ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Mariners’ first hit with a runner in scoring position since Tuesday didn’t provide immediate relief, joyous satisfaction or even a run.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Maybe the All-Star break can start a day early for the Mariners so the losing can at least be put on pause for a few days. They can’t really pray for a rainout at the refurbished Tropicana Field, which easily withstood a booming and soaking afternoon thunderstorm.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – When a team is playing as poorly as they have been on this current road trip and underperforming as a whole like the Mariners have for much of the season, a lack of effort – perceived or real, regardless of reason – is the one intolerable baseball sin.
The universe tilted and shook at just the right moment in the early stages of the 2025 MLB draft to deliver an unexpected gift to the Seattle Mariners.
MIAMI – Unfortunately for the Mariners, they can’t get themselves right by playing the Los Angeles Angels or some other team that is the dregs of their respective division.
MIAMI – Back on June 29 when general manager Justin Hollander offered his organizational injury updates before the last homestand, he wouldn’t put a date on when Brendan Donovan would start a rehab assignment.
MIAMI – It doesn’t take a new metric devised by genius analysts to say its suboptimal. And while they never dealt with the scenario in their days, you can almost hear the crustiest of the old managers scolding the failure to execute.
You can cross the platoon label off Dom Canzone’s hitting profile. The Mariners’ designated hitter has swung his way into a full-time, middle-of-the-lineup role, regardless of the handedness of the opposing pitcher. “He’s earned it,” club president Jerry Dipoto said. A 28-year-old left-handed hitter, Canzone was almost immediately tagged with a can’t-hit-lefties label after he arrived in ...