Photo by Mollie Handkins/MLB Photos via Getty Images Monday links! In Mariners news... With his 100th career home run yesterday, Julio Rodriguez became the first player in MLB history to begin his career with four consecutive 20/20 seasons. Mariners top prospects Colt Emerson and Jurrangelo Cijntje have been promoted to Double-A Arkansas. Around the league... The … [Read more...] about Mariners Moose Tracks, 8/4/25: Julio Rodriguez, Colt Emerson, and Jurrangelo Cijntje
Doubling back, doubling down
Steven Bisig-Imagn Images The Mariners lineup is the best in baseball The Mariners have the deepest and perhaps best lineup in MLB. The lineup was already great. It’s difficult to size up a group that plays half its games in a magenta-splashed house of horrors, but the Mariners’ 110 wRC+ is fourth best in MLB and fourth best in team history. It’s been their strength … [Read more...] about Doubling back, doubling down
Join us for the fourth annual Tim Cantu MemoriaLL SoftbaLL game on August 16 (and the next LL Mariners watch party at Growler Guys) UPDATE: Now at Dahl Playfield
The softbaLL crew back in 2022 Join us for some festive softbaLL of dubious quality! I think about Tim every time I do the dishes. So, literally every day. In particular, I think about how he’d be gently shaming me right now if he knew how long it had been since I cleaned out the filter in the dishwasher that he advised me on installing myself. Like me, Tim had … [Read more...] about Join us for the fourth annual Tim Cantu MemoriaLL SoftbaLL game on August 16 (and the next LL Mariners watch party at Growler Guys) UPDATE: Now at Dahl Playfield
Student, Athlete: Why Ben Williamson’s College Coaches Say He’ll Succeed
Photo by Stephen Brashear/Getty Images Mariners Ben Williamson’s unique drive for improvement will be the separator, say his former coaches “Development in all sports, baseball in this case, is about who can keep getting better the longest who can keep that growth curve going...he’s continuing to get better. And I don’t think he’s done.” - Brian Murphy, former head … [Read more...] about Student, Athlete: Why Ben Williamson’s College Coaches Say He’ll Succeed
Mariners to retire Randy Johnson’s #51 next summer
Photo credit should read DAN LEVINE/AFP via Getty Images The Big Unit gets the big honor On the 35th anniversary of the first no-hitter in franchise history, the Mariners have announced that they will be retiring the number of the man who did it. Randy Johnson, the greatest left-handed pitcher in baseball history, will be honored in a ceremony during the 2026 season, … [Read more...] about Mariners to retire Randy Johnson’s #51 next summer