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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
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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="3382"] St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Brendan Donovan (33) hits a solo home run against the Milwaukee Brewers in the third inning at American Family Field. Mandatory Credit: Benny Sieu-Imagn Images [https://www.emeraldcityspectrum.com/caption] Get thy
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Embed from Getty Images The Seattle Mariners announced 34 non-roster Spring Training invitees on Friday. These are players who are not on the 40-man roster - many of them some of the top prospects in the organization - who will nevertheless be able to compete in Spring Training exhibition games
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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="3600"] Rick Rizzs sits next to the statue of Dave Niehaus, his longtime broadcasting cohost. Credit: Ben Van Houten/Seattle Mariners. [https://www.emeraldcityspectrum.com/caption] SEATTLE, Wash. - Few things are as stable in Mariners baseball as the velvet
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Embed from Getty Images For nearly the entire StatCast era, the American League Championship Series saw the Astros compete year in and year out. Akin to the mighty Patriots’ dynasty years with Tom Brady under center, when the AFC Championship Game was known as the “Foxborough Invitational”, one might as
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Embed from Getty Images It’s not high-profile when a player gets dealt for a lump sum of cash, but there’s a reason teams make these sorts of deals. For the Mariners, Criswell is the latest in a series of generally minor moves to fill out organizational depth
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Embed from Getty Images Death, taxes, and Andrés Muñoz coming out to pitch in the ninth inning. The Mariners’ best reliever by ERA and both types of wins above replacement followed up an excellent 2024 with an elite 2025, anchoring the bullpen as he more than lived up to preseason
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Embed from Getty Images Much of the MLB offseason has consisted of a crawl, a slow drip, whatever metaphor you prefer for when things happen at a snail’s pace. But eventually, things had to give, and teams and players needed to make their final decisions as less than a
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Embed from Getty Images Pieces are beginning to fall across the league as spring training approaches, with Nolan Arenado sent to Arizona and Ranger Suárez signing with Boston being just a couple of the notable deals in recent days. It’s ever more clear that the American League will be
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Embed from Getty Images Luke Raley was a serious force in 2024, with a .243/.320/.463 slash line (batting average/on-base percentage/slugging percentage) in 455 plate appearances, a 119 OPS+ where 100 is league average, 22 home runs, 19 doubles, two triples, 58 RBIs, and even 11