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Injury updates and more from around baseball.
In Mariners news... Congrats to infielder Jorge Polanco on being named the AL Player of the Week! Brent Stecker at Seattle Sports 710 AM highlights the success of the Mariners’ recent rookie debuts. RHP Casey Lawrence has been claimed off waivers by the Toronto Blue Jays after being DFA’d three different times by the Mariners. Around the league... The Atlanta Braves have signed...
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The last time the Seattle Mariners had back-to-back American League players of the week came in 1998, when Alex Rodriguez and Ken Griffey Jr. accomplished the feat.
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Seattle’s closer is also a big Cat Guy and now you can be one, too
Mariners closer Andrés Muñoz loves all animals, but cats hold a special place in his heart. You’ve probably seen his cat Matilda, a grumpy-faced, golden-eyed Persian who travels with Muñoz and his wife Wendy, riding along to road cities in her pink princess carrier. Andrés and Wendy adopted Matilda out of a neglectful situation in Mexico, where the Muñoz family has a...
The Blue Jays have claimed right-hander Casey Lawrence off waivers from the Mariners, according to announcements from both clubs. The righty had been designated for assignment by Seattle over the weekend.
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Is Locklear knocking down the door?
It was another busy week down on the farm for the Mariner affiliates. Let’s kick things off with a Rainiers team that’s showing some serious promise.
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If you’re curious on how Tyler Locklear is doing, I have great new for you. After a fantastic week that saw him go 10-24 with six doubles, Locklear has moved himself ever so close to Seattle. One great week against Triple-A competition isn’t...
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The Mariners lineup looks the same and entirely new.
(Editor’s note: We are delighted to welcome Ryan Blake to the Lookout Landing staff! You may well know him from years within the LL community, from various realms of the internet as Leaky Barn, as well as his writing at his site Swings and Takes. Please give him a warm welcome, or perhaps for many of us simply a re-introduction!)
The Seattle Mariners offense is barreling...
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Monday links!
In Mariners news... Prior to yesterday’s game, LHP Tayler Saucedo was optioned to Triple-A Tacoma and RHP Logan Evans was officially selected from Triple-A Tacoma. Evans made an impressive MLB debut yesterday, with two hits over five innings and three strikeouts. Matt Calkins at The Seattle Times ponders if the Mariners can keep up their current offensive production as the season progresses. Infielder Jorge Polanco’s hot start...
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Hello Mariners fans! We’d like to introduce you to our brand new Lookout Landing In-5 daily trivia game. The objective is to guess the correct active OR retired Mariners player in as few guesses as possible. Full game instructions are at the bottom. Feel free to share your results in the comments and feedback in this Google Form.
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The Golden Boys
When I think of Miami, I always think of the Golden Girls because while the show takes place almost entirely inside the main characters’ home, it manages to still convey an unmistakable sense of place. So perhaps it’s unsurprising that when watching this afternoon’s tilt between the Seattle Mariners and the Miami Marlins, I couldn’t stop hearing the Golden Girls’ theme song on a loop in my head, Cynthia Fee’s banger cover of...
Logan Evans pitched five solid innings to win his major league debut and Cal Raleigh hit his American League-leading 10th home run of the season as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Miami Marlins 7-6 in an interleague game Sunday afternoon.
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The Seattle Mariners: so hot right now
Miami vice: Trent Thornton, -.093 WPA
Seattle Virture: Julio Rodriguez, +.158 WPA
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The Donovan Solano XBH Appreciation Thread
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From one “Big Log” to another
During spring training, the two would pass each other in the hallway outside the big-league clubhouse.
“Big Log” one would say, in way of greeting.” (Prounounced with a long o like “loag,” not “log”)
“Biiiiiiig Loooooog,” would come the reply.
Evans says he thinks he started the nickname game, because the 6’4” Evans has always been called “Big Log”: “But then I’m looking up at him, like,...
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Evans Almighty
The big story today is Logan Evans’s MLB debut. (In a corresponding move, Tayler Saucedo has been sent back to Tacoma.) Evans was drafted in the 12th round of the 2023 Draft, but has performed like a dude, not just a guy, seeing his stock skyrocket over the early months of last season. In January of last year, Lookout Landing had Evans in the intro/honorable mention part of our prospect rankings. But after a terrific 2024...
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Links for a post-blowout Sunday.
Good morning and apologies for the delayed links. Here’s what’s new and in review around the league.
In Mariners news... We got details yesterday on Logan Gilbert’s injury, officially a “right elbow flexor strain” of the Grade 1 (lowest severity) variety. Kate wrote up the whole situation, as well as the corresponding roster moves and quotes from those on hand. The Meet at the Mitt Podcast crew convened to...Over the last five years, the Mariners have done a strong job of identifying and developing amateur pitchers. One of the Mariners’ latest projects, Logan Evans, will get his MLB debut on April 27, almost two years after Seattle drafted him in the 12th round.
When Logan Evans walked into the home clubhouse at T-Mobile Park for the first time Saturday afternoon, he was greeted by a hug from fellow Seattle Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert.
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Hello Mariners fans! We’d like to introduce you to our brand new Lookout Landing In-5 daily trivia game. The objective is to guess the correct active OR retired Mariners player in as few guesses as possible. Full game instructions are at the bottom. Feel free to share your results in the comments and feedback in this Google Form.
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Six-run first innings are fun when you’re on the other side of them, it turns out
Up until last night, when Logan Gilbert was removed in the third inning of the game with scary-sounding elbow soreness, the last truly disastrous game at T-Mobile Park was the shellacking at the hands of the Tigers where Emerson Hancock gave up six runs in the first inning.
Tonight, with the final day of the NFL Draft drawing attention away, the Mariners got to be on the...