In the definition of a back-and-forth battle, the Mariners outslugged the Dodgers with a season-high five home runs in a 7-6 loss for the reigning champs. Neither team seemed capable of holding onto a lead for any meaningful period until the Mariners jumped in front in the eighth thanks to a two-run shot from Dominic Canzone, his second and Seattle's fifth homer of the game.
As different as the seasons of the two starting pitchers in this matchup might be, for one game, they both encountered the same problem, completely allergic to the prospect of a shutdown inning. On four separate occasions, a team took the lead in the first five innings only to see its starter unable to put a zero on the board in the following half-inning.
Justin Wrobleski has thrived this season with the ability to raise his level according to the situation, but what does he do when the opposition ambushes him? The Mariners managed to score five runs off the left-hander without even having a single at-bat with a runner in scoring position against him—courtesy of not two, not three, but four home runs against a pitcher who had allowed a total of three long ****** prior to this game. Cal Raleigh, Julio Rodríguez, Rob Refsnyder, and Dominic Canzone all left the yard. While the homers hit by Rodríguez and Raleigh could be categorized as mistake pitches, the ones by Canzone and Refsnyder came on well-located fastballs at or well above the strike zone—it stands to reason that Wrobleski's heater didn't have the same life on it, or that the M's guessed right on multiple occasions.
For the Dodgers' offense against Castillo, it was an eventful game from start to finish, but one that could've been more dominant. The M's veteran starter allowed a leadoff bomb to Shohei Ohtani and had to deal with trouble in some form or another for his entire outing.
The Sho has started! pic.twitter.com/rfu4k1gr7W

#runs #Dodgers #dominic

SURPRISE, ARIZONA - MARCH 11: Osleivis Basabe #39 of the San Francisco Giants hits a single against the Kansas City Royals during the third inning of the spring training game at Surprise Stadium on March 11, 2026 in Surprise, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) Getty
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - JULY 24: Casey Schmitt #10 of the San Francisco Giants hits a three-run home run in the bottom of the third inning against the Los Angeles Angels at Oracle Park on July 24, 2026 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images) Getty
The San Francisco Giants are currently taking on the Milwaukee Brewers (at home). SF won 3-0 over the Brewers on Monday to improve to 45-61.
It hasn't been the season anyone in the Giants organization has hoped for, but over the last two months, it's a good chance to see what the future holds and what young players can bring to the table. Basically, what I mean is roster transactions don't stop, and during the Brewers series, the Giants are promoting a 25-year-old infielder in the latest transaction.
More MLB on Heavy: Los Angeles Dodgers Demote 24-Year-Old Player to Pave Way for Kike Hernandez During Mariners Series

#surprise

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's ... Jimothy!
The viral raccoon will be honored by his hometown baseball team, the Seattle Mariners, during an upcoming game on Aug. 5.
The promotion listed on the team's website will feature free Jimothy rookie cards to the first 20,000 fans who show up at T-Mobile Park to watch the Mariners take on the Detroit Tigers. There will be a handful of exclusive cards, 1 of 1 gold, 1 of 100 silver, 1 of 500 shiny blue and 1 of 2,000 numbered, among the mix.
If someone is a superfan of Jimothy, they can buy a special Jimothy Night ticket that includes a t-shirt featuring an animated image of Jimothy wearing a Mariners hat. With each ticket purchase, the team will donate $2 to the Ballard Food Bank.
The Mariners just announced "Jimothy Night," happening at T-Mobile Park next Weds (8/5)

Fans who buy through the team's ticket special link will get a Mariners x Jimothy t-shirt. The first 20,000 fans will also score an exclusive Jimothy Rookie Card, with several being chase… pic.twitter.com/PUNHfmUhLo

