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Mariners lost again last night. Logan Gilbert didn’t have his best stuff again, and Dan Wilson got sent home early by the umpires.
Rivalry weekend is a wash at this point, but the Mariners will attempt to salvage a win in the series anyway on NBC and Peacock at 4:20pm.
In Mariners news…
- The young season isn’t actually so young anymore, and performances are starting to look more and more sustainable with each passing week. Some players appear to have bounced back from relative down years in 2025, including Mariners starter George Kirby.
Around the league…
- Mets pitcher Clay Holmes is headed to the 15-day IL with a broken leg after taking a 111.1 mph line drive off his leg on Friday night.
- Toronto Blue Jays starter José Berríos will be getting surgery on his right elbow on Wednesday. The severity of the injury won’t be known until Berríos is on the table, but it seems even in the best case scenario, the team will be without his services for the remainder of 2026.
- Travis Sawchik at mlb.com wrote about how the consistent rise in fastball velocity may be due in large part to many pitchers slowest fastballs being faster than ever before, rather than fastballs getting that much faster year after year.
- David Adler at mlb.com wrote a very comprehensive profile on Kevin McGonigle and his unique plate approach.
- The St. Louis Cardinals and manager Oli Marmol have fully embraced the power of their shirtless fans.
- The hits keep coming and they don’t stop coming. The beatings will continue until morale improves. Etc. Etc.
- The Boston Red Sox placed infielder Trevor Story on the IL yesterday and called up utility infielder Nick Sogard, who has had a promising start to his season in Triple-A Worcester.
- A baseball game is a beautiful place to meet someone new, or run into an old friend.
