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.

SEATTLE – The Mariners added an elite arm to their already loaded pitching stable Sunday by taking top-ranked lefty pitcher Kade Anderson with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2025 MLB draft.

DETROIT – Julio Rodríguez got it started. Jorge Polanco and Cole Young provided the final blows with a whole bunch of Randy Arozarena and one big swing from Mitch Garver in between.

DETROIT – Julio Rodríguez homering in consecutive games for the first time this season will deservedly get some of the attention of what happened Saturday at Comerica Park.

It’s hard to be Julio.

SEATTLE – Almost immediately, Justin Turner could sense the bubbling frustration from Cal Raleigh.

DETROIT – The best pitcher in baseball was on the mound pitching at home for the team with the best record in the American League and taking on an emotionally drained group of Mariners that rolled into town at close to 3 a.m. local time after getting excruciatingly swept out of Yankee Stadium.

DETROIT – Despite being chosen to make his third All-Star Game appearance, Julio Rodríguez won’t be going to Atlanta for next week’s festivities.

DETROIT – Randy Arozarena’s recent hot streak at the plate has earned the Seattle Mariners left fielder a chance to play in Atlanta next week.

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – Mom-and-pop apparel and memorabilia stores have long lined the picturesque Main Street in the upstate New York town that’s home to baseball’s Hall of Fame. When visitors for this year’s induction ceremony arrive in two weeks, they might find something new: Japanese-speaking interpreters to help them shop.

NEW YORK – A day before one of the best pitching performances of his career, Bryan Woo stopped in the visiting dugout of Yankee Stadium for a chat.