Bluechel graduated from SPU in 2025 with a degree in Linguistics and Classics. Before joining Emerald City Spectrum, he wrote with the Falcon for two years between 2022 and 2024, covering SPU athletics as well as sports in the greater Seattle area.
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Embed from Getty Images SURPRISE, Ariz. - The prospect trajectories of Brennen Davis and Jack Leiter are like a lenticular print. From one angle, they seem like they could not be any more different, but from the other, they have quite a few similarities. On the one hand, they both peaked
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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Seawolves center Calvin Liulamaga talks with fans during the team’s preseason town hall on March 4, 2026. Credit: Punkus Arnett/Seattle Seawolves. [https://www.emeraldcityspectrum.com/caption] SEATTLE, Wash. - One of rugby's most enduring traditions
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Embed from Getty Images The Seattle Seawolves announced their full roster on Monday, March 2, with a total of 31 players set to compete in 10 matches across the 2026 Major League Rugby season. Of these 31 players, 12 are returners from the 2025 roster while 19 are newcomers from
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When he went up against a right-handed pitcher between 2022 and 2025, Red Sox outfielder Rob Refsnyder hit .235 with an on-base percentage of .315 and a slugging percentage of .355. Few people in baseball talk about those numbers, because that’s not why the Mariners paid him
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Embed from Getty Images Spring training has started in earnest for the Seattle Mariners, with a few games under their belts and just under a week left in February. Prospects and stars alike have started to get in their reps under the bluest Arizona skies, but with the World Baseball
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Embed from Getty Images PEORIA, Ariz. - The beating Arizona sun took quite its share of victims for the second day in a row as the San Francisco Giants made the trip over from Scottsdale to Peoria for some Cactus League action against the Seattle Mariners. Chief among those victims this
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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="5289"] Seattle Mariners shortstop Michael Arroyo (96) hits a two run home run in the second inning against the San Diego Padres during a Spring Training game at Peoria Sports Complex. Mandatory Credit: Matt Kartozian-Imagn Images [https://www.
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Embed from Getty Images When the 2024 season took flight, Mitch Garver was fresh off one of the best seasons of his career. In 87 games as a catcher and DH for the Texas Rangers, he slashed .270/.370/.500 for a 138 OPS+ (where 100 is league average) with
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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="2048"] Miami Marlins pitcher Josh Simpson (66) throws a pitch during the eighth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-Imagn Images [https://www.emeraldcityspectrum.com/caption] For all their strengths, the 2025
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Embed from Getty Images Non-World Baseball Classic pitchers and catchers reported to Peoria on Wednesday, Feb. 11, marking the beginning of Spring Training as the baseball offseason concludes. While much of the news for the Mariners revolved around the additions to the major league team, there are quite a
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Embed from Getty Images Pitchers and catchers report to Peoria Sports Complex on February 12, 2026, a date that is fast approaching as the offseason comes to its waning hours. The Seattle Mariners are likely all but complete when it comes to the major league roster, but quite a few