AS YOU MAY KNOW…right-hander Emerson Hancock takes the ball for Seattle tonight, however…DID YOU KNOW?…that Emerson made his MLB debut in opposition to the Padres?…on Aug. 9, 2023 vs. the Padres at T-Cellular Park, the right-hander broke into the large leagues with a 5.0-inning, 1-run efficiency that led to a 6–1 Mariners win…Hancock was the Mariners 1st spherical choice (sixth total) out of the College of Georgia within the 2020 MLB First-12 months Participant Draft.
TONIGHT’S TILT…the Mariners proceed the 10-game, 3-city highway journey with the second of three video games in opposition to the San Diego Padres (1–0)…Seattle can be set to go to the Chicago White Sox (3 G, 5/19–5/21) and Houston Astros (4 G, 5/22–5/25) on the journey…tonight’s recreation will probably be televised stay on ROOT SPORTS with Aaron Goldsmith and Ryan Rowland-Smith on the decision…the sport will probably be broadcast stay on Seattle Sports activities (710 AM) and Mariners.com with Rick Rizzs and Gary Hill Jr.
ODDS AND ENDS…the Mariners defeated the Padres by a 5–1 rating within the first of 6 complete matchups in opposition to the Padres this season for the “Vedder Cup” between Seattle and San Diego…Seattle is 16–10 over its final 26 video games and 20–11 over its final 31 video games.
· Collection-ly Strong — The Mariners personal a 9–4–1 collection file, 4–3–1 at dwelling and 5–1 on the highway…the Mariners received 9 consecutive collection from April 7-Could 7, the second-longest collection successful streak in membership historical past…since Dan Wilson took the helm on Aug. 23, 2024, Seattle owns a 16–6–3 collection file.
· Bombs Away! — Seattle is 22–11 (.667) in video games with not less than one dwelling run…they’re 2–8 (.200) in video games when they don’t homer.
· Kicks For Six — Seattle improved to 14–3 (.824) when their beginning pitcher goes 6.0+ innings.
· In Our Arozarena Period — Left fielder Randy Arozarena has reached base safely in 36 of his final 37 video games since March 31, which included a career-high, 34-game on-base streak from March 31-Could 12.
· Broadcasting Word — Within the 4th inning of tonight’s recreation, Padres analyst Mark Grant will be a part of Aaron Goldsmith within the ROOT SPORTS sales space…Mariners analyst Ryan Rowland-Smith will be a part of Padres TV.
THE BEST CATCHER IN BASEBALL…catcher Cal Raleigh hit his 14th dwelling run of the season, going 1-for-3 with the house run, 2 RBI, 2 runs scored and a stroll in final evening’s win…in 43 video games this yr, Cal has a .942 OPS, hitting .250 (39×156) with 29 runs, 8 doubles, 14 homers, 30 RBI, 28 walks and 5 stolen bases, getting on base at a .371 clip and slugging .571…amongst MLB catchers, Raleigh ranks 1st in dwelling runs (14) by a large margin over next-closest Logan O’Hoppe-LAA (9 HR)…Cal ranks 1st in RBI (30), 1st in runs scored (29), 1st in extra-base hits (22) and 1st in stolen bases (5).
BACK WHERE IT ALL STARTED…right-hander Andrés Muñoz started his profession with the San Diego Padres, initially signed by them out of Los Mochis, Mexico on July 7, 2015…Muñoz made his Main League debut with the Friars on July 12, 2019 earlier than he was dealt to the Mariners on Aug. 31, 2020…he leads the American League with 13 saves…in 19 appearances this season, the reigning American League Reliever of the Month is 1–0 with a 0.00 ERA (0 ER, 19.0 IP) with 7 hits allowed, 1 run allowed (unearned), 8 walks (2 intentional) and 26 strikeouts, sporting a 0.79 WHIP and 12.3 strikeouts-per-9 innings price…Muñoz has restricted opponents to a .113 batting common (7×62)…Muñoz has compiled 1.8 bWAR, main MLB aid pitchers.
