Late comeback, clutch bullpen give Mariners 'gut-check' win in Baltimore
BALTIMORE -- Calling any series in mid-May significant might be a stretch within the marathon MLB season, but for the Mariners, this three-city weave that began at Oriole Park and extends to Yankee Stadium has nonetheless represented an early barometer of their standing among the American League powerhouses. And despite
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J-Rod brings 'No Fly Zone' back to Baltimore for second time
BALTIMORE -- Julio Rodríguez’s “No Fly Zone” appears to have a home away from home. For the second time in his young career, the Mariners’ star center fielder made an incredible home-run robbery in Baltimore’s spacious Camden Yards, yanking a projected 406-foot flyball from Anthony Santander out of the air
Santos joins Mariners to continue rehab, talks setbacks, next steps
BALTIMORE -- Seven weeks into the season, Gregory Santos has seemed like more of an idea for the Mariners than the high-leverage linchpin that they envisioned when acquiring him from the White Sox just before Spring Training. One setback after another has pushed Santos’ recovery from a right latissimus dorsi
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'90 seconds of pure joy': Behind Seattle's 'Hot Dogs from Heaven'
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Are platoons in the Mariners' future?
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Woo's gem paves way for bullpen to shut the door
SEATTLE -- It was shaping up to be an all-too-familiar outcome, one that the Mariners had just witnessed less than 24 hours prior, featuring heavy traffic in the late innings, a one-run lead and a gem from their starting pitcher that could quickly be spoiled. But this time around, Bryan
Mock draft: Big college bats stir things up at the top
With the 2024 Draft still two months away, there's not much hard intel on who's going where in the first round. That picture will become clearer as college and high school players start wrapping up their seasons in the next few weeks, and teams conduct interviews and get medical information
Ben's Biz: An evening with the Single-A Mariners
This is an excerpt from the latest edition of the Ben's Biz Beat Newsletter, bringing Minor League Baseball business and culture news to your inbox each and every Thursday. Check out the full newsletter HERE. The following ballpark road trip recap is presented by Wyndham, proud sponsor of Minor League
They homered off each other in Little League. It's time for an MLB showdown
A version of this story originally ran in August 2023, before Jordan Westburg and Bryce Miller faced off in an Orioles-Mariners matchup at T-Mobile Park in Seattle. Last Aug. 13, Westburg went 0-for-2 vs. Miller. They're set to go head-to-head again Friday night at Camden Yards. The family members, friends
Gilbert's late mistake proves costly for Mariners
SEATTLE -- The way that Logan Gilbert was cruising on Tuesday night, it looked for a while that maybe one run of support would be all he’d need. But after laboring into traffic in the seventh inning -- then nearly escaping it -- Seattle’s towering righty paid mightily for a
Surprise! One encouraging prospect-related development for each team
Six weeks into the Minor League season, we have witnessed plenty of pleasant prospect developments. Athletics 2023 first-rounder Jacob Wilson is batting a sizzling .438 and already has reached Triple-A. Mets right-hander Jonah Tong has been a revelation with elite fastball characteristics and a Minors-best 0.33 ERA. As one Chourio
Celesten rising fast among Minors’ switch-hitters
In an era that places a premium on platoon advantages, switch-hitters can be the most versatile members of a lineup -- even if they've become increasingly hard to find. Over the past four seasons, the number of switch-hitting batters in the Majors has slowly ticked down from 10.7 percent in
Day after snagging back-to-back foul balls, fan throws out TWO first pitches
SEATTLE -- Josh George has been a baseball fan all his life, so he knows all about the game. And he works at a casino sportsbook, so he knows all about odds. Combine those two areas of his life, and he seems to be the perfect person to know exactly
Which pitch would each Mariners hurler 'steal' from a teammate?
This story was excerpted from Daniel Kramer’s Mariners Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. SEATTLE -- The Mariners’ rotation hasn’t just been among MLB’s most consistent. Their starting five has also featured some of the best pure stuff
Raley hoists trident -- and breaks it? -- on 3-hit night
SEATTLE -- Luke Raley insists that he didn’t destroy the Mariners’ celebratory home run trident on Monday night and certainly hopes that he’s not on the hook to replace it after the prop came apart while in his possession. But all said, he was all smiles after crushing a 432-foot
Fan comes away with two foul balls ... on consecutive pitches!
Sometimes in baseball, the ball just finds you -- even when you're in the stands. One lucky Mariners fan became a true foul ball magnet on Monday night when he ended up with a pair of souvenirs ... on back-to-back pitches! In the bottom of the first inning, lefty Josh
Timing up fastballs, getting ahead: How J-Rod is trying to turn the corner
SEATTLE -- Julio Rodríguez arrived at T-Mobile Park on Saturday afternoon and asked an empty stadium for answers. In a power drought that no one could’ve envisioned at the season’s one-quarter mark, Rodríguez took part in early batting practice with Mariners director of hitting strategy Jarret DeHart, leading to conversations
Standout stats for 8 new Top 100 prospects
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Who takes the hardest swings on each MLB team?
The Statcast era of baseball research has reached another milestone: bat speed is live on Baseball Savant. You can check out this page for more thorough details on what bat speed entails and how it’s calculated. But in the meantime, we’re kicking things off by breaking down the best of
Here's the freshly updated Top 100 Prospects list
Break out the caps and gowns. It’s time for a whole bunch of graduations and an updated Top 100 Prospects list. Young players who began the 2024 season on a Major League Opening Day roster with zero MLB service time exhausted their prospect status Sunday by way of the 45-day