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Taijuan Walker Solid In No Decision
Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Taijuan Walker gave up one unearned run on six hits and a walk through six innings in Wednesday's game versus the Rangers. Walker has been inconsistent throughout his major league career and 2020 has been no different. Through four starts this season Walker has had two starts of six innings or... Read More
Marco Gonzales Gives Up Four In Loss
Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Marco Gonzales gave up four runs on seven hits and a walk through five innings in Tuesday's loss to the Rangers. After back-to-back great starts, this was a disappointing outing for Gonzales, especially against a Rangers team ranked 28th in OPS. Gonzales only struck out two batters after striking out 13... Read More
Kyle Seager Drives In Four Monday
Seattle Mariners third baseman Kyle Seager went 2-for-5 with a home run and four RBI in Monday's win over the Rangers. Seager has been staying productive this season hitting .297 with three home runs, six doubles, 11 runs and 18 RBI. Seager has played every game so far this season and his 18 RBI rank... Read More
Kyle Lewis Collects Three Hits Monday
Seattle Mariners outfielder Kyle Lewis went 3-for-5 with a home run, three RBI, two runs and a walk in Monday's win over the Rangers. Lewis has been hot since the season started and has been showing no signs of cooling off lately as he has reached base in all but one game this season. Lewis... Read More
Justin Dunn Goes Six In Win Monday
Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Justin Dunn gave up two runs on seven hits and three walks over six innings in Monday's win over the Rangers. This was definitely the best start of the season for Dunn, but it still left a lot to be desired. It's great that Dunn was able to secure a win... Read More
Yoshihisa Hirano Could Face Live Batters Soon
Seattle Mariners relief pitcher Yoshihisa Hirano has been throwing bullpen sessions at the Mariners spring training facility in Peoria, Arizona as he continues to build up after testing positive for COVID-19. Greg Johns of MLB reports that Hirano should be transitioning to Tacoma soon to face live batters. As of now, the timetable for Hirano's... Read More
Taylor Williams Gets Thirds Save Sunday
Seattle Mariners relief pitcher Taylor Williams pitched 1 1/3 shut out innings allowing one hit and struck out three batters in his third save on Sunday. The Mariners have been alternating between Williams and Dan Altavilla for save opportunities since Yoshihisa Hirano has been out due to COVID-19. Altavilla imploded on Sunday giving up three... Read More
Dylan Moore Homers Sunday
Seattle Mariners outfielder Dylan Moore went 1-for-3 with a homer run, two RBI and was hit by a pitch in Sunday's win over the Rockies. Moore has been off to a great start to 2020 with a triple slash of .293/.326/.610 with three home runs and three stolen bases. Since making his 2020 debut on... Read More
Justus Sheffield Has Strong Outing Versus Rockies
Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Justus Sheffield gave up four hits and struck out seven over six scoreless innings in Sunday's win over the Rockies. This is the type of potential that Sheffield has flashed in the past and it was encouraging to finally see in 2020, especially against a hot Rockies lineup. That being said,... Read More
Mallex Smith Steals His Second Base Friday
Seattle Mariners outfielder Mallex Smith went 2-for-4 with an RBI and stolen base in Friday's loss to the Rockies. Smith has been a major disappointment to fantasy owners this season hitting just .147 with 11 strikeouts and only two stolen bases. After leading the majors in steals in 2019 with 46, fantasy owners drafted Smith... Read More
Austin Nola Homers In Friday's Loss
Seattle Mariners catcher Austin Nola went 2-for-4 with a double, a home run, three RBI and a run in Friday's loss to the Rockies. Nola has been swinging a hot bat lately putting up a triple slash of .324/.395/.588 with a home run and four doubles. For fantasy owners who are playing catcher roulette and... Read More
Yusei Kikuchi Takes Loss Friday
Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Yusei Kikuchi gave up four runs on six hits and a walk through 5 2/3 innings in Friday's loss to the Rockies. After a terrific bounce back start his last time out against the Athletics, Kikuchi looked more like this 2019 self in this start with the high WHIP and only... Read More
Daniel Vogelbach Crushes First Homer
Seattle Mariners first baseman and DH Daniel Vogelbach went 1-for-4 with a home run in Thursday's loss to the Angels. Vogelbach has only started eight of Seattle's 14 games this season and hasn't made the case for more playing time. Through his 31 plate appearances, Vogelbach only has three hits and one RBI outside of... Read More
Taijuan Walker Rough In Loss Thursday
Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Taijuan Walker gave up four runs on three hits and three walks through 3 2/3 innings in Thursday's loss to the Angels. After a dominant performance his last time out, this was a big disappointment for fantasy owners though it shouldn't have been surprising. Walker has always been an inconsistent pitcher... Read More
Austin Nola Doubles Twice Wednesday
Seattle Mariners catcher Austin Nola went 2-for-4 with two doubles, two RBI and two runs against the Angels on Wednesday. Since Tom Murphy landed on the injured list, Nola has been taking the bulk of work at catcher for the Mariners. Though Nola has been productive in his role, he will almost certainly be back... Read More
