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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SEATTLE, Wash. — It’s not Kevin Mather’s ball club anymore. Those words were never said in Tuesday morning’s press conference, but that’s the message Mariners president of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto is blaring from a bullhorn with every move his guys make. Making a club more desirable
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Embed from Getty Images When the Seattle Mariners traded Eugenio Suárez to the Arizona Diamondbacks, the return was not what they were hoping for. Catcher Seby Zavala played in just 18 games with a .496 OPS in 2024 and spent 2025 in the Red Sox minor league system. Carlos Vargas,
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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1086"] Robinson Ortiz looks to the plate during a Double-A Tulsa Drillers home game during the 2025 season. Credit: Robinson Ortiz/Instagram. [https://www.emeraldcityspectrum.com/caption] The Seattle Mariners announced a trade on Sunday evening with the
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Embed from Getty Images The Seattle Mariners lit the stove up hot on Sunday evening, as Jeff Passan broke the news of first baseman Josh Naylor - a trade deadline addition who mashed at T-Mobile during his time with the team in 2025 and was a big piece of the
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Embed from Getty Images The Seattle Seawolves made their first acquisition of the offseason on Friday, officially announcing the signing of Scottish veteran Mark Bennett to the Starfire side. Although listed as a center, the 6-0, 200-pound Bennett has a versatile skillset, able to play on the wing
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Embed from Getty Images It’s not often you hear tell of a fourth-year slump. Injury slumps, however, are more common, and that’s what happened to George Kirby in 2025. Throwing shoulder inflammation announced on March 7 set him back until late May, when he opened the season
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Embed from Getty Images LAS VEGAS, Nev. — The race had been close, it had been billed as close, and although some of the insider indications had swung hard one way in the final days, it still seemed like anyone’s guess which way the votes would come in. In the
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Embed from Getty Images SEATTLE, Wash. — The Seattle Seawolves announced on Thursday morning that Paolo Banchero, an All-Star power forward for the NBA’s Orlando Magic, has joined the team’s ownership group. Banchero, a Seattle-born hooper who played for O’Dea High School before his collegiate and
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While the Seattle Mariners have historically relied on trades to supply much of their bullpen core, there are still plenty of relievers on the free agency market that should at least pique the team’s interest. Some of these relievers are pricey, others cheaper; some are squarely elite while others
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Embed from Getty Images Major League Baseball announced its Silver Slugger Award winners on Friday, and Cal Raleigh has taken home the American League Silver Slugger at catcher. The award, which is voted on by managers and coaches, was not a surprise given Raleigh’s historic offensive season, where he
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Embed from Getty Images On Sept. 29, 2024, Eduard Bazardo finished off the only good month of his season. The first five months of the year saw Bazardo flip between blowup outings with the Seattle Mariners and some solid work with the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers. By the time he