Lookout Landing

Photo by Steph Chambers/ The M’s superstar is trying to drag an inconsistent offense to water, but he can’t make it drink. Of the many gambles the Seattle Mariners have made in their efforts to “step back” and rebuild following the failed contention of the 2010s, the biggest bet has worked out the best: Julio Rodríguez is a superstar. If you want a single way of summarizing the 22-year-old’s brilliance, it wouldn’t hurt to look at who else in big league history has recorded 11 wins above replacement in their first two years as a big leaguer. It’s a short...

Photo by Alika Jenner/ Harry Ford simply cannot be stopped. Hello everyone! Let’s get to it. In Mariners news... In a recent spot for 710 ESPN Seattle, Jeff Passan talked about how dangerous the Rangers will be for the coming years and how the Mariners will need to get into high gear to keep pace. Harry Ford’s minor league season just ended and he’s already hitting homers for the British National Team. Two jacks for the Union Jack (via @WBSCEurope)@harry_ford x @GB_Baseball pic.twitter.com/9kN1vGIKwE— Mariners Player Development (@MsPlayerDev) September...

if this picture doesn’t melt your heart check to make sure you have one | Photo by Steph Chambers/ Kirby is dominant, Mariners string together some solid at-bats, King Trident quells the BABIP gods In a season fourteen episode of The Simpsons (“I’m Spelling As Fast As I Can”), Lisa asks her mom Marge if the family can afford to send Lisa to college. “Not on your father’s salary,” Marge replies, “but I could...give piano lessons!” When Lisa protests that she doesn’t play piano, Marge shrugs. “I just gotta stay one lesson ahead of the kid.” ...

Got ‘em. | Photo by Steph Chambers/ Chaos came back in a real way, but the real highlight was that the bats came to play. Mariners 6, Astros 2 Rumors of their death may have been exaggerated. Balls thrown into the visitors dugout scoring runs for the home team: George Kirby, .276 WPA Balls thrown on the field at the home team: Justin Topa, -.096 WPA Game thread comment of the day: And also as a reminder that it’s not All About Sports: Hooray! Good vibes!

Photo by Steph Chambers/ The only thing more chaos than chaos itself, is chaos twice over. GOMS, GOMS, and GOMS some more.

Photo by Ezra Shaw/ once again, breach, things of that nature The great thing about baseball is there’s almost always another game. The terrible thing about baseball is there’s almost always another game. The Mariners are running out of another games though, and face down a Houston team riding high off a dominant win last night. Lineups: Kirby’s on the bump. pic.twitter.com/H6OVGN4sST— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) September 26, 2023 Late night squad. : 9:05 PM : @ATTSportsNetSW : @SportsTalk790 | Spanish: 93.3 FM pic.twitter.com/p8xdQHMUZG— Houston...

Hello Seattle Mariners fans! Kate Preusser, Evan James and John Trupin for Meet at the Mitt episode 53 on September 26th. This week we are joined by special guest and King 5 sports reporter Jake Garcia to assess the state of the Mariners over their final 6 games. Jake details his love of baseball, his experience as a second baseman and gives some inside details on his favorite interviews with baseball players. After getting swept by the Texas Rangers in Arlington and dropping the first of a three games series to Houston at home, the Mariners find themselves on the ropes. Is...

Photo by Liv Lyons/MLB Photos via Josh Rojas finds a new opportunity in Seattle with fresh eyes While last night’s Mariners game had very little to recommend it, there was one bright spot: when Justin Verlander took the mound in the ninth inning, aiming for a spirit-crushing complete game shutout, one Mariner stood in his way, and it probably wasn’t the one you were expecting: It didn’t even make the MLB highlights package, but this was Rojas’s second hit of the game, as he recorded two of the three Mariners hits against Justin Verlander last...

David Kohl-USA TODAY Sports Joey Votto can really write, the Yankees season is a blight, and more Angels are out of sight (but will Mike Trout stay? He might.) In Mariners news... Before the Mariners played yesterday’s game, LL’s own btownfritz graciously took the time and effort to outline the many possible scenarios the Mariners might, or might not, make the playoffs. Julio Rodríguez, Teoscar Hernández y más peloteros de República Dominicana, con un mensaje importante para la próxima generación. The 2023 Seattle Mariners pitching staff has now officially...

Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports There’s not a new sheriff in town, as Justin Verlander and the Astros dismantle the Mariners/fans’ playoff hopes over dominant performance In the Natasha Lyonne vehicle Russian Doll, the protagonist Nadia Vulvokov, played by Lyonne, gets caught in a time loop, repeatedly dying on her 36th birthday, waking up again to relive the day, and dying again each night. The deaths vary: sometimes they are mundane (getting hit by a car, freezing to death); sometimes more plausible-but-uncommon (attacked by bees, an unfortunate incident with...

Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports Mariners lose 5-1 behind another lackluster offensive showing, lose ground in playoff race Astros 5, Mariners 1 A cat named Oatmeal: Josh Rojas, .033 WPA Being stung to death by bees: Luis Castillo, -.259 WPA; Julio Rodríguez, -.148 WPA Game thread comment of the day: Having very much enjoyed watching Laz during Modesto’s playoff run, I fully endorse this comment from Slurvey:

Photo by Steph Chambers/ The game is almost over, but are the Mariners efforts? We can only hope not. Even more game thread? Well, if you insist...

Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports One turd of the game down, two thirds of it to go. GOMS.

Steven Bisig-USA TODAY Sports Luis Castillo tries to right the Mariners’ listing ship, opposed by an old not-friend There are two players I desperately wanted out of the AL West: one looks ticketed for the NL West (so excited to be able to appreciate Shohei from a distance, finally), and the other was gone for a few short blissful months before returning like a bad penny. It’s probably not entirely Justin Verlander’s fault he’s come to symbolize, for me, the gap between the Astros and Mariners over the past few years, from the savvy trade that brought him there...

Photo by Bob Levey/ The Mariners limp home with their playoff destiny still in hand. Swept up and tossed aside by the Rangers’ power-hitting lineup, the Mariners come home demoralized but not yet deceased. They are three games behind Texas in the AL West and half a game behind Houston for the third Wild Card spot. This final homestand — two series, two Texas teams, two starts each for the rotation’s top two — will decide everything. What more is there to say? I’ll be watching for Julio’s bat to heat up and for a final hot week to cap off the best season of...