#jimothy #ticket #mobile #night

Many expected the Dodgers to be facing the Mariners in the World Series last season, but Seattle couldn't close the deal against the Blue Jays. Now, a year later, they're an inferior team, but one still fighting to enter the postseason. The M's will go with the veteran Luis Castillo for the opening game of this series; potentially good news for a Dodgers offense that scored more than four runs only once in its last five games, making the pitching do the heavy lifting in the road trip's last stop at Citi Field.
A symbol of stability for this young Mariners staff ever since his acquisition back at the deadline in 2022, Castillo has a 3-9 record this season, which is a direct indicator of career-low numbers almost across the board. Lately, though, Castillo has had problems keeping the ball in the yard, allowing five home runs in his last two outings, the losing pitcher of record in each of his three outings this month. Although that 4.85 ERA this season justifies a lousy record, it is also a byproduct of the Mariners' complete inability to provide him any run support, scoring just 19 runs in his last eight starts.
Back to the home runs and how they might come into play, the one Dodger to actually leave the yard against the Mets, Kyle Tucker, is also one of the two who has gone deep against Castillo before. The two home runs in Citi Field were encouraging, but even in this recent stretch, Tucker needs to show more to come close to the player the Dodgers thought they were getting. Hitting at home hasn't been an enjoyable task for Tucker with a .607 OPS at Dodger Stadium.
One player who has definitely enjoyed performing at Dodger Stadium, though, is Justin Wrobleski. The Dodgers' starter has managed to keep an ERA below 3.00 both at home and on the road, but his .461 OPS allowed in seven starts at home genuinely sounds made up. Monitoring how he does with an increased workload in the second half is a priority for the Dodgers.
Teams: Dodgers vs. Mariners

#castillo #runs

That series in Arlington wasn't a complete disaster thanks to that come-from-behind victory on Sunday, but the Mariners were pretty thoroughly outplayed by the Rangers over the last four games. That puts Seattle in a really tough position. The team clearly isn't good enough as constructed — they're also supposedly a buyer ahead of the trade deadline too — but it feels like the issues on the roster are deep enough that pasting over a few acquisitions this week won't solve the underlying problems (namely, massive underperformance from Cal and Julio). Anyway, the M's will be making big decisions about the rest of their season while playing a three-game set against the Dodgers in Los Angeles. Good luck.
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#Mariners #Dodgers #enough #arlington

The MLB season is nearing the trade deadline and entering the playoff push. With under 60 games left, teams are making final pushes for playoff berths. Player production has become vital, and improved play has helped specific teams join the playoff race. Entering the week, here are the top 10 second basemen.
MORE: One player every MLB team will trade at the 2026 trade deadline
Feb 23, 2026; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Seattle Mariners infielder Cole Young against the Los Angeles Dodgers during a spring training game at Camelback Ranch-Glendale. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images
Young has improved his numbers in year two. Entering the week, he leads Seattle in WAR. He will be a key offensive piece as the Mariners compete for a playoff berth.
Meidroth has improved in his second season, and the White Sox have been one of the best stories during the 2026 season. Entering the week, the Chicago second baseman ranks top 10 in hits, runs, and on-base percentage among MLB second basemen.

#entering #week #Seattle #Mariners

Rangers 7, Mariners 3
That was a very nice way to end the series, and the homestand.
Having good ****** ar Rocker on the mound certainly helped quite a bit.
I didn't think we were going to have good ****** ar Rocker in the early going. After a quick first, Randy Arozarena took Rocker deep to start the second inning, negating Joc Pederson's leadoff home run in the bottom of the first.
Then, staked to a 4-1 lead when he took the mound to start the third inning, thanks to Pederson's second homer of the day, Rocker gave up a flared single, a rocket single, and a line drive from Julio Rodriguez that resulted in a sacrifice fly, making it 4-2.

#rocker #good #going #took

Grimsby Town have signed midfielder Cian Doyle on a two-year contract from Bray Wanderers.
Doyle has joined for an undisclosed fee from the League of Ireland First Division side for whom he has played 53 league games, scoring five times.
"Cian is a bright, energetic and young midfielder who we feel has a high ceiling," said Grimsby head coach David Artell.
The 21-year-old is the Mariners' fifth signing of the summer as they try to improve on last year's seventh place in League Two.

#league #year #bray

Good morning, Camden Chatters.
The Orioles have less than a week to decide whether they'll be buyers or sellers at the trade deadline. Their two series before that Aug. 3 date, a three-game trip to Detroit and three at home against the Phillies, could be critically important for deciding the near-term direction of the club.
Last night, the O's looked like a team that plans to stay in the postseason race, winning the opener against the Tigers in a series with big wild card implications. Even with ace Kyle Bradish suffering a rare bad outing, the Birds used a 12-hit, three-homer offensive explosion and a superb combined effort from four relievers to secure an 8-5 victory. Check out Alex Church's recap of the high-scoring affair.
With so many teams jostling for position on the fringes of the wild card race, we're at the point where every win (and every loss) shuffles the Orioles' status in the pecking order. Their victory last night pulled them back within two games of the rained-out Guardians for the final wild card spot, and inched them a game behind the idle Twins. The O's also pulled even with the Mariners, who lost yesterday, and possibly a half game ahead of the Astros, who were trailing in Anaheim at the time of this writing.
When you see the standings laid out like that, it's more than reasonable to think that the Orioles have a good shot at earning a postseason spot. But all it takes is another losing streak and suddenly the O's could find themselves in a lousy position again. Two days from now, they could be four games out of wild card position and languishing behind three or four other teams once more. The margin for error at this point is incredibly slim, even with so many other AL teams struggling to get hot.

