It’s time for teams to panic about some of their slow-starters.
Hello everyone! Mariners baseball returns on this Friday with the M’s sparring with the Rangers in Arlington. Let’s get you all caught up on league happenings.
In Mariners news…
- Brent Stecker wrote about how Jorge Polanco’s healthy knees enabled him to make an important mechanical adjustment at the plate.
- The M’s could be adding another prospect to their lineup in the near future — Tyler Locklear is right on the precipice of a call-up, writes Shane Lantz at The Seattle Times.
- And don’t you forget it!
Everyone’s like Luka this Luka that how bout y’all take a Luka this chart with Seattle’s walk rate pic.twitter.com/gfb5ffeksP
— Mina Kimes (@minakimes) May 1, 2025
- With the way things are trending in terms of roster health, we could be seeing this guy in Seattle sooner than we think…
Mariners No. 15 prospect Michael Morales has been activated off the Double-A Arkansas injured list.
The 22-year-old righty hasn’t debuted yet in 2025 due to a previous elbow issue. www.mlb.com/milb/prospec…
— Sam Dykstra (@samdykstramilb.bsky.social) 2025-05-01T18:34:25.495Z
Around the league…
- In a surprising move, the Reds decided to option former closer Alexis Díaz (Edwin’s brother) to the minors.
- Similarly, the Rangers are sending down corner infielder Jake Burger in the hopes that he’ll find his groove again.
- The Tigers have DFA’d right-hander Kenta Maeda. The 37-year-old is owned $12M this year, so it’s hard to see Seattle taking a shot on him.
- The Diamondbacks’ bullpen woes continue, as they placed closer Justin Martínez on the injured list with shoulder inflammation.
- The A’s are getting scarier and scarier, and they just called up right-hander Gunnar Hoglund to bolster their starting rotation.
- Andy Martino at SNY has taken issue with MLB’s replay review system — but not in the way that you think.
- Matt DeWalt at Gaslamp Ball encourages Padres fans to forget about Manny Machado’s huge contract and to just appreciate him as a player on the team.
- Anthony Breznican at Vanity Fair wrote a preview of Caught Stealing, a new movie coming in August featuring Austin Butler playing a former big leaguer-turned-criminal.