

The new version of the Pac-12 

will start this coming fall in

football. The Washington State 

Cougars and Oregon State are the 

only leftovers if you say it that way.

ESPN who will have many of the

games on TV brought out who they

will do well and not so well. Some

games be on ESPN plus and some

on the CW. My opinion those on

local TV wherever you are at show

be shown without having to pay 

extra but probably won't happen.

Boise State who moved in from 

the Mountain West is expected 

to win the Pac 12  this year.

Washington State is expected 

to place fourth. The Cougars 

have a new head coach in Kirby

Moore and will go with a quarterback 

that hasn't proved at this level

plus a lot of turnover of players.

Oregon State didn't have a good 

season last year and has a new

coach do they are picked to finish 

sixth.

Boise State does have respect 

nationally however what turns

out how the conference does

will show respect or not.

It will be good to see how these

teams will do. Stay tuned here 

to see what happens. Go Cougs.

Bombs Away

Tuesday night the Seattle Mariners 

won their eight game in a row.

They continue hitting home runs.

Final Mariners 8  New York 3

The Mariners didn't have first

baseman Josh Naylor who 

had to leave Monday night with

back spasms. He is day to day.

Tomorrow's game is a day game. 

We see if he will return or not.

The Mariners have Thursday 

off as they travel to Detroit to

play a three game series against

the Tigers Friday thru Sunday.

Patrick Wisdom start at first 

in Naylor's spot. He hit a two 

run homer in the bottom of the

second.  Leadoff hitter and right 

fielder Carson Benge hit a two

run homer as well to tie.  Later

in the sixth he hit a solo shot.

At that point the Mariners had

a comfortable lead. This

was the first time Benge had

more than one  homer in a

game in his career.

Both these home runs were off

Mariner's starter Logan Gilbert

who left right after that.Eduardo

Bazardo came in to get the 

final two outs  of the sixth on

a double play. He pitched the

seventh as well where he got 

out again on a double play.

Cooper Criswell pitched the

last two innings.  He gave up 

no hits while walking one and

striking out three.  This was

his 23 game of the season for

the Mariners where he has gone 

28.1 innings. He has an era 

of 2.86.

The Mariners took the lead in

the bottom of the 3rd when

Randy Arozarena scored when

an error happened when Luke 

Raley  hit a ball in short right

field.  Patrick Wisdom scored

in the 4th on a sacrifice fly 

by Julio Rodriguez in the 4th inning.

The game broke open in the 

bottom of the 5th when catcher 

Jhonny Pereda hit a three run

home run.  This was his second 

home run this season as well as

for his major league career.

Julio Rodriguez hit a home run

in the 6th inning to end the scoring.

Julio was hot in May with 10 of

his now 13 home runs. Tuesday 

night's home run is now his 125

of his career. 

Wednesday afternoon the Mariners 

will see if they can their 9th game

in a row as well as sweeping three

series in a row.  George Kirby will 

start. Go M's. 

Seahawks Sign Edge Rusher To Extension

Derrick Hall is coming on his final season 

on his rookie contract.  As a rookie Hall

didn't play a lot but since has been a

valuable member of the Seahawks 

defense. 

On the depth chart Hall is listed number

two on the strong outside linebscker 

spot more known as edge rusher.

The Seahawks defense is such that he

could be moving to different spots on

the field. These days it is important to

have defense strong as well as fast.

Some teams like the LA Rams are as 8

playing three tight ends at times.

One of the tight ends may go out

for a pass while the other two are

blocking. On short yardage all three

could be blocking so Hall can be 

valuable to get through the line to 

either sack or make the quarterback 

rush his throw. The Seahawks will

show different formations to keep

the opponent off guard.

Hall signed a three year extension 

that will go through 2029.  The 

contract is for $42 million with 

incentives up to $46.9 million. 

Also $21million is guaranteed.

A contract like that he will play a 

lot especially if he is meeting 

expectations.  Go Hawks!

Ryan Sloan Mariners Pitching Prospect

Ryan Sloan the Mariners second top 

pitching prospect to Kade Anderson 

had been struggling starting the

season however in his last start 

he might have turned the corner.

This is his his first season at double A.

Last start he went six innings and threw 

a perfect game. No walks or hits.  In

fact he stuck out 11 batters as well 

Let's see how he builds from here.

Ryan is 20 years old, second round pick

by the Mariners in 2024. He waited that

long to be drafted since most teams 

figured he go to college first.  The 

Mariners  gambled and he signed 

with  them.

Right now the Mariners have a six 

man rotation. Kade Anderson may 

come upin September if not sooner. 

Ryan maybe  called up next season 

or in 2028.

The Mariners have a solid six man rotation 

plus you add Anderson and Sloan that 

makes eight. It means the rotation could

reduce by three in the next two years.

Anderson's value besides being a very 

good pitcher of the right he is the only

lefty. When he joins the Mariners he will

likely start in the third slot between four

right-handers. 

The Mariners may trade two starters 

which will be difficult to choose among

them.  Luis Castillo is the only one in

his thirties and his contract goes through 

2028. He is a good choice to trade though

be difficult since he has a no trade clause.

Logan Gilbert and George Kirby are the

closest to free agency. If the Mariners 

want to trade one or the other it could 

be in a trade. Gilbert and Cal Raleigh 

have been buddies since they were 

drafted in the same year so it could 

be difficult to trade him. 

Bryan Woo, Bryce Miller and 

Emerson Hancock are the next 

three coming  along. Woo would 

be the one likely to stay. Hancock 

who pitched in relief last September 

could go back to the pen. Miller 

might be a choice there to and 

would be difficult to decide who 

would go. 

Hancock is having a breakout 

season and we could say the best 

starter this season. 

Whatever the case the Mariners 

will get an offensive player to fit 

into their lineup. This could be

third base or the outfield. At this 

point right field. Arozarena who 

is having a very good season will 

be a free agent after the season 

of the Mariners don't resign him 

or he is traded.

This is all interesting while the M's 

are playing good ball now..

Mariners Win Again In Extra Innings

The Seattle Mariners again did

an excellent job winning in extra 

innings. Now they have won seven

straight games. This all done with

only with four hits. Bonus they won

the opening game of the series.

Final Mariners 3 NY Mets 2 

The game went into 10 innings

The two runs each team had in

regulation were all on solo home 

runs.The Mariners scored first 

with a home run by Colt Emerson 

his third since arriving on May 17 

in the third inning. 

The Mets scored their two home 

runs in the fifth and sixth inning 

off Emerson Hancock. The only 

hits that he gave up in six innings. 

Hancock didn't walk any and struck 

out seven. So far Hancock has been 

the Mariners best starter on the

season and why they are going to 

six man rotation after doing the 

piggy back for three times. This 

means that the Mariners have 

seven relievers in the bullpen.