#four

Grimsby Town have signed midfielder Cian Doyle on a two-year contract from Bray Wanderers.
Doyle has joined for an undisclosed fee from the League of Ireland First Division side for whom he has played 53 league games, scoring five times.
"Cian is a bright, energetic and young midfielder who we feel has a high ceiling," said Grimsby head coach David Artell.
The 21-year-old is the Mariners' fifth signing of the summer as they try to improve on last year's seventh place in League Two.

#midfielder #year #bray #ireland

DETROIT, MICHIGAN - MAY 22: Gleyber Torres #25 of the Detroit Tigers plays against the Cleveland Guardians at Comerica Park on May 22, 2025 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
The MLB trade deadline is less than two weeks away. As teams look to fortify their rosters for the stretch run, fantasy managers can help their squads by scouring the waiver wire for reinforcements. Let’s highlight five players to consider adding who are still available in the majority of Yahoo leagues.
Torres has been limited to 46 games this season because of injury. He recently missed over a month with an oblique ailment. Across three games since making his return, he is 3-for-11 with two walks and a run scored. He continues to show a good eye at the plate, recording a 15.3% walk rate and a 19.2% strikeout rate for the season. That has enabled him to record a .351 wOBA. The Tigers will play six games next, including three at the Athletics’ hitter-friendly park. Don’t hesitate to add Torres if you need help at second base.
Sasaki is coming off a good start against the Yankees in which he gave up one unearned run over 5 2/3 innings. The most encouraging stat from that outing was that he didn’t give up a home run for the first time since the middle of May. In Week 19, he is lined up to make a start at home against the Mariners. He has been good there, recording a 3.69 xFIP, 1.29 WHIP and 26.4% strikeout rate in Los Angeles. Consider him one of the better streaming options to target.
Ewing is swinging a hot bat, hitting 17-for-53 (.321) with two home runs and four doubles across his last 12 games. He even stole three bases during that span, giving him a total of 11 steals over 63 games. After showing an adept skill of getting on base throughout his time in the minors, he is batting .274 with a .345 OBP with the Mets. New York is slated to play seven games next week, so Ewing will have plenty of opportunities to provide fantasy value.

#good #rate #ewing

One Seattle Mariners fan has received the perfect gift after being hit in the face by a Julio Rodriguez home run.
It has been a rocky period for the Mariners, with Dan Wilson’s team only just maintaining a record over .500.
Tuesday saw the Mariners secure a convincing victory over the Cincinnati Reds, with Rodriguez capping off the scoring in the eighth with a homer.
For lifelong fan Nikki Jones, that home run ball caused a serious impact as she misjudged her catch and felt the ball strike her in the face.
Having not only suffered the impact of being struck in the face, Jones also lost out on the home run ball.

