Before we were so rudely interrupted, the Mariners needed a bat — probably two — for their offense and really had use for one more veteran arm for their pitching rotation.
PEORIA, Ariz. – Jerry Dipoto won’t have much time to contact copyright lawyers while trying to take and make calls with agents and opposing teams in this delayed and condensed offseason.
The Mariners president of baseball operations can finally resume his offseason plans of adding impact hitters to a lineup that struggled to hit or score runs with any sort of consistency last season and is now without Kyle Seager, who hit 35 homers and drove in 100 RBI in 2021.
After he got done extolling Julio Cruz as the consummate teammate, and a huge contributor to his own success at the plate, Ruppert Jones declared: “Julio Cruz was fearless!”
Julio Cruz, an original Seattle Mariners player from their inaugural season who later became a Spanish-language broadcaster for the franchise, has died, the team announced Wednesday. He was 67.
SEATTLE – A little more than a year ago, the Mariners were in the midst of a virtual media blitz that featured then-general manager now president Jerry Dipoto and manager Scott Servais extolling their decision to carry over the usage of a six-man starting rotation from the COVID-shortened 2020 season into the 2021 season.
Ortiz’s roots in the Mariners organization are the stuff of legend, particularly a Home Run Derby at the Timber Rattlers’ stadium in Appleton, Wisconsin, that is still talked about in awe to this day.
SEATTLE – On Nov. 30, the Seattle Mariners announced the signing of reigning American League Cy Young Award winner Robbie Ray to a five-year, $115 million contract.
SEATTLE – Forgettable for many reasons, largely out of the desire to not remember their lack of production and unmet potential, the names of the failed, and there were so many names, can still be reeled off by die-hard Seattle Mariners fans.
When the Mariners posted their starting lineup for the regular season finale of the 2021 season — a game they absolutely needed to win to keep their slim postseason hopes alive — they started utility infielder Dylan Moore in left field.
