Ty France Is Out

Ty France  is not hurt however Mrs. France 

went into labor. Ty is probably  going to 

miss the road  trip  as he takes paternity 

leave as the Mariners expected. 

The Mariners  brought  up infielder/outfielder 

Samad  Taylor  to take his spot on the roster 

while is being  a  new dad. Friday's game

Luke Raley will start at first base.

When the Mariners  face a lefty most likely 

Dylan Moore  will be at first base where

he has played before among all the positions 

besides catcher. 

We might see Samad play left field against 

a lefty as well.  He can play all over the field 

too. Samad might be the fastest guy on the

team so he could pinch run In a crucial spot 

late in the game. Manager Scott Servais may

want to get Samad's feet wet so to speak as

soon as possible. 

The Mariners  play Friday  through Sunday

in Milwaukee then onto Toronto  to take on

the Blue Jays  before returning home to

take on the Chicago Cubs next Friday.

Logan Gilbert starts Friday night followed 

by Bryce Miller on Saturday and Emerson 

Hancock on Sunday. Go M's. 

Washington Huskies Football Open Spring Camp

Wednesday at 5 pm the Washington 

Huskies had their first spring camp

day. It didn't look like last years when

the positions were full for the most

part.

The offensive line has no returning

starters. Those who have been here

before were backups and young. Coach

Jedd Fisch figures may have to go 

through the transfer portal.

The wide receivers are good though not

like last year's however they were the

best the Huskies have had as a tandem.

The running backs will be good as well.

The question though will the offensive line

be able to block as they should.

The quarterback Will Rogers a transfer 

from Mississippi will be the starter

however who will be number two.

Desmond Williams Jr and Demarcus 

Davis both freshman will be fighting

it out. 

On defense the Huskies had to bring

in four transfers to build with last

years seniors and graduate students

gone. Linebacker is the strongest

returning unit though they brought 

in a transfer for backup and depth.

In future posts we will look at the

different units.

The Washington State Cougars began

camp as well though earlier than the

Huskies beginning last Tuesday.

Though the Cougars and Oregon State 

are the remaining two schools of the

Pac-12 they will play each other along

with their state rivals Washington and

Oregon. They will play next season 

mainly Mountain West schools. 

Amazing not having a schedule 

like before the Cougars do have

37 players returning from last

years team. They will have a new

quarterback though. They were

fortunate to have head coach Jake

Dickert returning to.

Any news coming up with the 

Huskies and Cougars basketball

we will let you know to as they

both have new coaches. The Huskies

do have one transfer guard on the

team already however they will need 

more as their starting lineup are

no longer college eligible either

graduating or were in graduate school.

The Cougars in about the same boat

but several players went into the transfer

portal. 

This will be an interesting off season

for both football and basketball

programs at  both schools. 

Tacoma Rainier's Thursday

The Mariners have Thursday off

so we are looking at the first games

of the Tacoma Rainier's. 

The Rainier's currently have a 3-2 

record and in Salt Lake City playing 

the Bees.

The Rainers are like the Mariners 

where most of their players are 

hitting under .200. Outfielder Nick

Solak leads with .300 while Jonathan 

Clase is .286 and Cade Marlow 

at .263.  Marlowe leads with four 

steals and four RBIs. He has no

home runs and the Rainiers have

only three total. 

Next Mariners day off we will.look

to see how the top prospects are

doing. The double A team and single 

A teams start on Friday.

Cleveland Took Series From Marinerd

The Mariners looked like they

would win the series against

Cleveland after game one but 

it didn't. Not only did Castillo

lose Tuesday so did Kirby

on Wednesday afternoon. 

What could go wrong did go

wrong.

Final Cleveland 8 Seattle 0

Kirby gave up all eight runs

although six were earned. He

didn't quite make four innings

instead had two outs in the

4th when he was taken out.

Austin Voth went two and a

third innings giving up no hits 

or runs. Trent Thornton went

two innings giving up one hit 

and no runs. Both these guys

have gotten off to good starts

on the season. The bats couldn't

find a way to score having only

five hits.

The 9th inning they had 3rd 

baseman Josh Rojas pitch

and he gave up no hits or runs.

In my opinion if you bring in

a fielder to pitch the 9th they

should just end it.

JP Crawford collided in the

game with second baseman

Jorge Polanco. He didn't 

leave the game at the time.

When it looked like there was

any chance to win the Mariners

decided to rest Crawford. Dylan

Moore who started in left field 

move to shortstop. 