#ball

Because not even the off-day can come without some ****** mer Mariners news, Adam Jude of the Seattle Times reports that the Mariners are parting ways with ****** istant hitting coach Bobby Magallenes.
Magallanes joined the staff prior to the 2025 season along with hitting coach Kevin Seitzer, both of whom had been unceremoniously fired by Atlanta after the 2024 season when the Braves finished the season 89-73. That mark was good for second place in the AL East, but broke the Braves' streak of six consecutive division ****** les, even though Atlanta still qualified for the playoffs, where they were swept by the Padres in the Wild Card series. It was a surprising move at the time, and looked on with consternation by many Atlanta fans as Seitzer and Magallanes went on to help the 2025 Mariners get deeper into the playoffs than any other Mariners team in history, making it all the way to the ALCS.
But baseball is often a sport of what-have-you-done-for-me-lately, and the Mariners, floundering after a 3-3 homestand against two of the worst teams in the NL, opted to make a move to try to spark some offense. While bold staffing changes is a common mid-season move among teams that are dramatically failing to live up to expectations, it's curious that Seitzer and Magallanes – long regarded as a package deal and sharing a similar hitting philosophy – weren't both let go. The ineptitude of the Mariners offense, last or near the bottom of the list in most offensive categories, is obvious, but like the 2024 Braves, Seattle's lineup has been wracked by injuries that have affected, at least temporarily, basically every member of the Opening Day roster except second baseman Cole Young [knocks on wood, pours salt circle, extends giant protective umbrella over Cole]. Furthermore, the bilingual Magallanes was a popular figure in the clubhouse, known for his "heck yeah, shoot yeah!" exclamation after wins or offensive outbursts; the deeply religious Magallanes was also a faith leader on the staff, something that resonated with hitters and pitchers alike.
While Seitzer preached an overall hitting mindset and approach, Magallanes's role on staff was to be responsible for more of the nuts-and-bolts mechanical adjustments, something Director of Hitting Edgar Martinez (who remains on staff) also focuses on, so the team might be looking for a new voice to fill that particular role and hopefully create some better on-field results.
To do that, they've promoted Ed Paparella, the Mariners' minor-league hitting coordinator, to a major-league role. The Mariners actually signed Paparella back in 2021 as a free agent out of South Alabama, and while he never played professionally, he quickly ascended the ranks of the minor leagues. At 31, Paparella is more than two decades younger than the 56-year-old Magallanes, and three decades younger than Martinez or Seitzer, perhaps providing more of a peer-adjacent perspective for the Mariners and creating some age diversity on the hi

Mariners' Emerson Hancock rumor throws twist into Luis Castillo trade talks originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Seattle Mariners have a lot of starting pitchers.
That surplus has always seemed like a logical place for them to deal from ahead of the MLB trade deadline, regardless of whether moves would be considering "buying" or "selling." In this case, it would simply be the Mariners giving up a loaded position to improve in a different way.
All along, it's been ***** umed that the veteran Luis Castillo would be the most likely trade candidate.
An article on Thursday by The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal and Will Sammon, though, suggests that they might actually trade Emerson Hancock.

#hancock

Hello, friends.
The Orioles found a way to avoid a complete disaster of a series in Boston by winning the second game of yesterday’s doubleheader, in the process stopping the Red Sox from setting a new franchise record for longest winning streak. The first game of the doubleheader was almost as bad as the first one was good. Check out Paul Folkemer’s recap of the first game if you want some not-so-lovely totals, and John Beers’s recap of the second game if you’re more in the mood for some lovely totals.
Splitting the doubleheader leaves the Orioles at 50-53 on the season, three games out of the third wild card spot with two teams to pass. Those teams are the Red Sox and Mariners, each of whom currently holds the head-to-head tiebreaker over the Orioles. They are in better shape than they were before the seven-game winning streak. They have, for now, passed a lot of the other fringe contenders who were in their way. That’s worth something. I don’t know if it will end up being worth enough.
There are nine games left to play before the August trade deadline. What kind of record do the Orioles need between now and then to have it where you definitely think they need to push the chips in for this year? More importantly, where do the Orioles even have an opportunity to buy?
On the other side, what record would send you into “sell-off” territory? It’s tough to feel like there should be any buying when the team is three games below .500. It’s also tough to contemplate the team being dismantled when the team is three games out of a playoff spot.

#orioles #record #first

Hot dogs, peanuts, popcorn, and pretzels have long been staples of the ballpark experience. Yet in Seattle, baseball fans have embraced a snack that surprises many first-time visitors: toasted grasshoppers. What began as a specialty dish at a local restaurant quickly evolved into one of the most talked-about concessions at Seattle Mariners games. The unusual offering not only challenged expectations about stadium food but also introduced thousands of people to a traditional ingredient that has been enjoyed in parts of the world for centuries.
The story begins at Poquitos, a Mexican-inspired restaurant in Seattle led by executive chef Manny Arce. When the restaurant first opened, Arce added toasted grasshoppers, known in Mexican cuisine as chapulines, to the menu as a novelty. Chapulines have been eaten for generations, particularly in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, where they are considered a popular street food and a rich source of protein. Seasoned simply with salt, lime, and chili, they offer a crunchy texture and a savory flavor that many diners compare to roasted sunflower seeds with a hint of spice.
Although the snack attracted curious customers at the restaurant, its popularity reached an entirely new level when the Seattle Mariners expressed interest in featuring it at what is now known as T-Mobile Park, formerly Safeco Field. After sampling the product, the organization decided it would make a unique addition to the stadium's food lineup. The response exceeded every expectation. Fans eager to try something different lined up to buy the toasted grasshoppers, and supplies disappeared almost immediately during games.
What initially seemed like a niche offering quickly became a stadium sensation. Chef Arce expected that his first shipment of approximately 50 pounds would last several weeks. Instead, it sold out in a single day. As demand continued to grow, the numbers became astonishing. More than 300,000 individual servings were eventually sold, requiring well over 1,000 pounds of grasshoppers to keep up with fan interest. On many game days, vendors ran out before the first inning had even ended.
The success of the snack reflects changing attitudes toward food and the growing willingness of consumers to explore unfamiliar culinary traditions. Around the world, edible insects are recognized as nutritious, environmentally sustainable sources of protein that require fewer natural resources than conventional livestock. While many people still view the idea with hesitation, others appreciate the opportunity to experience flavors that are common in different cultures.