Josh Naylor tied in the bottom of 

the seventh with his sixth home 

run of the season.  The Mariners 

four relievers in the ball game 

didn't give up a hit. Only thing 

keeping it not perfect was Matt 

Brash hit a batter in the 8th. 

In a surprise move Randy 

Arozarena stole third base to 

help setup the winning run on 

a single to left field by Cole 

Young who has done quite

well in clutch situations. 

This year the Mariners are 

doing well in extra innings 

unlike they have done in 

recent seasons. Gabe Speier 

struck out two batters in the 

top of the 10th to record the 

victory. Logan Gilbert who 

struggled for a short period 

has started well in his last 

three goes to the mound on 

Tuesday evening.

The Mariners are now 32 -29 

and are two and a half games 

above the Texas Rangers leading 

the division.

The Mariners next road trip will 

begin this Friday with three at  

Detroit followed by four against 

the Orioles in Baltimore. The ten 

game road trip will end with three 

against the Nationals in Washington 

DC. This will be a tough trip however 

it will  be good if they can come 

home with a winning record. 

Go M's. 

Los Angeles Rams Make Trade Monday

I guess we could say making a trade

on June 1st improve your team and

defense getting the best defensive

lineman in the NFL is always  good 

thing.

This is what the Rams did by acquiring 

Myles Garrett from the Cleveland 

Browns.  I wouldn't be surprised if

the Browns spoke to the  Seahawks 

too. The Rams will do whatever it

will take to dethrone the Seahawks.

We know this will improve the Rams

defense however will it make them

better likely not. The Seahawks lost

three free agents on defense during

this off-season.  They drafted defensive 

players that maybe as good as the 

players they lost.  At the very least 

those already were on the roster be

important part too.  

The trade is not official yet and the

details are not all in yet.  The word is 

the Browns will receive edge rusher 

Jared Verse from the Rams as well as 

2027 first round pick and more.  At

least the first round pick won't be

one of the top picks since they will

make the playoffs even if they can't 

beat the Seahawks next season 

either. They were probably the second 

best team in the NFL last season and 

could be again this coming season. 

For many years the  Browns have done 

terrible job when selecting several 

quarterbacks at the top of near it. No

success at all. Hopefully for their sake

they will do better with whatever they

receive from the Rams as well as their

own. 

It will be interesting this coming season.

Not easy but the Seahawks should be

favored to win another Super Bowl.

In other professional sports in the

Seattle area reports is  Melinda French

Gates ex-wife of Bill Gates has joined 

the Seattle Kraken as a minority owner 

to help acquire the Seattle Supersonics 

as an expansion team. They are likely 

the group that will bring the NBA back to

Seattle.  Hearing this news will make the

NBA happy too. 

WSU Cougars Football Quarterback Battle

At this  time the Washington State Cougars 

haven't announced who the starting 

quarterback to start the season as 

number one. There are three battling for 

the spot. 

At this point Caden Pinnick a sophomore 

transfer from UC Davis is listed number 

one. Last year he threw for 3206 yards

with 32  touchdowns passing. He rushed 

for 437 yards with three touchdowns.

Julian Dugger sophomore only played

in one  game for the Cougars throwing 

only six passes last year..He went into 

the transfer portal however changed 

his mind. Most likely he will be the 

backup unless he shows something 

in camp.

The number three candidate is redshirt 

freshman Owen Eshelman. Though he

is a long shot at this point we never

know.  

The one who wins will be the one

the coaching staff expects to have 

the best success. Go Cougars..

Mariners Continue to roll.

For the second series in a row 

the Mariners swept the opposing 

team.

Final Seattle 3 Arizona 2

The Mariners had Bryce Miller starting 

going five innings giving up  no one runs 

on one hit. He walked one while striking 

out six. Luis Castillo who piggy backed

went five games to as the game went

ten innings gave up one earned. 

Cole Young hit a home run the second

inning. The Diamondbacks tied in the

in the top of the 6th inning on a wild 

pitch. For the second game in a row

Dominic Canzone hit a home run in

the bottom of the sixth. The Diamond

backs tied it in the 8th on a sacrifice fly 

bu Ketel Marte.  Victor Robles who

had pinch run for Canzone earlier hit

single to score Randy Arozarena for the 

walk off. 

The Mariners are now ahead of the

A's and the Texas Rangers by two and

a half games.  The Mariners play their

next three games at home against the

New York Mets who are struggling on

the season. They are thirteen and a half

games behind the Atlanta Braves in the

National League East. The Mariners will

have Emerson Hancock on the mound

on Monday. The Mariners are expected

to go to six-man rotation coming up.

Go M's. 

Mariners Win Another Series

Saturday night the Seattle Mariners 

beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 

for the second game in a row.

The final was Mariners 5 Diamondbacks 1

The Seattle Mariners scored four of

the runs by solo home runs. Luke had the

first one in the 2nd inning his second

consecutive game in a row.  Dominic

Canzone had his in the second inning

too. 

In the third inning Colt Emerson hit

a home run to right field. Julio had

a home run hit center field. This was

Julio's tenth home for May. The Mariners 

final run was in the sixth inning in 

sixth inning on a sacrifice fly by

Cole Young.

Interesting the Diamondbacks scored 

their lone run in the ninth inning after

a pass ball. This week the third time 

the Mariners won and gave up a single 

in the 9th inning.

Bryan Woo pitched an awesome game.

He went seven innings giving up two

hits with no walks and  six strikeouts.

Woo didn't give up any hits until the

fifth inning. Woo was on cruise control

until the fifth. 

Now the Mariners will see whether 

they can sweep two series in a row. 

The Mariners are going to the Peggy 

back route once again. Bryce Miller 

will start this time followed by Luis

Castillo. In June the Mariners begin

playing 18 games in 20 days. So this

sounds like a good idea for know.

Both Cal Raleigh and Brendan Donovan 

would be eligible to come out of the

injured list but doesn't look like either

will be activated for a couple weeks.  

Though the Mariners have played well

in the last five games in a row they

have had trouble winning games  until

now. Unless something really happens 

they should win the division.  The Mariners 

will likely be buyers before the trading

deadline. Adding another bat to play

the outfield is the likely scenario. Will

they trade a starter to accomplish it. 

.

We will see Sunday whether the M's 

can put Arizona out of the way. 

Mariners Walkoff In 10th

The Mariners usually win easily 

when they are leading 5-1 in the 

sixth inning. It wasn't the case 

Friday night. 

George Kirby pitched well into

the sixth inning but got runners

on base. Arizona scored four 

runs to tie. Matt Brash had his

first bad outing on the season. 

Arizona bad s chance for more

but the Mariners got out of it.

In the bottom of the sixth the

Mariners took a lead with Luke 

Raley  run. Up to that point JP

Crawford was the guy hitting

a lead off home run in the first

and a two run homer in the 5th.

It his first career game with two

home runs. 

