AS YOU MAY KNOW…a number of Mariners are among the many American League leaders in walks with J.P. Crawford (48, 2nd), Cal Raleigh (42, 4th) and Randy Arozarena (37, T-Sixth) all rating throughout the prime 10 this season, and…YOU MAY ALSO KNOW…that courting again to the 2023 season, that trio additionally rank throughout the prime 10 within the AL with Crawford (194, 2nd), Arozarena (190, Third) and Raleigh (166, T-Seventh) trailing AL chief Aaron Decide-NYY (268), however…DID YOU KNOW?…that since 2023, that trio additionally rank within the prime 5 in multi-walk video games?…Raleigh (2nd, 36), Crawford (Third, 35) and Arozarena (Fifth, 33) path AL chief Aaron Decide-NYY…Seattle has had 210 video games since 2023 the place a participant has had a number of walks, Third-most within the Majors throughout that span trailing solely the Dodgers (228) and Yankees (225).
TONIGHT’S TILT…the Mariners proceed the homestand tonight with the 2nd of three video games towards the Boston Purple Sox (0–1)…Seattle is coming off a 3-game sequence sweep of the Cleveland Guardians…following the present sequence towards the Purple Sox, the Mariners embark on a 10-game street journey with a 3-game sequence towards the Chicago Cubs (6/20–6/22), 4-game sequence towards the Minnesota Twins (6/23–6/26), and 3-game sequence towards the Texas Rangers (6/27–6/29)…tonight’s recreation will likely be televised reside on ROOT SPORTS with Aaron Goldsmith and Ryan Rowland-Smith on the decision, with Jen Mueller serving as discipline reporter…the sport will likely be broadcast reside on Seattle Sports activities (710 AM) with Rick Rizzs and Gary Hill Jr. on the decision.
ODDS AND ENDS…the Mariners yesterday dropped the sequence opener towards Boston by a 2–0 ultimate, their 4th shutout lack of the season…Seattle is 17–9 in day video games and 17–17 at night time…the Mariners are 24–11 when scoring 4+ runs and 24–6 when scoring at the least 5.
· Mariners.com/Vote — MLB All-Star Sport voting is open and you’ll vote as much as 5 occasions on a regular basis…the primary part of voting ends on Thursday, June 26.
· Giving The Workforce Size — Seattle is 23–8 (.742) when its beginning pitcher goes 6.0+ innings this 12 months.
· Lead Man — The Mariners are 27–1 when main after 7 innings, and 30–1 after 8 innings this season.
· Walter: The Return — 2024 All-Star Logan Gilbert was reinstated from the 15-day Injured Record yesterday and recorded 10 strikeouts over 5.0 innings permitting 2 runs in final night time’s recreation…he was on the IL with a proper elbow flexor pressure from April 26-June 15.
· ‘Pop’ and Lock Down — RHP Zach Pop made his Mariners debut final night time, tossing 1.1 innings, retiring 4-of-5 batters confronted and inducing 5 floor balls…for the reason that 2022 season, Pop has a 54.4% floor ball price, Twenty ninth-best among the many 219 relievers with 100.0+ IP throughout that span.
· Endlessly Younger — INF Cole Younger is batting .346 (9×26) with 2 doubles and a .793 OPS over his final 7 video games (6/7-c).
CAL RALEIGH: A SLAM DUNK ALL-STAR…Main League Baseball launched its first All-Star poll replace yesterday…Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh leads American League catchers in votes (1,043,168) by practically 700,000 votes over next-closest Alejandro Kirk-TOR (370,460)…Cal’s vote complete is 2nd-highest amongst any AL participant behind solely outfielder Aaron Decide-NYY (1,568,527)…the highest vote-getter in every league skips part 2 of voting and routinely earns a beginning project within the All-Star Sport.
THAT’S OUR CAL…Cal Raleigh leads MLB catchers in residence runs (26) by a large margin over next-closest Logan O’Hoppe-LAA (14 HR)…Raleigh additionally leads catchers in runs scored (45), RBI (54), walks (T-1st, 42), stolen bases (7), complete bases (157) and extra-base hits (38)…amongst certified catchers, he additionally leads in slugging proportion (.606) and OPS (.975)…the 28-year-old backstop is primed to affix his present supervisor Dan Wilson (1996) as the one catchers in Mariners historical past to make the All-Star Sport…Raleigh is vying to develop into the primary catcher to ever begin the All-Star Sport for Seattle and the primary Mariner at any place to start out since Nelson Cruz in 2015 (DH) and first to start out within the discipline since Félix Hernández (SP) and Robinson Canó (2B) in 2014.