#many #first #mexican

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Chase Meidroth went 4 for 4 while he and Andrew Benintendi had a pair of run-scoring singles apiece, Anthony Kay pushed through five innings for his first win in more than a month, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Texas Rangers 4-2 on Wednesday night.
Braden Montgomery scored all three times he reached base. Meidroth's fourth career four-hit game helped the White Sox move out of a tie with Cleveland atop the American League Central as the Guardians lost to Minnesota 10-6.
Texas rookie Cam Cauley hit his first major league homer as the Rangers dropped back to .500 but stayed in first place in the AL West by a half-game over Seattle with the defending division champion Mariners' second consecutive loss to Cincinnati.
Kay (7-4) allowed five hits and two runs to end a six-start winless streak. The left-hander hit his majors-leading 19th batter to put Cauley on and load the bases with no outs in the fourth. Elias Díaz’s double-play grounder brought home Brandon Nimmo, and Kay preserved a 3-2 lead by striking out Alejandro Osuna.
Four Chicago relievers finished with four hitless innings. Bryan Hudson had two strikeouts in a 1-2-3 ninth for his fourth save.

#fourth #Chicago #rangers

It wasn’t a start to the second half that the Mariners could afford to have.
After Eduard Bazardo allowed the bottom two hitters of the Reds order to reach in the top of the seventh Wednesday, Sal Stewart punished him with a two-out, three-run homer just over the wall in right field to give Cincinnati a 5-3 lead and deliver a back-breaking blow to a Mariners team that is, for a lack of a better way to say it, running out of time to figure things out.
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The homer proved to be decisive. With the loss, the Mariners once again fall below .500 — this time over 100 games into a season where they were viewed by many to be a favorite in a weak American League. For months now, I’ve lived with a mindset that things will turn. However, as more days pass and the results fail to improve, I’m forced to confront the reality that maybe this is who the 2026 Mariners are. Underperformances from stars, terrible injury luck, and a failure to make the most of their opportunities — it could all be too much to overcome.
It’s not over, but the turning point is going to have to come soon.

#homer #things #eduard #cincinnati

Hello! I'm Jon. When Alex and I were piecing together the script for "The History of the Seattle Mariners" way back in 2019, our short Lenny Randle segment went through a couple of revisions. Although he only spent a small fraction of his career in Seattle, Lenny established himself as a Mariners legend, and we had to rein ourselves in from writing an extensive tangent covering his entire story.
It took us long enough, but six-plus years later, Lenny finally gets his own Secret Base video. Time and again, he found himself standing center stage during baseball's oddest, most chaotic scenes. Sometimes he just happened to be there and passively observed the ruckus. Other times, he conjured it himself. Since "The History of Charging the Mound" is, above all else, a story about baseball chaos, it was inevitable that he'd find himself here.
Hope you enjoy his story as much as I did. As always, if you want more from this series, or more special projects like this, and get them as soon as they're ready – check out Secret Base on Patreon. If you're a member over there, then you would've gotten to see an uncensored ******* in this video. Best sales pitch we've got.