The Diamondbacks tied in the 

9th off of Munoz who struggled 

too.  The Mariners were able to 

get out of the 10th without giving

up a run.  With Julio and Naylor 

on the bases Arozarena who has

been hot lately hit a double  to

score Julio for the win.

Though it was enough runs by the

offense it was tough for  the pitching.

Winning the opener of the series 

anyway will help the Mariners to

win the series.

Bryan Woo will start Saturday. Go M's. 

Seahawks Sign First Round Pick

Friday the Seahawks signed Jadarian Price 

to a four year contract at $16.8 million.

The first round pick and the last in the 

in the round. 

Price contract is fully guaranteed. He was

the last of the Seahawks draft picks to

be signed.  The amount is already set

on where the player is set in the draft.

The question is how it is paid.  Price

received a signing bonus included.

This week in ota Price and George Holani 

each spent time with the first and second

units. Who exactly will start is not determined yet when the season starts.  The chances

are it will be Price.  

Until he was hurt Zach Charbonnett shared

equal time playing with Kenneth Walker III.

This likely will happen with these two

as well when the season begins.

Price and Holani both will get about the

same amount of carries. Being a man

of speed Price will get some carries on

the outside. How productive the fullback 

is he will get runs up the middle. Holani

will likely get carries when it is third and

short. The Seahawks new offensive coordinator came from the 49ers where

they used the fullback to run the ball some

to and the Seahawks will give them a few

carries as well. Price is good at receiving 

so he will get a few catches. Holani might

if he is able too.  

The Mariners haven't used the preseason 

to use starters a lot however in  this instance 

they will get at least some carries. We will see backups get some time as well. Whoever is

the third running back may get possibly five

carries a game depending on how healthy 

these two stay.  Go Hawks.

Seahawks Make A Trade This Week

The Seahawks had a very good special teams last year which helped them to the win the

Super Bowl.

Most fans don't look at special teams 

in that way however beating the 49ers

twice it certainly got them off to a good 

starts. Not only did the defense cause 

turnovers so did the special teams. 

Block field goals and punts can do the job.

The Seahawks acquired Irvin Charles 

a special teams specialist they acquired 

from the New York Jets for a 2028 7th 

round pick. It is interesting to send a 

pick for two years from now and the last 

round as well. 

Depending on the Seahawks needs next

April they could made a trade with it. The

Seahawks have 11 picks next year so not

a dire need. With those amount of picks

they may look to move up in some rounds. 

Charles is listed as a wide receiver but

it will be his special teams that they did

acquire. The Seahawks also resigned

Jake Bobo who is a special teams player.

Bobo again will be the strong of receivers.

Speed is an important part of special 

teams. 

Charles I never heard of but most special 

team players I don't unless they are punt

or kick off returners.  They are usually 

guys that are good receivers too.  

We will see whether the Seahawks will

make any other moves or not.  Go Hawks.

College and NFL Schedules Change

The Washington Huskies announced the

opening game against the WSU Cougars

at Husky Stadium was changed to Sunday

September 6th. 

The Seahawks opening the NFL season 

against the Patriots on September 9 which 

is a Wednesday. 

High school games are on Thursday 

and Friday.  Now the NFL has games 

on Thursday.  The  NFL doesn't have 

games on Saturday until the college 

season isn't over.  Now conferences 

like the Big Ten now have games on

Friday so all games are watched on 

their network or national networks. 

This all comes down to money and

Networks.

It looks  to me  that every day of the

week during football we will have 

football games.  The Seahawks -

Patriots game might be the only

one this season but we could see

games on Tuesday which is the

only day left. More games put  on

live streaming which means more

money to. Fortunately all Seahawks 

games are shown regionally. Not

likely with Huskies. 

Sports fans now have to pay more

money to see games. Hopefully 

things will work out. 

Look at the Everett Acqua Sox

The Acqua Sox are the top Mariners

Single A team.  Like Mariners they

are one gave under five hundred 

23-24. They have struggled lately

with a 3-7 record in their last ten games.

They are in third place In the Northwest 

League.

As far as pitching goes they have only

one that is in the team's top 30 prospects 

in Lucas Kelly a right handed reliever.

So far he is on rockie ground in his 

second season of professional ball. He 

was drafted  in the sixth round by the  Mariners in 2025. Lucas has struck almost two batters per inning in 12 games however

 a walk an  inning as well. So wildest as 

well as giving hits and an  era of 6.28.  The Mariners seen potential when drafting him however see if he can improve. 

As far as position players go the one with

the best season for Everett is  Felinin 

Celsten the number seven prospect at 

shortstop. He was signed as an international 

player. He had been hurt much of the last

two years however this been a very good 

season for him. He recently was on a 25

game hitting streak coming three games

short of the Northwest League all-time 

record and batting over .400.

Felinin is a switch hitter with power mostly 

from the left side.  He won't be known for

hitting a lot of home runs however could hit

a lot of doubles. If Colt Emerson spends 

his career at Seattle playing a lot of third

base Felinin could be his partner at shortstop.

Another prospect  is outfielder Jonney Formelo the sixth top prospect. Like 

Felinin he has been hurt as well. He is

currently hitting .246 however has a 

good on base percentage at .374. Only

has four home runs. His defense in the

outfield is good and he is a left handed 

bat and was drafted 29 overall out of

high school in 2023. See how he matures.

Luke Stevenson catcher out of North

Carolina is a left handed hitting catcher 

the 35th overall pick last season reminds

many in the Mariners organization like

another Cal Raleigh as far as catching and

hitting. He is the Mariners number 8

prospect. He currently is hitting.260 and 

although only three home runs he does

have 13 doubles. He has a good on base

percentage of .429. 

We will let you know how these top

prospects go and any others elsewhere.

Mariners Sweep and More

It has been a rough start to the Mariners 

season facing left handed pitching.

The A's figured they could take the 

series throwing two lefties against 

the Mariners. Well it backfired. 

Wednesday afternoon Mariners 9 A's 1

Rob Refsynder who has struggled so far

this season with an average around .100

many of us saying why is he still on the

team. 

On Tuesday evening Refsynder had

a single that helped them to get

going. Now on Wednesday he hit a

three run homer in the first inning 

to get the Mariners jumpstarted. 

Refsynder is a ways to have a decent 

batting average but he could get

going now. Figuring left handed

pitching could get the monkey off

their back. 

The Mariners are now 28-29 and

now first place in the American 

League West. The Mariners have

Thursday off before playing Arizona 

and the New York Mets at home. 

If they can win both series they

could have a bit of a lead against

rest of the division.

Colt Emerson hit a triple driving in

two runs in the 4th inning.  In the 

sixth inning he ground into an out

but a run scored. In the 8th Julio

hit a three run homer and Emerson 

had singled. Cole Young was part

of it too.  The future looks bright. 

Logan Gilbert pitched well for the

third start in a row. He went six

innings  giving up five hits, two walks

and six strikeouts.  He continues 

this way be good for the Mariners 

too.  Go M's. 

