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Following a 60-game season in which the Mariners were 27-33, general manager Jerry Dipoto and manager Scott Servais said the 2021 club, with the right roster additions, should vie for a postseason spot.
While the Mariners' current rebuilding plan still is in the process of achieving actual on-field success at the MLB level and securing that elusive postseason spot that's been missing since 2001, the prospects accumulated through general manager Jerry Dipoto's "step back" process have at least restocked a barren farm system while generating hope for a brighter future.
The Seattle Mariners are giving fans unprecedented insider access to players and Front Office executives with a Virtual Baseball Bash, a series of online events and activities across all team digital platforms: Mariners.com, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, and even Twitch, the…
As recently as 2017 and 2018, the annual offseason announcements of prospect lists and farm-system rankings from various media outlets were not met with great enthusiasm from Mariners fans.
After Shed Long lost the Mariners' starting second base job, it appears Dylan Moore will be given every chance to take over entering next season.
Seattle finished the season with a 27-33 record and in third place in the American League West after a 6-2 loss to Oakland on Sunday.
The Mariners' weekend series slated in Seattle against the Padres has been moved to San Diego due to poor air quality from wildfire smoke.
Today's doubleheader between the Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athletics today at T-Mobile Park in Seattle is still scheduled to be played despite poor air quality from wildfire smoke.
SEATTLE — Even Charlie Blackmon staying hot at the plate was upstaged on this night by a foursome of Colorado Rockies pitchers, led by the debut of rookie Ryan Castellani.
Here's the thing about rallies in baseball or in any sport: They are never just a product of the offense, even though that's often what is most remembered.
To cut their roster down to 28 players, the Mariners option Jose Marmolejos and Bryan Shaw to Tacoma
Based on the agreed-upon guidelines for the 2020 MLB season, the Mariners trimmed their 30-man roster down to 28 on Thursday morning, optioning first baseman/outfielder Jose Marmolejos and right-handed reliever Bryan Shaw to the team’s alternative training site in Tacoma.
SEATTLE (AP) — Shohei Ohtani homered in his first plate appearance since being shut down as a pitcher, Dylan Bundy struck out 10 in the third complete game of his career and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Seattle Mariners 6-1 on Thursday.
In the first days of the season, Dylan Moore sat and watched others get the playing time he desperately craved.
SEATTLE — Scorching slugger Kyle Seager hit a three-run homer, rookie Kyle Lewis stayed hot with an RBI single, and the Seattle Mariners overcame two home runs by Mike Trout to beat the Los Angeles Angels 7-6 on Wednesday night.
SEATTLE (AP) — Pinch-hitter Robbie Grossman lined an RBI double to score Tony Kemp in the top of the 10th inning, and the Oakland Athletics rallied for a 3-2 win over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday night.
If only the cardboard cutouts of players' families, fans of all ages and backgrounds, a few dogs and someone dressed as a lucha libre professional wrestler could go from fastened to the forest green seats of T-Mobile Park to their feet for a standing ovation.
TACOMA, Wash. — As Jarred Kelenic walked to the plate for his first at-bat at Cheney Stadium, there was no walk-up music blasting. There were no fans to cheer with excitement for seeing their prized prospect make his debut at the Triple-A level. And there wasn’t a real opposing team looking …
For the sixth time in their only six games of the 2020 season, the Mariners allowed more than six runs in game -- numerology aside -- it's a dubious distinction to be certain. But given the limited pitch counts for their starting pitchers and some of their inexperience or past inconsistency,…
The unmistakable sound — not as jarring as a rifle blast but more intoxicating than a popped cork of celebratory Champagne — came first.
SEATTLE — Even though the 2020 Major League Baseball season doesn’t officially begin until July 23-24, the league released the schedule for the 2021 season Thursday morning.
The last of the Mariners’ six draft picks from the 2020 Major League Baseball amateur draft signed his professional contract on Monday.
SEATTLE — With the 2020 Major League Baseball draft limited to just five rounds due to the shutdown because of the novel coronavirus, the Mariners stayed within the college ranks for all their selections, taking five college players on Day 2 — the final day.