#story #history #alex

The trend has been obvious in recent weeks — the fantasy baseball waiver wire is full of appealing hitters but barren of impactful starting pitchers. Few skilled starters have recently been promoted to the majors, and the few who recently emerged — such as Griffin Jax and Jake Bennett — were quickly scooped up by managers who were desperate to add another arm.
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The free agent imbalance can be tied to the trade market, since wise managers are consistently balancing all methods to improve their roster. It may be a good time to trade hitters for pitchers, as managers can quickly fill the vacated hitting spot with one of the players mentioned in this most recent waiver wire article. With this plan in mind, here are some pitchers to target on the trade market.
Bryan Woo, SP, Mariners: Although it's normal for Seattle pitchers to fare best when working at their pitcher-friendly home park, the splits for Woo this season are eye-popping. The right-hander has pitched like a Cy Young winner at T-Mobile Park (2.20 ERA) and a minor leaguer on the road (6.28 ERA). Some of the gap stems from a superior strikeout rate at home, but much of the problem lies in BABIP gap of over 100 points. Woo entered the season with a reasonable ERA gap of 1.09 between his home and road marks, and the expectation here is that he will find better success in his road starts during the second half. If that happens, he will be a top-10 pitcher who can currently be acquired for a reasonable return.
Reid Detmers, SP/RP, Angels: After enjoying a dazzling five-start stretch (1.36 ERA, 0.55 WHIP, 39:5 K:BB ratio) from late May to the middle of June, Detmers allowed exactly five earned runs in three of his final four first-half outings. Such is life for the inconsistent southpaw, who opened the second half by striking out seven Tigers over six shutout innings. Managers who already have a strong pitching staff may wish to avoid such an inconsistent hurler, but those who need to swing for the fences this summer should make a buy-low acquisition on Detmers, who has terrific swing-and-miss skills (10.2 K/9 rate) and a notable gap between his 4.16 ERA and 3.27 xERA.

#half #park

The Cincinnati Reds were losing 7-0 to the Seattle Mariners in Seattle on July 20 when Victor Robles hit a grounder up the middle off of Reds reliever Caleb Ferguson, who had surrendered a grand slam to Cal Raleigh three batters earlier.
Second-base umpire Bill Miller got in second baseman Edwin Arroyo's way as Arroyo tried to field the ball, which rolled into center field for a base hit.
Ferguson turned around and yelled at Miller, and Jomboy Media shared via Twitter/X what Ferguson appeared to say to Miller.
"(Expletive) (expletive), get out of the way," Ferguson appeared to say to Miller. "Fat (expletive)!"
Miller appeared to nod but did not reply verbally to Ferguson or eject Ferguson from the game.

#miller #appeared #cincinnati

The Philadelphia Phillies have the 11th-best starting pitcher ERA in baseball this year, but that is being carried by the top of their rotation.
The team has a 7.33 ERA from its fifth rotation spot and is 5-20 in games not started by Cristopher Sánchez, Zack Wheeler, Jesús Luzardo or Aaron Nola. If they want to win the National League, they need another arm, and according to NBC Sports Philadelphia's Jim Salisbury, they know that.
"The Phillies are actively looking to trade for a back-end starting pitcher," wrote Salisbury on Monday. "If they can't pull off a deal before Saturday, they could bring up 32-year-old right-hander Brian Keller from Triple A. Keller has pitched in the Red Sox and Yankees organizations. He spent time in ****** an, had Tommy John surgery, and signed a minor-league deal with the Phillies in May. He has allowed just two runs in his last four starts while going six innings in three of them."
Luckily for the Phillies, there is no shortage of starting pitching available this summer. Freddy Peralta, Reid Detmers and Jose Soriano could all be on the move. However, if the Phillies are looking for a back-end starter, they may not be looking to overpay. They could target a team like the Seattle Mariners or Milwaukee Brewers, who may be willing to deal from their depth.
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#looking

SEATTLE — On paper, the move made plenty of sense.
The Cincinnati Reds trailed the Seattle Mariners 3-0 in the seventh inning and were on the verge of watching their deficit grow. The Mariners had runners at second and third, so Reds manager Terry Francona ordered lefty Caleb Ferguson to intentionally walk Dominic Canzone to load the bases.
That brought up Cal Raleigh, last year's AL MVP runner-up. The slumping catcher is hitting just .163 this season, but he pounced on the first pitch and turned on a hanging breaking ball, sending it 408 feet into the left-field bleachers to break open the game in an 8-0 victory.
Francona stood by his decision, and said he would make the same one again every time.
"I know what Raleigh's hitting and, he still worries me," the veteran skipper said with a laugh. "But, I thought that was our best chance to have them not score. We could play the infield double-play depth. And, the worst possible outcome happened."