Mariner Beat the A's Again

The Mariners Tuesday evening best the

A's for the second straight time winning 4-1.

The A's decided to start a rookie left 

handed pitcher since the Mariners are 

not hitting well against them.

The Mariners scored three runs to take

the early lead in the second inning. 

Mitch Garver hit a double scoring 

Josh Naylor. Rob Refsynder who hasn't 

hit very well on the season had a single 

so went to third. He scored on a sacrifice 

fly by Cole Young. Garver who made it

to third scored on a sacrifice fly by

JP Crawford too.

The Mariners scored their final run

in the 4th inning when Julio hit a

single scoring Victor Robles who

recently was activated from the injured

list.  Robles went three for three. 

The Mariners face a lefty again tomorrow 

afternoon so Robles should be in the

lineup again. 

The A's scored their lone run on a

homer in the 9th inning.

Emerson Hancock continues to be

one of the  Mariners to starters 

going six innings giving up one hit

and two walks. He was pitching a

no-hitter until the fifth inning.

The Mariners have a chance to sweep

the A's on Wednesday afternoon.

If they do so then they will be in

first place by a half game. Logan Gilbert 

will start. Go M's. 

Seahawks Open OTA

The Seahawks this week have ota 

work out along with next week. 

Most of the Seahawks are in camp.

The Seahawks offense will likely 

look the same as last season 

however under new offensive 

coordinator Brian Fleury could

have some other wrinkles possibly 

he learned with the 49ers. 

Jardarian Price first round pick 

will take over for Kenneth Walker III

while George Holani most likely for

Zach Charbonnett until he is ready 

to participate late 2026. 

The Seahawks lost free agents 

on defense at cornerback, edge

rusher and safety too. The Seahawks 

number two and three round picks 

will have opportunity to put in a

lot of playing time at corner and

safety. Several two year players 

who had injuries and missed some

of last season will look to make an impression too. 

Both sides of the ball could be even

better than last year. The otas there

will be no contact drills either. They

will be walk threws. Go Hawks!

.Mariners Work On Consistency

The Mariners are now a game and a half 

back after beating the A's on Monday 

night. They win the series it will be a tight 

race still. 

Those who follow the Mariners regularly 

know they are inconsistent. The broadcast 

announcers tell us that as well. Monday's 

game showed that most of the runs were 

with homers. They did get two runs before

the home runs happened. 

Randy Arozarena leads the Mariners bin doubles this season with 13. That is 

another good option besides home runs. 

Monday's game Randy hit a double

scoring Josh Naylor after he drove in

Colt Emerson. 

Luke Raley who leads the Mariners with home runs with ten hit a two run followed by  Canzone with Young on base. 

Being more consistent is hitting the ball

the other way especially with two strikes.

Colt Emerson who had four hits on Sunday 

he looks for the fast ball. Everything else

will work otherwise.

The Mariners are ninth in walks in

the major leagues. The team batting

average is .228 which is ranked 28th 

in the majors.   The Mariners average

4.14 runs per game while the pitching

the earned run average is 3.66.  In 

theory the Mariners should have a

winning record.

The inconsistency has come where 

they have scored three runs or less

in 27 of 54 games. They are 2-6 in 

games where the opposing team

has scored three runs or less too.

There is no data on how many times

the Mariners haven't scored until at

least the 4th inning however they have

scored at least one run in 37 out of

54 games in the first three innings. 

So lack of scoring runs has hurt the

Mariners. They don't need to be in the

upper level however improving the

rest of the season should help. Go M's. 

Mariners Power To Win

Initially it looked like it was going

to be a low scoring game however 

it didn't turn out that way. 

 Final Mariners 9  A's 2

The Mariners waited until the third

inning to score  six runs. Josh Naylor 

forced out Julio and Colt Emerson 

scored then Randy Arozarena doubled

driving in Naylor.  Luke didn't take long

hitting a home run to add two more.

Cole Young hit a double followed by

Dominic Canzone. Suddenly it was 6-0.

The 4th inning inning  JP Crawford 

.add it seven runs with a homer.

Luis Castillo who started only went

four innings as planned.  He gave up

two hits and two walks while striking 

out six. 

In the 8th inning the A's finally got

on board with a solo home run.

In the 9th Randy Arozarena hit

a home run with Josh Naylor on base. 

The A's got their second run in the

9th  on a ground out. That was it.

So far Arozarena is having a very good

season. This is the last year of his 

contract. The question is will the  Mariners 

sign him to a multi-year contract before

the season is over or let him go in

free agency. Many think he will leave

but we will see. At this point the Mariners 

don't behave anyone to take his spot 

or they make a trade.  

Tuesday the Mariners will have Emerson 

Hancock on the mound.  The Mariners will

have Thursday off before facing the Arizona 

Diamondbacks at home. The question is

will the Mariners piggy bank for the third

time next Sunday. Stay tuned! 

A Look At the Arkansas Travelers

The Arkansas Travelers is the double

A team for the Seattle Mariners.

Currently they are playing their best

ball right now. 

The Travelers have a record of 28-17.

They are on top of the Texas League 

North division. They have gone 8-2

in their last ten games.

The most recognized name is the

Mariners number one pick last year

in Kade Anderson a lefty pitcher out

of LSU. This is his first professional 

season and he starts every Friday.

We could see him in Seattle in

September depending how things

go.

In April he had only given up one run.

His first start so far was on May 15

when he gave up five runs. He rebounded

on May 22 by pitching a shut out.  Kade

has an era of 1.63 with a record of 3-0.

Ryan Sloan the Mariners number two

pick in 2024  out of high school is

struggling in his second season. Not

a big surprise after being in his first

season in double A. His era is 5.13.

In April he got off to a very rough start

and in May up and down. The likelihood 

is he will pitch in double A again in

2027. Hope to see him in Seattle in

2028.

Lazaro Montes the Mariners top outfield 

prospect has a low batting average at

.222 however has 11 home runs and 30

rbis. An international signing he is 21

years old. He strikes out just over 16

percent of the time which is good for

a power hitter. We hope even better 

things the rest of the season. If he

makes the Mariners he will likely be

a dh and 4th outfielder depending who

is on the roster. 

Hunter Fitz-Gerald is second with 10

home runs. He is in his second season 

at Arkansas and is hitting .279. Hunter

is playing third base. He is 25 years old

so to make the majors he has to make his

move now. How the Mariners see him 

at the major league level as a third baseman

is not known. The Mariners could use him

as part of a trade if another team feels 

he ready to make the leap. 

Michael Arroyo another top prospect is

only 21 years old. He is considered to

be a future top utility player as Cole

Young and Colt Young are  above him.

They have tried him some in left field 

as well as the infield. Arroyo is hitting 

.254 in his first full season in double A.

He currently has five home runs. Arroyo 

in the majors might hit 15 home runs.

