BOSTON – After running over to protectively cover first base as the final out of the sixth inning was recorded, Bryan Woo turned and started toward the dugout. Slowly. Methodically.
BOSTON – When Emerson Hancock made his return to the majors last week after getting unexpectedly, and maybe unfairly, shipped to the minors following one start, there wasn’t a sense of bitterness even if it could be justified.
BOSTON – Seeing Alex Bregman choose to sign outside of the AL West this past offseason was supposed to limit the amount of pain and suffering the former Astros nemesis might inflict on the Mariners.
Mariners right-hander George Kirby is scheduled to return to Seattle and throw a bullpen session at T-Mobile Park this week, a step forward in his rehab from right shoulder inflammation that landed him on the injured list to start the season.
TORONTO – Mitch Garver remembers the moment pretty well. Late May 2022. Texas vs. Tampa Bay. Bottom of the fifth inning. Francisco Mejia behind the plate. Garver needed a little jogging of the memory, but Matt Wisler was the pitcher.
TORONTO — Randy Arozarena’s bat will always get the primary attention and understandably so considering his spot in the middle of the Mariners batting order.
TORONTO – The night before making the two-hour drive from London, Ontario, up to the Rogers Centre for Saturday’s game between the Mariners and Blue Jays, Xander Brown and his family hit the local mall.
TORONTO – The margins by which the Mariners find success or failure are narrow enough that something like one significant flub on the bases could end up being costly.