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Good morning! The Mariners fell to the Milwaukee Brewers 3-6 yesterday, with their three runs coming from big homers by Leo Rivas and Brennen Davis. Starter George Kirby had many good moments but wasn’t completely satisfied with his outing, specifically the movement on his sliders. Kate highlighted yesterday that Kirby is now calling some of his own pitches, and has added a new accessory to his belt in the form of a PitchCom device.
Today’s matchup features an exciting pitchers duel of Bryan Woo vs
Zac Gallen as the Mariners take on the Arizona Diamondbacks at 1:10 pm. What are you hoping to see out of Woo as he makes his third Spring Training start?
In Mariners news…
- RHP Bryce Miller provided an update on his oblique injury yesterday, declaring that everything felt good in his low intensity bullpen session. His next steps in recovery will be a normal bullpen session of around 30 pitches before returning to a simulated game or Cactus League action.
- Daniel Kramer at MLB.com wonders if Logan Gilbert or Bryan Woo will be named the Mariners’ Opening Day starter.
In the World Baseball Classic…
- In the early game of the day, Japan narrowly beat Australia after a two-run homer in the seventh inning from Masataka Yoshida to take the lead. Japan has now taken over the top seed in Pool C.
- Early scoring powered Cuba past Colombia 7-4 and set them up for a matchup of undefeated teams against Puerto Rico this evening.
- The Dominican Republic dominated the Netherlands in a 12-1 mercy rule win after the seventh inning thanks to four home runs and a nontraditional walk-off from Juan Soto:
- Italy officially eliminated Great Britain after a 7-4 win and even more espresso shots.
- Panama took advantage of three errors from Team Canada in the sixth inning to pull-off a 4-3 win and remain alive in Pool A.
- Nicaragua was officially eliminated by Team Israel, and is still yet to win a WBC game, as Israel powered to a 5-0 win thanks to a dominant Dean Kremer pitching performance.
- In the final game of the day, it only took Mexico six innings to mercy rule Brazil in a 16-0 win and knock them out of the tournament. It was such a lopsided game that Randy was signing autographs in the outfield during an inning break:
Around the league…
- Chicago Cubs reliever and former Mariner Collin Snider is hoping to replicate his 2024 success with a new team.
- The Washington Nationals have signed RHP Zack Littell to a one-year major league deal that includes a mutual option for 2027.
- Both RHP Porter Hodge and LHP Jordan Wicks will likely start the season on the Chicago Cubs’ 15-day IL after dealing with different arm issues.
- Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal is contemplating staying with Team USA for another start in the World Baseball Classic.