Next time on the minor league level

we will look at Everett the Mariners 

top A team. 

Mariners Continue Rough Ride

After beating the White Sox the Mariners 

lost the last two games against the 

Royals who have had trouble with 

their offense though.

Final Royals 8 Mariners 6

Though it shows the Mariners 

scored six it happened later in 

the game.  The Mariners had a 

home run by Julio Rodriguez 

in the first inning. It actually 

stayed that way until the Royal

scored four runs in the 5th

inning off of Woo. 

The Royal got two hits of Woo in the fifth. Both  runners were able to move along 

to second and third. They were 

able to get Bobby Witt jr. on a pop

up first however the next runner 

bunted with two strikes to move

those guys. 

The next hitter they walked after 

Witt they intentionally  walked after 

having two balls.Salvador Perez 

singled to drive in two runs. The 

next batter drove  in Perez and the 

other guy. My thought they should 

have walked  Witt and at worse had 

given up a run to tie. At that point 

4-1 Royals. The Royals scored another 

in the 6th.

Perez hit another hit in the 7th to

drive in another run.  This was after

the Mariners scored two runs with

singles by Colt Emerson and JP.

In the 8th the Royals scored two 

more runs two make the difference.

Julio Rodriguez singled to drive in

Emerson then Naylor drove in Julio 

and Arozarena hit a double to score

Baylor to make it at least interesting.

So we could say the early part of the

game cost the Mariners. Emerson

was 4 for 4. Raised his average to

.286.

Now the Mariners go the Sacramento 

to take on the A's. This is an interesting 

series to keep the Mariners in it.

At this point it looks like Mariners will

will start Luis Castillo on Monday with

Bryce Miller piggy backing on him.

losing Sunday's game is that a good 

idea or not. I like where it is important 

for the Mariners to win the first game

of a series. Stay tuned. We will see the

results whether the Mariners will keep 

going with it.  Go M's.

Mariners Shut Out Saturday Afternoon

The series between the Mariners

and the Royals is even now. 

Final Royals 5 Mariners 0 

The Mariners offense has struggled 

in this series with the only runs scored

in the series opener on a  two run 

homer by Steve Garver. In that one

Logan Gilbert into six innings getting

two outs and the Mariners didn't give

up a run.

Saturday's game the Royals scored

three runs in the first inning making

enough to win. George Kirby went

six innings giving up nine hits. What

is common though he didn't give a

walk. He is one of the top pitchers

in the majors not giving up a lot of

walks. He surrendered all five runs

however only three earned. Kirby is

now 5-4 on the season. The Royals

we're aggressive on the bases too.

They have been struggling scoring 

runs this season so they decided to

change things up.  Kirby only had

three strike outs in the game. Love

for him in that regard.

The Mariners have struggled against 

left handed pitching however in this

one they faced a right hander. Stephen 

Kolek went a complete game giving up

four hits to the Mariners. He walked

only one however had only two strike 

outs. He started out in May where his

first two starts he gave up 8 runs

but in the last two games including

this one shutouts in both although

in last start he went six and one-third 

innigs.

Luke Raley had three of the four hits

while Cole Young had the fourth hit.

Everyone else was shut out. 

Bryan Woo will start Sunday for the

Mariners and face another right hander

Seth Lugo.  He has a 1-4 record with

bad luck with 3.68 earned run average.

Lugo has only given up two home runs

in his ten starts. The Mariners a home run

hitting team may have to turn that around

if they expect to win. Go M's. 

Washington State Cougars Football For 2026

The Washington State  Cougars and

the Oregon State Beavers are the 

only remaining schools in the new

Pac-12 Conference.  How both schools 

do this coming season will give national 

recognition or not. 

Jimmy Rogers who was the Cougars 

head coach moved on during the 

off-season to Iowa State. The Cougars 

lost 37 players to the transfer portal 

with many going to Iowa State.  The

Cougars hired Missouri offensive 

coordinator Kirby Moore who was

born and raised in Washington.

The Cougars have 28 players transferred 

in to help replace those who left. The

Cougars have four starters who came in

the transfer portal along with four on

second string on offense. The big change

is on defense where eight starters on the

depth chart and seven second string at

this point.  The Cougars offense has 

always had a better reputation than 

the defense. With so much change on

the defense side will that show an

improvement. We will see won't we. 

The head coaching change the Cougars

have only 14 incoming freshmen. At

this point none of them are listed  on

the first three strings. It will be interesting 

to see how that effects them the next 

few years. Of those 28 transfers in

only four on offense and four on defense

are starters so in another year the Cougars

mostly likely won't have to deal with as many

to come in. Of course it will depend on how 

good the team is in 2026.  The Cougars 

have seven in special teams with four as

regulars. Go Cougars. 

Mariners Win Opening Game On Road Trip

The Seattle Mariners didn't have much

of am offense Friday evening in Kansas 

City against the Royals.

Final Mariners 2 Royals 0

Mitch Garver was the hero for the

Mariners hitting a two run homer

in the 7th inning.  Garver hasn't 

had a good season at the plate 

but does not better on the road.

This was Garver's second home

run on the season. Both happened 

in the last seven games. His batting 

average is .177. Before Cal Raleigh 

went on the injured list he was 

hitting.260 on the road.  He hasn't 

played a lot of games though fewer 

when Cal was playing. He was playing 

about once a week so not easy to

hit playing only so often.

He actually done well walking. He has

15 walks while only 11 hits. Garver 

has struck out 24 times. His on base

percentage is .333 so he knows how

important to walk and let others drive

him home.  He has scored ten runs 

which is good.  

Not sure when Cal Raleigh will return

though he should be eligible to come

off the injured list soon.

The Mariners faced a lefty which the

team has had trouble with all season.

The Mariners Mariners use a platooning

system in right field and designated 

hitter.  The right handed bats haven't 

done well so far this season.

Victor Robles came off the injured list

and played several games at Tacoma

on rehab assignment.  He played right 

field having two at bats without a hit.

Late in the game Luke Raley pinch hit

without a hit.  

Rob Refsynder who the Mariners signed

as a  free agent during the off season

to face lefties struck all three times. 

Dominic Canzone pinch hit late in

the game for him. So right field and

designated hitter they were zero for

seven. 

The Mariners rested first baseman 

Josh Naylor as well. I didn't really 

understand this move when it was 

the first game of the series and 

road trip. Fortunately the pitching

along with Garver's home run gave

them the win. Patrick Wisdom who

recently activated from the injured

list played first base without a hit

either. 

Logan Gilbert started and pitched

five and two thirds innings giving 

up two hits while walking two and

striking out six. Much better than

his last outing where he gave up 

seven runs in a Mariners loss.

Eduardo Bazardo came in with 

runners on base and got the

last out with the grounder to

Colt Emerson who stepped on

third base.  He came back to

to pitch the 7th striking out 

three batters.