#Seattle #francona #hitting

The American League shutout the National League 4-0 on Tuesday in the 2026 All-Star Game. Here’s some notes I took.
Keeping Score: I decided to watch the All-Star Game this year. Not only that, I decided to score the All-Star Game this year. I recently found my old scorebook and thought it’d be fun, since I’m here recapping this with you anyways. The first game in this scorebook is a Félix Hernández complete game from Opening Day 2011. The last is both halves of a doubleheader between Washington State University and Cal State Northridge in Pullman that I covered for the school paper in 2017. In between there’s the Mariners/Marlins game that was played in Seattle because of a U2 concert in Miami; a game from the Tokyo Dome that I woke up at 2 a.m. for, per my diligent notes; a game started by Blake Beavan that I did not proceed to score after the first inning; the Red Sox first game after the Boston Marathon bombing; a 2013 WBC game; a 2017 WBC game; and a bunch of losing Mariners baseball. I’m not quite sure what the point of scoring games is in 2026, with technology and such. But I’m adding to my corporeal collection of bizarre baseball games that I might not otherwise remember.
Star-Less: The 2026 All-Star Game was relatively starless. No Aaron Judge. No Shohei Ohtani. Yes Ernie Clement. I won’t lie and say that this adds to my interest in the All-Star Game, as I watch pretty much every year, albeit more passively. But it is cool that we’ll get to see a lot more of the B+ quality of player that I think makes the league so interesting these days. My takeaways from the starting lineups are that I think it’s cool CJ Abrams is batting fourth for the NL. What a year it’s been for him. The other takeaway is I initially wrote Freddie Freeman’s team in my book as “ATL” rather than “LAD.” I’m not sure what that means, but it’s the first mistake on what’s sure to be a rather messy scorecard.
The Pregame: I’m writing this as the lineups are being announced. Each player is entering through an MLB-branded Liberty Bell and jogging a few feet to a podium, where they’re signing what appears to be the starting lineups on a large, old-timey document using quill and ink. What I’ve gotten out of this All-Star week is that Philadelphia really wants you to know that their culture is boxing, the founding fathers, and booing other teams players. The only players who didn’t get booed on announcement were the Phillies players and the Philly-born players (like Mike Trout). After all the players were aligned on the chalk — a process that took a bit more than 30 minutes — the Mastercard Kids4Techᵀᴹ entered and shook all the players hands.
The Post-Pregame: Play ball! Er, commercial break… Washington’s Lottery, North Idaho College, RnR RV Center, some sort of sponcon game show called Beat Shazam… and Play Ball! Er, no let’s hear from our hosts tonight, Joe Davis and John Smoltz, who I haven’t seen since the postseason. They’re interviewing Justin Verlander, and hinting

Red Sox acquire former Yankees outfielder in All-Star break trade with Tigers originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Boston Red Sox surged before the All-Star break, winning nine consecutive games.
A remarkable turnaround has the AL East club less than a game behind the Minnesota Twins and Seattle Mariners for the third and final AL Wild Card spot.
Suddenly, the Red Sox are destined to be buyers at the trade deadline.
Boston's front office has already begun to make additions to the roster.

Jason Krieger finally got the call many thought could have come three years ago.
The 2023 Red Lion graduate was selected by the New York Yankees in the 17th round of the MLB draft on Sunday, July 12. The 6-foot-5 right-handed pitcher spent his college career at the University of Maine after he went undrafted out of high school.
This year he was named to the America East All-Conference first team after recording 55 strikeouts in 88.2 innings. The redshirt junior finished with a 4.57 ERA after missing the 2025 season while recovering from Tommy John surgery.
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Krieger went 2-0 with a .59 ERA in four games this year for the Harwich Mariners in the Cape Cod Baseball League, one of the top collegiate summer leagues in the country. He also had one save and struck out 16.

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It's officially time for 2026 MLB All-Star week, and a beloved event will be returning Monday — the Home Run Derby.
While the premise remains the same, this year's Derby will have a brand-new format, which is expected to benefit both participants and fans. Instead of competing within a time limit, sluggers will be allotted a set number of swings per round, with no bracket or bonus round included in the structure.
Four batters stepped up immediately and confirmed to be competing: Wilson Contreras (Red Sox), Jac Caglianone (Royals), Ben Rice (Yankees) and Junior Caminero (Rays). Jordan Walker (Cardinals) has also since been confirmed.
The Mariners' Cal Raleigh won the 2025 competition, defeating Caminero in the final round to become the first-ever catcher to win the event. Who will be victorious this year?

