Out of options with RHP Erasmo Ramirez, who was destined for the waiver wire, the Mariners instead traded him Tuesday to Tampa Bay for LHP Mike Montgomery, 25, who has the last of his three 2015 options left. He has never pitched an inning in the big leagues.
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Lloyd McClendon apparently is working on his regular-season mad-on. The Mariners manager was thrown out of Tuesday’s Cactus League game in Goodyear, AZ., after a pair of pitches from Indians starter Bruce Chen went behind batter Rickie Weeks.
Washington has added Fresno State to its 2017 college football schedule, filling a vacancy on Sept 16. The Huskies open at Rutgers on Sept. 1 and host Montana Sept. 9. The Huskies and Bulldogs have meet three times, all at Husky Stadium.
The Mariners Sunday announced 10 roster moves, including the demotion of LHP Roenis Elias, a rotation candidate at the start of spring training, to AAA Tacoma. The move means that Taijuan Walker will begin the 2015 season as the No. 5 starter. The Mariners now have 28 players (27 roster, one non-roster invitee) on a
Mariners prospect Victor Sanchez died Saturday due to complications from injuries he suffered in a boating accident last month in Carupano, Venezuela. A 20-year-old native of Rio Chico, Miranda, Venezuela, Sanchez played three seasons in the Seattle organization with the A Everett AquaSox, A Clinton LumberKings and AA Jackson Generals. Rafa Nieves, Sanchez’s agent, confirmed
Although they played with a man advantage for nearly 75 minutes, the Sounders (1-1-1, four points) couldn’t break through against FC Dallas and managed a 0-0 draw with the Texans FC Saturday night at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, TX. Shackled without Clint Dempsey and Obafemi Martins (both injured) and missing Marco Pappa (international duty), the
Catcher Mike Zunino cracked a pair of home runs, but the Mariners allowed five runs in the ninth Saturday and lost to the San Francisco Giants 9-8 in Peoria, AZ. The Mariners have dropped four games in a row and are 10-14-2 in Cactus League play.
David Rollins, a strong candidate for a bullpen job with the Mariners, has instead been suspended for 80 games by Major League Baseball for violating the Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. Rollins was a Rule V pick from the Houston Astros the past winter and had been getting a long look as the second
There is a “clear sentiment” to change the extra-point rule, but no clear consensus on how to do it. Pete Carroll has an idea. Do you agree? Vote here.
The Seahawks Wednesday filled vacancies on the coaching staff by naming Dwaine Board assistant defensive line coach, Chris Cash assistant secondary/cornerbacks coach and Andre Curtis assistant secondary/safeties coach. Board begins his second stint with the Seahawks, while Cash played under head coach Pete Carroll at the University of Southern California.