Matt Brash pitched the 8th inning 

which is often his custom. He

did have a little trouble giving up

two hits however got out of it.

Andre Munoz came in and took 

care of the Royals.

Saturday afternoon George Kirby 

will pitch for the Mariners. He

has had a good season overall.

He has a 5-3 record with an era 

of 3. 45. In recent outings last

Sunday was his toughest giving

up six runs against the San Diego 

Padres. He and Gilbert's outings.

was a major reason they were 

swept at home to the Padres.

After this series the Mariners 

go to Sacramento to take on

the A's.  The Mariners are two

games behind the A's right now.

If the Mariners can win this

series as well as against the

A's they could be in first place.

The Rangers are a half inning

ahead of the Mariners however

they are losing to the Angels 

do stays that way them and the 

Mariners are tied.  The Rangers 

play the Astros four games this

coming Monday thru Thursday 

at home. A good scenario would

be the two teams would split 

the series. 

Next weekend the Mariners be 

back home to play the Arizona 

Diamondbacks to finish the month

of May.  The Mariners start the

month of June playing three 

games against the New York

Mets who have been struggling 

so far this season. The Mariners 

then will go on another road 

trip. Go M's. 

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Look At the Tacoma Rainers

The Seattle Mariners have Thursday off 

so decided to see how the Tacoma Rainers 

have done.

The Rainers are in third place with 23-24

record on the season. In the last ten

games they are 6-4 which is a good sign

especially with the call up of Colt Emerson 

on May 17. 

Speaking of Colt Emerson he is playing 

now at shortstop as JP Crawford has

missed a couple games with injury. 

JP said that he is willing to play some

third base too. So we will see. 

The Rainier's currently on the road playing

the Bees in Salt Lake City. On Wednesday 

the Rainiers won 13-1.  

Victor Robles on rehab assignment had

two hits while driving in a run.  Brennen 

Davis who the Mariners signed as a

minor league free agent before spring

training is hitting is hitting .280. He 

had three hits in the game. The Mariners 

having trouble against lefties a lot of 

fans are calling for him to be called up.

He has nine home runs so far on the

season.  This especially true how Rob

Refsynder is hitting very low 100s. 

Most likely we will see Robles soon

possibly on this road trip.

Brock Rodden who is playing shortstop 

drove in five runs in this game.  He is

hitting .267  with seven home runs.

If the Mariners need a utility player

he could be called up however Brendan Donovan will be the primary utility player 

when he returns. He might play some

third base as well as giving Cole Young 

a day off at second base along with 

outfield and dh. We will see if he goes

on a rehab assignment before returning 

to the Mariners. Go Rainiers.

On the Mariners next day off we will see

how the double A Arkansas Travelers are 

doing. Last years top pick Kade Anderson 

last week had his first hick up on the

season last week. He should be pitching

on Friday. We will look at fellow top prospect 

pitcher Ryan Sloan too. Go Travelers. 

Mariners Win Series

Wednesday afternoon the Mariners 

beat the White Sox 5-4 to take the

series however they  made it hard 

on themselves. 

Arozarena scored three times including

a run in the second and fourth in which

the White Sox came back to tie both time.

Catcher Jhonny Pereds hit a  home run

the seventh and Arozarena hit a two run

shot as well which was a good thing

as the White Sox scored a run in the 8th

and 9th.

Emerson Hancock went five innings 

go inh up the first two runs.  He ended

up walking three while striking out four.

Cooper Criswell who seems to be one 

of the guys who comes out first in a

game. He gave up no runs. Matt Brash

made his return after being on the 

injured list. No runs were scored on him

either.

Eduardo Bazardo pitched the 8th. He gave

up a run but not earned. Jose Ferrer pitched

the 9th.He gave up a home run to the first

batter be faced and then he struck the next

three. Ferrer seems to be the guy in the

9th if Munoz isn't available. 

There is word that Gabe Speier may return

on Monday. He is making his first rehab

assignment on Wednesday evening.  

Robert Ortiz was sent to Tacoma with

the activation of Brash. Not sure who the

guy will be when Speier is activated onto

the roster. 

The Mariners will have Thursday off 

and play Friday in Kansas City against

the Royals. Logan Gilbert should the nod.

Not sure yet whether Miller and Castillo 

will piggy bank once again. Kirby and

Woo should take the mound on Saturday 

and Sunday.  Miller was outspoken after

the game that he was taken out with two

outs in the 6th inning Tuesday.  Also 

some media wondered whether Castillo 

should have pitched in the 9th after

two innings.  We will see.

JP Crawford didn't play so Colt Emerson 

did at shortstop.  In the 5th inning the

Mariners had the bases loaded with 

no outs. A good opportunity to break 

open the game. Arozarena and Naylor

each popped out. The Mariners did 

what they usually did was bring in 

Refsynder to pinch hit for Raley which

hasn't been much success on the

season grounded out. I wonder when

they will stop that. 

Anyway we will check you later.

Any sports stories come out let you

know. Go M's.

Mariners Lose Late

The Seattle Mariners may have won

Tuesday night of they could have had 

enough runs in the first inning. 

Mariners scored a run in the first

inning when they loaded the bases.

Patrick Wisdom hit a ball deep short

and the White Sox were not able to

complete a double play. Julio Rodriguez 

scored the lone  run.  The Mariners 

didn't have another run or hit in the

game. They continued having trouble 

against lefties. 

Bryce Miller pitched well going five

and two-thirds innings. He only gave

up one hit, one walk and no runs.

Miller struck out seven too. 

Jose Ferrer came in to get the 

fine out striking out the batter

with tying run base. 

Piggy backing Luis Castillo came

in struck out the side in the 7th.

In the 8th the White Sox first hitter

grounded to Naylor. Former Mariner

Jarred Kelenic had a single. The

final two batters flied and grounded 

out. Though still things did look

going into the 9th. Castillo walked 

and hit a batter. They brought in 

Munoz who gave up a couple hits

but both runs went to Castillo.

In the bottom of the 9th the White

Sox struck out the side.

Another game where the Mariners 

had good pitching but no run

support.

Wednesday afternoon Emerson

Hancock will start and see if the

Mariners can take the series.

Go M's.

Mariners End Losing Streak

After being swept by the Padres 

the Mariners stepped up and

beat the Chicago White Sox 6-1.

The White Sox have been playing 

pretty well lately so that was good 

news.

It is always good to win the opening 

of a series as well on Monday. The 

Mariners started off well with Julio

hitting a home run in the first inning.

Randy Arozarena and Josh Naylor 

continue their hot hitting driving 

in the next two runs. Arozarena is

hitting .305 while Naylor got off to

a terrible start is now hitting .306.

Bryan Woo pitched well going six

innings shutting out the White Sox.

Eduardo Bazardo who has been 

struggling some of late gave up

a home run. Jose Ferrer and Andre 

Munoz each pitched an inning. 