The Mariners are on the road

beginning on Friday against

the Mariners. We hope Logan

Gilbert can stop the  bleeding.

Go M's.

Luis Castillo and Mariners Lose Middle Game

The Mariners still struggling at the

plate and Luis Castillo having one 

bad inning.

The Mariners had nine hits on the

night however only produced two

runs. Hopefully we can see them

rebound with George Kirby on the 

mound.

It has been a rough start for Luis Castillo

having now his second loss on the

season. He reminds me of Robbie Ray

two years ago when he had at least

one bad inning per start until he got

things right. He gave up three runs

in the fourth inning. One more in the fifth.

He made it through six innings.

The Cleveland Guardians are doing

what the Mariners hope to do this

season by hitting you to death. They

had 12 hits on the night with only one

home run and two doubles. The 

Mariners had their two runs in the 

seventh inning.

New it would be tough to win this

game with Shane Bieber on the 

mound. Bieber went six innings 

of shutout ball. The Mariners

had opportunities however were

unable to bring runners across

the plate.

Josh Rojas continues to hit well

at the plate getting a hit and an

RBI to drive in Cal Raleigh who had

two hits on the night. Ty France

scored on an RBI by JP Crawford

though not on a hit. Currently JP

is struggling badly on the season

at .083.  France continues to look

like his old self.

Now we hope to see George Kirby

pitch like in his opening game

once again and win the series.

The Mariners have Thursday off 

and then have a three game series

starting Friday in Milwaukee.

The Mariners picked up two pitchers

who will be in Tacoma. They signed

veteran lefty Dallas Keuchel to a minor

league contract to add depth in

starting pitching. He spent most of his

career with Houston Astros. They 

acquired lefty reliever Sammy Peralta

off waivers from the White Sox. Give

them depth there too.

Taylor Trammell the Mariners designated

for assignment at the end of training

camp since he was out of options

is now a Los Angeles Dodger. He is

on their roster and be a fourth outfielder.

We wish him well. 

Mariners Take Care Of Cleveland Game 1

The Mariners did enough to win 

game one in a three game series.

Noe means they have a fifty fifty

chance to take two out of three.

Emerson Hancock started out

well in his first start of the season.

He did well the first two innings

showing what he is capable of.

Third inning he struggled giving

up two runs after the Mariners

scored four runs in the bottom

of the second. Three of the runs

came on a home run from Canzone.

The two runs could have been in

part he had to sit on the bench

for a little while.

Emerson looked good again

in the 4th and 5th then went

into the sixth. The thought was

he would only go five. He gave 

up a run in the sixth before

leaving with one out. The run

might not happened however

Julio misjudged and the ball

went off his glove into stands

for a homer. 

Tayler Saucedo came in following

Hancock to get the final two outs.

Fellow lefty Gabe Speier pitched

the seventh. He gave up one hit

but struck out two. Andre Munoz

pitched the 8th primary because

it was the middle of the batting

order for Guardians. He gave up

a home run to Josh Naylor..

Ryne Stanek pitched the 9th

against the bottom of Guardians

order. After the struggle against

the Red Sox he was able to get

through getting all three outs.

Recorded his first save of the

season. Hancock was able to

have the win.

Luis Castillo will start game two

and we will see if he recover from

his last outing in the opener. It

won't be easy since he has to start

against Shane Bieber who won his

first game going six innings and

shutting out Oakland. 

The Mariners still in second place

being half game behind the Rangers

while a half game behind the Angels.

Go Mariners!

Mariners and Red Sox Split series.

The Red Sox beat the Mariners 5-1

on Sunday for a split on the series.

A split is OK in a four game series

though taking three would have been 

nice.

Bryce Miller went five innings. He 

gave up a three run homer in the 4th 

inning. The difference in the game.

Luis Castillo and Miller will have 

to step up their game in their next 

start. The offense will need to do 

the same. Sunday the Mariner 

hitters struck out ten times.

Josh Rojas leads in hitting at five

 hundred however small size with 

eight at bats. Mitch Haniger is next 

at .286 and Ty France at .267. The 

rest not so good.

Another positive note the Houston 

Astros were swept by the Yankees. 

The Mariners are second place.

The Mariners will begin a new series 

against Cleveland on Monday. It will

be three games with Emerson Hancock 

starting game one. Tuesday should be

Luis Castillo and George Kirby on

Wednesday. Have Thursday off to go

on the road. 

The key will be to win two out of 

three in these series. Cut down on

the strikes. Go Mariners!