SEATTLE – Mariners pitcher Bryce Miller faced live hitters for the first time since early June on Saturday at T-Mobile Park, clearing a big hurdle as he works toward his eventual return from the injured list.

SEATTLE – If Randy Arozarena’s home-run hitting hot streak looks familiar, it should.

SEATTLE – What a week for the Mariners.

SEATTLE – If that blown five-run lead vs. the New York Yankees spawned dejection, then these past three games should have spawned dopamine.

SEATTLE – The Amarillo (Texas) Sod Poodles play in a stadium called “Hodgetown,” which features a berm beyond the right-field fence and a massive blue batter’s eye stretching skyward in center. The baseball Lazaro Montes hit on June 27 cleared all of the above.

Could former Seattle Mariners third baseman Eugenio Suárez, who has 31 home runs and leads the National League with 78 runs batted in for the Arizona Diamondbacks, return to Seattle?

Raleigh, ladies and gentlemen, is your 2025 Home Run Derby champion. With his father, Todd, pitching to him, and his 15-year-old brother, Todd Jr. (better known as “T”), catching for him, the Big Dumper introduced himself to the nation with a combo of dominance and drama.

The highlight of the 2007 All-Star Game in San Francisco is infinitely rewatchable, a confluence of unique talent, fateful coincidence and blind luck. At the plate was Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most electric and beloved players in baseball history. He hit the ball into right field, where Griffey – Ichiro's longtime friend, eventual teammate, and fellow Seattle Mariners icon – happened to be playing in his last Midsummer Classic. The ball ricocheted at an unexpected angle, got away from Griffey, and left Ichiro free to run.

ATLANTA – Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh, whose home run total has been the talk of Major League Baseball, had a power surge when it mattered most in the opening round of the Home Run Derby, propelling him to the championship.

SEATTLE – The Mariners began day two of the 2025 MLB draft the same way they began the first by adding a collegiate left-handed pitcher.

SEATTLE – The Cal Raleigh home run watch might be the dominant Mariners storyline, but there is another topic that is just as relevant to this club’s success.