J.P. WASTES NO TIME…shortstop J.P. Crawford slugged a leadoff dwelling run in final evening’s recreation…it was his second leadoff homer of the season (different: 5/3 at TEX)…Crawford’s 14 leadoff dwelling runs with the Mariners are 2nd-most in franchise historical past, rating behind solely Ichiro Suzuki (37 leadoff HR)…Crawford’s dwelling run got here on the primary pitch of the sport, his seventh profession homer on the primary pitch which trails Ichiro (9) by simply 2 for many such homers in membership historical past.
STELLAR START FOR EVANS…right-hander Logan Evans put collectively his greatest outing of his 4 profession begins final evening, tossing 6.0 scoreless innings with one stroll and three strikeouts on 89 pitches…Evans notched his first high quality begin and has gone 5.0+ innings in every of his 4 begins to start his Main League profession…via these 4 begins, Evans is 2–1 with a 2.57 ERA (6 ER, 21.0 IP) with 8 walks and 14 strikeouts.
GOING DOWN THE ONLY ‘ROAD’ I’VE EVER KNOWN…Mariners hitters are batting .270 (188×697) with 104 runs, 28 doubles, 29 dwelling runs, 24 stolen bases, a .358 OBP, slugging .435 with a .793 OPS in 19 highway video games this season, averaging 5.5 runs-per-game…amongst MLB groups on the highway, they rank 1st in OBP, 4th in runs-per-game and third in OPS…amongst gamers with not less than 50 PA on the highway this season, Cal Raleigh ranks T-4th with a 1.087 OPS and in addition T-1st in dwelling runs (8) with Corbin Carroll-ARI, Pete Crow-Armstrong-CHC and Tyler Soderstrom-ATH.
GAME #44? LET’S TALK 44!…Julio Rodríguez went 2-for-4 in final evening’s win…over his final 15 contests (4/29-c), Julio is batting .306 (19×62) with 11 runs, 2 doubles, 3 dwelling runs, 7 RBI and a pair of walks with a .484 slugging share and .822 OPS…he has hit safely in 12 of these 15 contests…total this season, Julio has performed an elite middle discipline, recording 5 outs above common (Baseball Savant) tied for the 2nd-most amongst AL outfielders.
YOUTHFUL SQUAD…the next contributors to the Mariners are underneath 30-years-old: Julio Rodríguez (age 24), Logan Evans (24), Ben Williamson (24), Bryan Woo (25), Carlos Vargas (25), Andrés Muñoz (26), Bryce Miller (26), Emerson Hancock (26), Matt Brash (27), Cal Raleigh (28) and Logan Gilbert (28)…Seattle has a mixed 6.9 fWAR from gamers age 29-or-younger this season (3.3 batting fWAR and three.6 pitching fWAR), rating fifth in MLB behind St. Louis, Detroit, Arizona and Boston.
THIS MEANS WAR…Cal Raleigh (2.3), Andrés Muñoz (1.8), J.P. Crawford (1.5), Julio Rodríguez (1.5), Bryan Woo (1.4), Jorge Polanco (1.4), Randy Arozarena (1.3), and Dylan Moore (1.2) all have been value not less than 1.0 WAR (Baseball-Reference) this season…six place gamers with not less than 1.0 bWAR is tied for 2nd-most within the Majors with the Cubs and Yankees, trailing solely the Dodgers (7).
VEDDER CUP…the Mariners and Padres are taking part in the primary of two collection to determine the primary official winner of the “Vedder Cup”, with the collection to be determined from Aug. 25–27 in Seattle…it was introduced on March 14 that the 2 golf equipment would play yearly for the Vedder Cup of their rivalry collection, starting this season…the winner of the collection will take dwelling the Vedder Cup Trophy, that includes a guitar supplied by Eddie Vedder…as a part of the collection, each the Padres and Mariners are making annual donations to the EB Analysis Partnership.
