The Mariners cut CF Leonys Martin, hitting .111, and benched 1B Danny Valencia in favor of Dan Vogelbach, called up from Tacoma. They also sent down pitcher Chase De Jong in favor of Chris Heston.
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The Mariners (7-10) Friday recalled RHP Chase De Jong from AAA Tacoma and optioned RHP Dan Altavilla, who gave up a three-run homer to Trevor Plouffe Thursday, to the Rainiers. De Jong will be available at 7:05 p.m. Friday when they play the second of four games against the Athletics at the Oakland Coliseum.
Bob Rondeau, who has broadcast University of Washington football games for 36 seasons, will call one more and then retire following the 2017 campaign.
Rookie RF Mitch Haniger’s one-out double in the ninth inning ended the no-hit bid by Wei-Yin Chen and two relievers as the Miami Marlins smothered the Mariners’ four-game winning streak with a 5-0 win Tuesday night at Safeco Field (box). Chen lasted seven innings and 100 pitches (64 strikes) in his third game of the season before manager Don Mattingly pulled the 31-year-old left-hander from Taiwan.
He is likely a second-round pick, if he’s chosen at all, but Nigel Williams-Goss is ready to move on to the NBA draft. His one season at Gonzaga was spectacular.
Perhaps signaling dismay with his current situation, CB Richard Sherman was reported to be skipping the team’s voluntary workouts that began Tuesday. The Seahawks have been listening to trade offers for their star after a 2016 season pickled with controversies. Other players have skipped these workouts in the past, and there is no consequence for
Should it be open for business, KeyArena will stage first- and second-round games of the NCAA men’s basketball tourney March 22-24, 2019, host University of Washington said in a release Tuesday. It’s one of five NCAA championship events UW will host through the 2021 season.
Restricted free agent RT Garry Gilliam took an offer from San Francisco featuring guaranteed money, which the Seahawks declined to match, so he will join the 49ers, likely moving Seattle RG Germain Ifedi from guard to tackle.
James Paxton Monday became the first Seattle lefty named American League Player of the Week since Randy Johnson, a Hall of Famer, in June 1997.
The Mariners entered the week with a 1-6 record, but won four of six games, including a sweep of Texas, to evacuate the AL West cellar with a 5-8 record. And James Paxton was a revelation.