The Tampa Bay Rays couldn't end the first half of the season with a win, but they are still in a great spot as they arrive at the MLB All-Star Break.
The team fell short of completing the series sweep at Tropicana Field as the Seattle Mariners salvaged the final game, defeating the Rays 8-2. Here is what you need to know about the contest.
Ian Seymour got the start to end the first half of the season for the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday, and it wasn't his best outing.
After starting off strong in the first inning, he allowed too much base traffic the next frame and allowed three runs to score. Seymour finished with 3.1 innings on the day, allowing five earned runs on six hits, striking out three but also walking three.
The four relievers that came out of the bullpen following Seymour did their best to play damage control but allowed two more earned runs across the final 5.2 innings in the game.

You might have missed it because MLB is terrible at marketing its own product, but today was the Futures Game, the de facto All-Star game for minor-leaguers. It was also the second day of the MLB Draft, covering sixteen rounds in a single day, and the final day of the Mariners' current Road Trip From ****** , all conveniently happening at the same time – early on a Sunday here on the west coast. Like, 9 AM early. And also streamed on Peacock. Apparently while a helicopter hovered overhead directly next to the on-field mics. So it's actually more surprising if you did watch the American League prospects defeat the National League prospects, 6-1.
If you did tune in, hopefully it wasn't too late, because Kade Anderson appeared in the game for a flash. He was the AL squad's starting pitcher, and needed just ten pitches for his first and only inning of work. The box score will tell you that Anderson threw six of his ten pitches for strikes and the box score is a liar, because HP umpire Alex Shears engaged in a bit of nominative determinism and clipped Anderson for two pitches at the bottom of the zone that should have been ruled strikes.
Anderson's outing will likely be overlooked in favor of Pirates prospect Seth Hernandez – who might have been a Mariner if the Angels had actually taken Anderson as everyone expected them to instead of whatever it was they did in the 2025 draft – as Hernandez had a clean 1-2-3 inning with two strikeouts where his fastball touched 101 mph. Big stuff, very nasty (was gifted a strike call outside the zone, not that I'm counting).
But Anderson was a quiet ****** assin on the mound, a model of efficiency cutting through the top of the NL lineup. He elicited a weak contact popout from leadoff hitter Eli Willits of the Nationals on the second pitch of his at-bat on a perfectly located fastball up and in. Anderson fell behind his next hitter, the Rockies' Roldy Brito, 2-1, as he couldn't quite get the feel for his changeup, but then dropped in a slider Brito swung over for a weak contact comebacker cleanly fielded by Anderson. The Brewers' Jesús Made ruined what should have been a clean 1-2-3 inning for Anderson, swinging at a 95 mph fastball in at his knees in a 1-1 count (should have been an 0-2 count) and managing to parachute it weakly into right field, where it dropped into no-man's-land between the second baseman and right fielder. But Anderson recovered against Rockies prospect Charlie Condon, getting a first pitch flyout on a slider that was actually the hardest hit ball all day against Anderson at 97 mph. Maybe it's a factor of pitching at ****** ey-Stephens Park, but Anderson seemed to know without turning around that the ball was destined for an outfielder's glove.
It was a stark contrast for Anderson from his last national showcase outing, the Spring Breakout game this spring training. The spring game between the Mariners and Brewers drew a lot of national attention, with one of the densest collections of Top-

"It's the injuries" is a common excuse for why the A's, once 38-38 and in the thick of a weak AL West race, have cratered, fallen, and can't get up. "Wait until we're back at full strength" is a commonly heard game plan for letting a season in which 2 games over .500 gets you 1st place at the All-Star break slip away in a slow but deadly implosion.
Without question the A's have missed, when out, Jacob Wilson and Zack Gelof, Tyler Soderstrom and Luis Severino, even Brent Rooker though he never got his season untracked. At the same time, no one in the division is feeling too sorry for the A's just because they have not been at full strength and have been without some key cogs.
The Mariners were without Cal Raleigh for a long stretch and Brendan Donovan last played on May 13th. The Rangers were long absent Wyatt Langford, lost Corey Seager to an IL stint, and Cody Bradford has yet to throw a pitch all season. The Astros were without Jeremy Peña for 5 weeks while Carlos Correa is out for the season and Hunter Brown only recently rejoined the rotation. The difference is that these teams weathered their adversity enough to win roughly half their games.
Here are some truths that better explain why the A's sit at 41-55 at the All-Star break when even just 48-48 would have served them quite well…
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