Analysis
Embed from Getty Images HOUSTON, Texas — It’s still too early to tell what the biggest news from Friday night’s Houston opener was, but until Bryan Woo’s MRI comes back, the Mariners can guardedly celebrate a massive 4-0 win against their arch-nemesis. Any time your pitching
News
Embed from Getty Images HOUSTON, Texas — There are few things a ball club wants to see less. The ace of the rotation is pitching a gem, well on track to breeze through seven or even eight innings. He goes out for the sixth, but he seems to be in discomfort
Analysis
Embed from Getty Images KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The natural order of the world has perhaps reasserted itself, pending of course this weekend’s results. The Houston Astros are back on top in the AL West, having been undefeated after briefly losing their first-place spot on Sunday. Oddly enough, the
Video
Analysis
Embed from Getty Images ATLANTA, Ga. — Hollow fear of the gods. Those were the words Cicero used to describe superstitio, a word that bequeaths us superstition but meant something more like over-religiosity or improper worship back in his time. Well, the Romans never played baseball; that’s probably why
Analysis
Embed from Getty Images TAMPA, Fla. — Another day, another frustrating loss for the Seattle Mariners. Junior Caminero drove in two-thirds of all Tampa’s runs on Tuesday to send the Mariners to a 6-5 defeat, but as so often happens with this ballclub, half of those RBIs were
Mariners
Embed from Getty Images TAMPA, Fla. — Meaningful September baseball. It has been a few years since that phrase lost any magic in the Emerald City, which has traded the Bavasi-era bottom-feeders for the Dipoto-era doldrums (and that is an upgrade), sitting on the knife’s edge of
Analysis
Embed from Getty Images CLEVELAND, Ohio — A series of unfortunate events transpired aside the Cuyahoga on Friday, and they showcased exactly what is the Achilles’ heel of the 2025 Seattle Mariners. It’s not the hitting, even though Seattleites will reflexively see that as the main issue as a result
Video
News
Embed from Getty Images It’s not about how you start; it’s how you finish. And things certainly didn’t begin well for the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night against the San Diego Padres. A two-out grand slam by Ramón Laureano off M’s starter Luis Castillo – part
Analysis
Embed from Getty Images SEATTLE, Wash. — Leaving the rainy east coast to go back to sunny Seattle has its benefits. That might sound funny to those few readers who aren’t familiar with PNW climate patterns, but August in Seattle contains consistently clear crow-paths. And for the Mariners, just
Analysis