Dylan Moore Collects Three Hits Wednesday
Seattle Mariners outfielder Dylan Moore went 3-for-5 with a double, two runs and a stolen base in Wednesday's win over the Angels. Moore has been seeing a decent amount of playing time while Mitch Haniger is on the injured list and he is making the most of it. Moore is hitting .367 with two homers... Read More
J.P. Crawford Extends On Base Streak To 13
Seattle Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford went 1-for-4 with a run, a walk and a stolen base in Wednesday's win over the Angels. Crawford has been off to a great start to 2020 sporting a .421 OBP with 12 runs and three stolen bases. Crawford's plate discipline has been stellar so far this season as he... Read More
Marco Gonzales Goes Seven In Win
Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Marco Gonzales gave up three runs on three hits over seven innings in Wednesday's win over the Angels. That's now two starts in a row that Gonzales has looked dominant and with three earned runs and 13 strikeouts between them. Though both good starts were against the same team, the Angels,... Read More
Justin Dunn Struggles Again Tuesday
Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Justin Dunn gave up three runs on three hits and four walks through four innings in Tuesday's start against the Angels. Dunn has been disappointing so far this season allowing five runs and seven walks through just seven innings between two starts. Though Dunn shows promise in the long term, it's... Read More
Justus Sheffield Takes Loss Monday
Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Justus Sheffield gave up four runs on four hits and two walks through 4 2/3 innings in Monday's loss to the Athletics. Considering Oakland's bats seem to have heated up as they put up 11 runs against the Mariners, the damage could have been worse but this is still not an... Read More
Kyle Lewis Extends Hitting Streak To 10 Games With Homer
Seattle Mariners outfielder Kyle Lewis extended his hitting streak to 10 games on Sunday going 1-for-4 with a home run. Though this has been a great 10-day run for Lewis, there are some alarming signs that he is bound for some big regression. Through the Mariners first 10 games, Lewis has struck out in all... Read More
Yusei Kikuchi Dominates In No Decision
Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Yusei Kikuchi allowed three hits and one walk through six shutout innings against the Athletics on Saturday. After a disastrous first start against the Astros, Kikuchi looked dominant in this start, got his walk problems under control and even struck out nine batters. As impressive as this start was, fantasy owners... Read More
Taylor Williams Secures Second Save
Seattle Mariners relief pitcher Taylor Williams pitched a clean inning and secured his second save of the season in Friday's win over the Athletics. After Yoshihisa Hirano landed on the injured list, the Mariners seem to be taking the closer-by-committee approach as both Williams and Dan Altavilla have recorded saves for the team. For now,... Read More
Kyle Lewis Extends Multi-Hit Streak To Six Games
Seattle Mariners outfielder Kyle Lewis went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run in Friday's win over the Athletics. Lewis is now batting .455 on the season, has a hit in every game so far and multiple hits in his last six games. While Lewis has two home runs on the year, those are his... Read More
Taijuan Walker Pitches Seven Strong Innings Friday
Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Taijuan Walker gave up one hit and two walks over seven shutout innings in Friday's win over the Athletics. Walker looked great in his second start back from a lengthy absence and the strikeouts were back too as he struck out eight batters. Walker had a rough first start of the... Read More
Marco Gonzales Bounces Back With Stellar Performance
Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Marco Gonzales gave up two unearned runs on three hits and a walk and struck out six batters through 6 1/3 innings in Thursday's game against the Angels. Gonzales looked much better in this start, but he was pitching against a mediocre Angels lineup without Mike Trout. Gonzales is currently scheduled... Read More
Dan Altavilla Records First Save For Mariners
Seattle Mariners relief pitcher Dan Altavilla gave up one hit, struck out one batter and recorded his first save for Seattle in Wednesday's win over the Angels. Once Yoshihisa Hirano landed on the injured list before the season, it was assumed that Matt Magill would be in line for saves until Hirano returned but that... Read More
Kyle Seager Collects Three RBI Wednesday
Seattle Mariners third baseman Kyle Seager went 3-for-4 with three RBI, a run and a stolen base in Wednesday's win over the Angels. Seager has been off to a productive start to 2020 with at least one hit in all but one game so far. He also has one home run and three doubles in... Read More
J.P. Crawford Reaches Base Four Times
Seattle Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford went 2-for-3 with two walks, two RBI and two runs in Wednesday's game against the Angels. Crawford has gotten off to a nice start to the season as the leadoff man for the Mariners hitting .368 and reaching base in all but one game so far. However, Crawford has been... Read More
Kyle Lewis Continues Red Hot Start
Seattle Mariners outfielder Kyle Lewis went 3-for-5 with an RBI and a run in Wednesday's win against the Angels. Lewis now has a hit in every game this season and four multi-hit games in a row. The Mariners moved Lewis up to third in the batting order and he is likely to stay there for... Read More