HISTORICAL PACE…in 70 video games this season, Cal Raleigh is batting .259 (67×259) with 45 runs, 12 doubles, 26 residence runs, 54 RBI, 7 steals and 42 walks, getting on base at a .369 clip, slugging .606 with a .975 OPS…Cal’s 26 HR are tied for many within the Majors with Aaron Decide-NYY…Raleigh grew to become the primary catcher in MLB historical past to succeed in 20+ residence runs earlier than the top of Could…Cal’s 26 HR are already tied for 2nd-most by a catcher earlier than the All-Star Break with Corridor of Famer Ivan Rodriguez-TEX (26 HR) in 2000, trailing solely Corridor of Famer Johnny Bench-CIN (28 HR) in 1970…he’s additionally 4 HR and three SB shy of turning into the Seventh participant (eighth season) and 1st catcher with 30+ HR and 10+ SB earlier than the All-Star Break.
J.P. CRAWFORD: A COMPELLING ALL-STAR CASE…shortstop J.P. Crawford walked twice in yesterday’s recreation…in 69 video games this season, Crawford is hitting .293 (71×242) with a .412 on-base proportion that’s the 4th-highest within the Majors…he has 30 runs scored, 10 doubles, 6 homers, 29 RBI, 4 stolen bases and 48 walks with an .821 OPS…amongst American League shortstops, J.P. ranks 1st in OBP, 1st in walks, 1st in occasions on base (120), Third in OPS, 2nd in OPS+ (145) behind Jacob Wilson-ATH (153) and Third in bWAR (2.8).
JULIO: ANOTHER COMPELLING ALL-STAR CASE…amongst American League outfielders, Julio Rodríguez ranks 2nd in bWAR (3.2) and fWAR (2.5) behind solely Aaron Decide-NYY…Julio ranks T-2nd in runs scored (43), T-Fifth in hits (74), T-4th in stolen bases (12) and Sixth in complete bases (119)…defensively, he ranks T-2nd in outs about common (8) and T-4th in defensive runs saved (10).
ONE HOMER AWAY FROM TOP-10…Cal Raleigh has 119 profession residence runs, tied with Mitch Haniger for Tenth-most in Mariners historical past…together with his one hundred and twentieth homer, Cal will transfer into sole possession for Tenth-most homers in a Seattle uniform…regardless of hitting simply 2 HR in his rookie 2021 season, Cal’s 119 HR are 2nd-most by a Mariner via a participant’s first 5 profession seasons, trailing solely Corridor of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. and his 132 HR in his first 5 seasons from 1989–93.
BACK END OF THE BULLPEN…Matt Brash’s 14-game scoreless streak (5/3-c) and Andrés Muñoz’s 16-game scoreless streak (3/27–5/3) to start the season mark the primary time that teammates have registered 14+ recreation scoreless streaks to start out their season since Cleveland’s Tyler Olson (30 G, 7/21–10/1/2017) and Andrew Miller (15 G, 4/3–5/14/2017) did it in the course of the 2017 season…since Andrew Miller’s scoreless streak solely bought to fifteen video games to start his ’17 marketing campaign, if Brash can go his subsequent 2 outings with out giving up a run, he and Muñoz would develop into the primary teammates to register 16+ recreation scoreless streaks to start out their season since Oakland’s Brad Ziegler (29 G, 5/31–8/12/2008) and Santiago Casilla (18 G, 3/26–5/6/2008) to start their 2008 season.
WOO TANG FOREVER…RHP Bryan Woo is 5–4 with a 3.39 ERA (31 ER, 82.1 IP), 12 walks and 72 strikeouts in 13 begins this season…he holds a 0.98 WHIP, 1.3 walks-per-9-innings and a 6.00 strikeout-to-walks ratio…amongst AL beginning pitchers this season, he ranks Seventh in WHIP, Third in BB/9 and 2nd in SO/BB ratio, trailing solely reigning Cy Younger Award winner Tarik Skubal-DET (12.33)…in 5 residence begins this season, Woo has a 2.53 ERA (9 ER, 32.0 IP), with 6 walks, 27 strikeouts and opponents hitting .197 (23×117) with a .595 OPS.
