Short on lefty relievers, the Mariners re-acquired Roenis Elias, 29, from the Boston Red Sox Monday for a player to be chosen later or cash, and was assigned to AAA Tacoma. Elias was part of the Mariners' starting rotation in 2014-15, making a combined 49 starts, before being traded to Boston Dec. 7, 2015 along with reliever Carson Smith for pitchers Wade Miley and Jonathan Aro.

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Erasmo Ramirez will make his first start of the season at 12:05 p.m. PT Sunday when the Mariners pursue a three-game sweep of the Rangers in Arlington, TX. But in a surprising move, the Mariners made roster room by sending down LF Guillermo Heredia to AAA Tacoma despite the fact that he's hitting .310 with two home runs.

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C Mike Zunino has returned and will  hit seventh in his regular-season debut at 5:05 p.m. Friday in Texas when the Mariners (9-8) begin a 10-game trip with three against the struggling Rangers (7-13) at Globe Life Park. He'll catch Felix Hernandez, who has given up 12 hits and 11 runs in a combined 9.2 innings his two road starts this season.

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In need of a fifth starting pitcher for the first time this season, the Mariners (9-5) called up LHP Ariel Miranda from AAA Tacoma to start Tuesday's 7:10 p.m. game against the Astros (10-7) at Safeco Field. To make roster room, utility player Taylor Motter was sent down to the Rainiers.

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Ken Griffey Jr., who starred for the Mariners from 1989-99 and entered the Baseball Hall of Fame two years ago, Monday was named to the State of Washington Sports Hall of Fame, along with seven others: Washington State University football coach Mike Price, WSU running back Reuben Mayes, Sonics coach George Karl, jockey Alfred Johnson, Olympic heptathlete Kelly Blair LaBounty, softball pitcher Louise Mazzuca and Seattle baseball pioneer Dan Dugdale.

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It's hard to make a claim that a starting pitcher with more than 2,500 major league  innings can have a breakthrough moment in his 32nd year. But there was an episode in the sixth inning Sunday at Safeco when Felix Hernandez demonstrated some comfort with his elder professional self that the Mariners have been aching to see.

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The Mariners called up relief pitcher Chasen Bradford Monday to fill a roster spot vacated by the injured 1B Ryon Healy, who is on the 10-day disabled list after another episode of clubhouse health wackiness -- he sprained his right ankle during a weight-room workout after the Mariners' 11-4 win in Minnesota Saturday.

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At the Safeco Field workout preceding the Mariners season opener, I asked Ichiro how much harder the game is at 44 than it was years ago. He offered a classic Ichiro deflection that was true, but also averted answering question truthfully.

"It was difficult when I started, and difficult today," he said. "It's never been easy, never will be easy."

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A ankle sprained during a clubhouse fall has put DH Nelson Cruz on the 10-day disabled list, the latest in a breathtaking series of Mariners' health setbacks. The club Tuesday called up utility man Taylor Motter to fill the roster spot ahead of the two-game inter-league series that was to begin at 1:35 p.m. Tuesday in San Francisco.

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The Mariners lost Saturday afternoon 6-5 to the Cleveland Indians, but the play heard 'round baseball belonged to Ichiro.

Seattle's left fielder, who at 44 with little spring training figured to be a fielding liability, rose up to steal a home run from Jose Ramirez in the third inning at Safeco Field. 

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The dreaded strained oblique. That trendy injury has put C Mike Zunino on the 10-day disabled list. The Mariners announced Friday night that David Freitas, 29, has been called up from AAA Tacoma and will back up rookie Mike Marjama, who had a key role in the Mariners' 2-1 win Thursday night against Cleveland in the season opener at Safeco.

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One of the small points of pride the Mariners bosses took in building the 2018 roster was they had no rookies to be forced into the MLB crucible. Well, except for one, the backup catcher, Mike Marjama, an obscure acquisition in September of note to few outside his immediate family.

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It's probably wise to not make a big deal out of this, but since Mariners fans have a well-earned twitch when in comes to player injuries, feel free to at least cock an eyebrow: Catcher Mike Zunino was pulled from the starting lineup in the season opener Thursday at Safeco with soreness in his right side.

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Jerry Dipoto and Scott Servais enjoy hearing about the Mariners' historic futility the way grandkids enjoy hearing about the Depression from grandparents.

Yeah. Too bad about that. Tough times. Can we go out now and play with the dog?

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Free agent Jayson Werth, a 15-year veteran MLB outfielder who hit .226 with 10 homers in 70 games with Washington in 2017, signed a minor league contract with the Mariners Tuesday, and will work in extended spring training until he's ready to join AAA Tacoma.

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The Mariners made a late add to their pitching staff over the weekend, adding veteran free agent lefty Wade LeBlanc, who in 2016 went 3-0 with a 4.50 ERA in eight starts and three relief appearances for Seattle. And after a 63-pitch outing Saturday night in which he allowed a single run, Felix Hernandez won his bid to be the Opening Night starter at 7:10 Thursday at Safeco Field.

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David Phelps, one of the key members of the Mariners bullpen, has been lost for the season with an elbow ligament tear that will require Tommy John surgery, the club announced Wednesday during the Mariners spring training game against Milwaukee in Peoria, AZ.

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The one roster spot that was an unknown entering spring training was solved Sunday when the the Mariners decided that rookie Mike Marjama would back up Mike Zunino behind the plate. Marjama's competition, David Freitas, was sent down to Class AAA Tacoma.

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As soon as Ichiro plays in the first game of his second stint with the Mariners, he will become the oldest player in franchise history, eclipsing legendary spitballer and Hall of Famer Gaylord Perry, who worked on a game-to-game contract in his final season in Seattle.

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From a historical perspective, it should surprise no longtime fan that the Mariners have hired yet another guy to fill the position of left field. The club over 41 years has hired "another guy" for the job so often that in any room with 30 male Seattleites over age 30, advanced metrics have established that at least one will have played left field for the Mariners.

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