Bryce Miller will start Tuesday night

game with Luis Castillo expected

to come in at some point as they

are calling it piggy backing. 

None of the teams are doing well 

in the American League West so

the Mariners and Rangers are a

game behind the A's.

The Mariners were facing a lefty

so Refsynder and Connor Joe

both started again. Odd they 

were batting fifth and sixth.

Neither got a hit so when will

the Mariners stop this unless

these two are replaced.  Go M's. 

Mariners Make a Couple Moves

The Seattle Mariners made a couple 

of moves Monday after being swept 

at home by the Padres.  This does 

make sense.

The Mariners activated infielder

Patrick Wisdom off the injured 

list. He had been called up after

getting a good start at triple A 

Tacoma. The Mariners can use 

some pop against left handed 

pitching. The Mariners brought 

up Colt Emerson from Tacoma 

on Sunday when Brendan Donovan 

was put on the injured list. Leo

Rivas was sent down. He has been 

struggling at the plate.

When Donovan is reactivated

whether ten days or longer

one of the bench players will

be sent down. Rob Refsynder 

and Connor Joe have struggled 

when facing lefties handed 

pitching. Outfielder Victor Robles 

is expected to finish rehab assignment 

before the Mariners head out on

Thursday for the next road trip. 

We should see one of the two 

out. 

The Mariners brought up left handed

reliever  Robinson Ortiz from Tacoma

and Domingo Gonzalez sent down

to the same place. Gonzalez just

pitched over the weekend for the

Mariners. They could use a second 

lefty in the bullpen. 

We hope for a win against the White 

Sox Monday.

Another Loss By the Mariners

For the second game in a row the Mariners 

lost to the Padres 7-4. It really wasn't that

close until the Mariners rallied in the 8th 

inning.

Logan Gilbert struggled giving up three 

home runs. The first home run was in the

second but the Mariners couldn't get

any runs themselves. The big inning for

the Padres was the 4th win they scored 

four runs including a three run homer 

the first of the season he gave up. Prior

to that Gilbert had given up solo home 

runs.

The Mariners kept Logan in the game 

until the seventh inning with two outs

 he gave up a two run homer.  Outside

the three home runs be only gave up 

one run.  I expect the Mariners wanted

to keep the bullpen fresh. 

Manager Dan Wilson was rejected from

the game before Logan was taken out.

He argued when a Padre check swing 

was not called a strike. Though it

didn't allow the Mariners to win I do 

home that puts the players in a place 

to win several games in a row. Go M's.

Seattle Mariners Shut Out

The Seattle Mariners were shut out

by the San Diego Padres Friday 2-0.

The Mariners continue nothing being

able to beat the Padres this season.

Hopefully they will turn it around

Saturday and Sunday.

The Mariners have shown they can

score a lot of runs however it has

been inconsistent. Cal Raleigh 

though he hasn't hit well yet was

out in the injured list for ten days.

They still don't know how serious

Cal's injury is but they are hoping

the ten days will give him enough

time. 

The Mariners will have him around 

this weekend however he is expected 

go go to Arizona for a few days as well.

He may work on his hitting if he can.

The question is how will they be without 

him.

It took the Padres until the 4th inning

go score the first run on a double.

The second run was in the 7th inning 

on a ground to Josh Naylor.

The .stoners had seven hits. Randy Arozarena had two which keeps him on a good pace 

howe dr they couldn't take advantage of it.

Also Cole Young had two hits. Randy is now

hitting .301 and Cole is at .248 and has 24 rbis. If he keeps that rate he will drive in 

a lot of runs.  In fact if he doesn't play in

all the Mariners games at this rate he will

have 88 rbis at the end of the season.

I know fans have to be confused still

as Connor Joe and Rob Refsynder both

pinched hit. Joe had a walk however 

Refsynder went 0 for 2. No matter what

the data says how Raley and Canzone 

hit against lefties right now it isn't working.

The Mariners should change things up for at least a short period. 

The other three hits in the game were by

Brendan Donovan, Josh Naylor and Canzone.

This is another question if Canzone has a hit

already why not keep him the game. 

Besides giving up the one run Emerson Hancock was able to go six innings. He

only walked one batter. Cooper Criswell 

went an inning and gave up a run.  Jose

Ferrer and Alex Hoppe both went an

inning giving up no runs and giving the

Mariners.

Now we will see how they do on Saturday.

Go M's. 

Seattle Seahawks 2026 Schedule

The  Seahawks have six prime time

games on this coming season.

The preseason will begin on August 

15 against the Dallas Cowboys at

home. They play them again in week 

13.  The other two preseason games 

are on the road at Tennessee and

Kansas City.

Opening season begins on September 

9 at home against New England who

they beat in the Super Bowl.

The NFC East and the AFC West are the

primary opponents outside their division

this year. In the NFC West they play the

49ers in October and the Sunday after

Thanksgiving. They don't play the Rams

until week 16 and 18. We will know how

important those games will be. The

Cardinals they play on the road in week 

2 and week nine. They have their bye 

in week 11 before playing the 49ers

right after Thanksgiving.

This might be a tough schedule however

durable. Go Hawks. 

How 2025 former Mariners Are Doing Now

Ss we know the ones best known 

Eugenio Suarez is with the Cincinnati 

Reds who he played for before being 

traded to the Mariners the first. Eugenio 

though hurt right now and on injured list.

The same goes for Jorge Polanco with 

the Mets.  Harry Ford traded to the

Nationals for Jose Ferrer is currently 

at triple A and hasn't gotten off to a

good start like he had in Tacoma year.

The Mariners had 31 pitchers last

year so many that are not on the

roster this year we wouldn't remember 

some of them.  The second Luis Castillo 

is one to remember. After the Mariners

he went to the Orioles. He now is pitching 

in Mexico.

Trent Thirton who had some success 

in the Mariners bullpen before being

hurt last year and missing the rest of

the season. He was signed by the  Chicago Cubs after the Mariners didn't tender

him a contract. He has only pitched in 

three games so far all in May and hasn't 

given up a run yet.

Collin Snider who had a very good season 

for the Mariners in 2024 where he began 

coming in games early digressed in 2025

and sent to Tacoma is in the minor leagues

this year for the Chicago Cubs. I hope he 

makes his way back to the majors.

Caleb Ferguson who the Mariners picked

up at the trading deline last year as a second

lefty to Gabe Speier signed with the Cincinnati Reds is currently on rehab assignment. They

hope hin to be a good lefty out of the bullpen 

for them. 

Gregory Santos who the Mariners acquired 

before the 2024 season  however the two years he spent primarily on the injured list.

The Mariners were hoping him to match up with Matt Brash in the late innings which

now has gone to Eduardo Bazardo. He is

now in the San Francisco Giants organization.

He briefly was up this season. Hopefully 

he can stay healthy and be the reliever 

the Mariners thought he would be.