With Major League Baseball shut down due to the spread of the novel coronavirus and the likelihood of resuming the 2020 season still largely unknown, the job status of some employees within the 30 teams has seemed tenuous.
It’s like going back through the entire seasons of your favorite TV shows for a second or third time: You’ve seen the episode before, you know what’s going to happen, and you still can’t get enough.
During the endless days of spring training, or even the slogging grind of the regular season, trying to get Tim Laker for an interview is almost impossible.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Beyond the technology that measured the spin rate, axis, pitch shape and release point, all of which suggested that it would beneficial to try something different, there needed to be trust.
PEORIA, Ariz. — Two of the Seattle Mariners’ top prospects had a chance to tie or win the game in the bottom of the ninth inning, but Texas held on for a 7-5 victory in the Cactus League opener here on Sunday.
PEORIA, Ariz. — If it were 2012, the image of Carlos Gonzalez in a Mariners uniform would’ve been met with joy and anticipation from fans starved for superstars and potent hitters.
SEATTLE — The Mariners picked up some pitching depth and versatility Friday, claiming left-handed pitcher Nick Margevicius off waivers from the Padres.
SEATTLE — For the first time in his career, Felix Hernandez will go to spring training with an organization other than the Seattle Mariners.
The 2020 Mariners Care Community Tour is making a stop at Cordiner Hall on the Whitman College campus from 4:30-6 p.m. on Thursday.
The 2020 Mariners Care Community Tour hits the road in January, visiting communities around the state of Washington, and makes a stop at Whitman College's Cordiner Hall from 4:30-6 p.m. on Jan. 9.
SAN DIEGO – The Mariners’ most coveted player last offseason remains one of their most coveted this offseason, despite an interrupted season in which he missed the last 99 games due to injury.
SAN DIEGO — While reporters outside of the Seattle market and various employees from teams around Major League Baseball steadfastly refuse to believe it to be true, the Mariners and general manager Jerry Dipoto appear to be doing what he predicted leading up to the four-day winter meetings —…
SEATTLE — With the demand for Major League catching higher than expected and the Mariners sitting with a small surplus at the position, Seattle general manager Jerry Dipoto tried to capitalize on the situation to acquire some more young talent for his current rebuild with a trade this morning.
SEATTLE — Evan White slipped on the crisp, white Mariners jersey with the No. 12 on the back, fumbling with the buttons and shaming himself for his clumsiness, while apologizing for taking so long as people waited to take his picture.
Kristopher Negron celebrates a run in the M’s dugout during his 2018 season in Seattle.
SEATTLE — The outcome seemed certain after a seven-run first inning and then became a little less so midway through the game, but it became official late Tuesday evening when closer Daniel Hudson secured the final out of the Washington Nationals’ 7-4 victory over the Cardinals at Nationals Park.
SEATTLE — Exactly a year and a day ago, the first use of the phrase “step back” was used in the context of the Mariners’ potential plans for the offseason.
SEATTLE — The sobering reality of the Mariners’ “step-back” season and all that it would entail on the field — specifically the losing and lack of talent — didn’t set in for most fans until a month into the season.
SEATTLE — With the season now over, the Mariners, according to multiple Major League Baseball sources, will make some changes to their big-league coaching staff after finishing 68-94 in 2019.
SEATTLE — The “step-back” season of 2019 mercifully came to a close Sunday for the Mariners with something that only happened about once every three games after their 13-2 start to the season – a victory. A group of seven Mariners, working in short bursts of either two or one inning, combine…
SEATTLE — On a night when it was supposed to be about him, Felix Hernandez, of course, made it about them.
SEATTLE — The Mariners avoided making Major League Baseball history Wednesday night at T-Mobile Park. And that was a good thing.
SEATTLE — Unlike the beatdowns they endured at Minute Maid Park, the Mariners weren’t blown out, drubbed, shellacked or whatever word fits your description of decisive defeat.
BALTIMORE — For one brief moment, the Chris Davis of years ago made an appearance at Camden Yards.
PITTSBURGH — There was some good, some bad and some in between for Yusei Kikuchi on Thursday.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — After hitting four home runs in his first six games, Kyle Lewis finally hit a rough patch when he struck out four times in his last one.