Tayler Saucedo who was with the Seattle 

Mariners and was a local who grew up 

being a Mariners fan had success with

the Mariners his first two years as a lefty

out of the bullpen. Last year he didn't 

have the same success and spent time

in Tacoma. He was a fan favorite so

people will always remember him. He

signed a free agent contract with the

Angels during the off season.  He has

only pitched in one game for the Angels 

so we see how he does  in the future.

We hope that some point we will see 

him pitch against the Mariners.

Now look at the Seattle Mariners infield.

Dylan Moore  who spent just over six and 

a half seasons with the Mariners primarily 

as a utility player. Though his bat for the

Mariners for the most part wasn't great 

his fielding and versatility playing every 

infield and outfield. With the injuries the

Mariners had and not a lot of depth in

the outfield he was valuable in that way.

His second season he had his best season 

hitting hose rr never lasted where he could

be an everyday player especially at second

base where he tried to be a starter. In

2024 he got an award with gold glove 

as the utility player.  In 2025 he played

88 games for the Mariners before he was

released and played the rest of the season 

with the Rangers.  He had a good start 

hitting in 2025 his bat went silent after 

hitting well the first month. His defense

wasn't as good either. This season he 

began with the Phillies however he was 

out on waivers after not getting any hits

on a team that is struggling in its self.

He is now in their triple A team after

going through waivers. We to hope he

finds his way back to the majors.

Ben Williamson who came up early 

in the season as a rookie in 2025

played exceptional defense at third

base before the Mariners traded for

Eugenio Suarez at the trading deadline.

His offense wasn't as much as the M's 

wanted as far as power goes.  In

January 2026 Ben was traded in the 

three team swap to acquire Brendan

Donovan from the Cardinals.  Ben

went to Tampa Bay where he is playing

more second than third however still

playing good defense.  I am sure it

would be nice to have his defense at

third acquiring Donovan was  a good 

thing. The Mariners number one prospect

Colt Emerson will likely be the Mariners

future third baseman though could be

at short depending the future of JP

Crawford who is in the final year of

his contract.  Donovan maybe the M's 

super utility player in the long run.

Rowdy Tellez  was the left handed hitting 

platoon in 2025 at first base and dh. 

Injuries to Like Raley had him play more

at first base.  Rowdy had 11 home runs 

for the Mariners but his batting average 

was disappointing. After waivers he 

played for the Rangers. Although his

batting average was higher his home 

runs dropped off. He currently playing 

for the Atlanta Braves triple A team.

Donovan Solano was the right handed

platoon startingsst season for the M's.

For several seasons the Mariners have had

trouble signing a right handed bat for

success.  This year Rob Refsynder has

been a disappointment. The Mariners 

do hope he does turn things around.

This experience shows the Mariners 

shouldn't go in this direction again. 

Solano at this time isn't playing in the

major leagues. 

Leody Taveras  who the  Mariners 

acquired from the Texas Rangers 

last season because of injuries 

to Victor Robles and Luke Raley

played 28 games batting .198 

before being sent to triple A Tacoma.

This year he is playing for the Orioles.

Though he has only two home runs

in 36 games he is hitting .248.

Those are some of the players who played time for the 2025 season.  Go M's. 

Mariners Bounce Back

First of all  Cal Raleigh went on the

injured list.  Mitch Garver started 

on Friday. He actually hit a home 

with a runner on base. The score at 

the became 5-1.

Final Mariners 8. Astros 3

Julio Rodriguez  had no hits on

the day however the rest of the

lineup made up for him. Julio

has had a good month hitting

so an off day is ok especially like 

this.

Luke Raley started off hitting a

three run homer in the first inning

followed by Mitch Garver's. It 

would be nice if the Mariners 

could start Raley some games 

against lefties. He might not hit

lefties well however he won't get

better if he doesn't face any. 

Cole Young hit a double to bring

in the next two runs and JP Crawford 

with the final run on a double too.

This tells me the Mariners don't have 

always hit home runs to score.

Alvarez hit a home run in the third

inning for the Astros first run.  

Before he was taken out in the 

6th inning Luis Castillo gave up 

two runs on a double that Alvarez 

scored on again. Outside of that

Castillo pitched well. If he and

Miller peggy back on each other

should he start and Miller come

in. Being a long time starter 

Castillo get the chance. I could see

him go five innings and Miller four.

It could be the other way around 

depending on the game. 

Emerson Hancock will start Friday

at home against the San Diego 

Padres. Logan Gilbert will start 

Saturday and George Kirby Sunday.

They take on the White Sox at home

Monday thru Wednesday. Go M's.

 

The Seahawks Defense Into 2026

The Seahawks lost three players from

the defense however done replacing 

that hope to be be better.

All pro Devon Witherspoon is now 

listed as the left cornerback instead

of nickelback. Depending on downs 

he could be seen at linebacker as well.

The Seahawks will look that they won't 

have to rush in  other players. Versatility 

among players. 

Nick Emmanawori who had a great 

rookie season last year is now listed

at nickelback but will be seen other

positions as well.  Josh Jobe who 

played a lot at safety last year is now

listed at right cornerback. Julian Neal 

drafted third round is listed as his back 

up.

Julian Love will start at strong safety 

with Rodney Thomas his backup.

Ty Okada who started 11 games last year 

will start at free safety. Second round

pick Bud Clark is listed as his backup.

Earnest Jones will again be the middle 

linebacker. Patrick O'Connell will be his

backup. Uchenna Nwosu be the strong 

side linebacker  and Derrick Hall his

backup.  Drake Thomas who had a good

season will be weakeside linebacker.

Tyrice Knight former starter will be his

backup.

On the defensive line at defensive end

will be Leonhard Williams. Mike Morris

moves to the outside to be his backup.

DeMarcus Lawrence will be on the 

other side called Rushing position.

Dante Fowler Jr. recently signed is

listed as the backup.

Byron Murphy II will be the nose tackle

and Brandon Pili over from the Dolphins 

will be his backup. Jarran Reed again will

be the defensive tackle with Rylie Mills

who played late last year out of Notre 

Dame is listed as his backup. News is

that he could play some on the outside 

too.

The Seahawks win the Super Bowl 

again the defense will be a major reason.

Go Hawks!

Mariners Lose Wednesday Night

It took the Astros ten innings to

beat the Mariners 4-3. The Mariners 

had runners on bases in the top of

the tenth but we're not able to score

a run so gave the Astros chance to 

score only one run to win.

JP Crawford hit a home run to lead

of the game. Luke Raley hit a homer

in the second. The Astros scored 

three runs before Julio Rodriguez 

was able to tie the game in the top 

of the 9th with two outs walking on

3-2 pitch. 

Bryce Miller in his first major league 

start of the season gave up two runs

in five and one - third innings.  The 

Mariners used six relievers giving 

up four hits only.  The Mariners 

really lost for lack of hitting and 

coaching.  Go M's.