GOODYEAR, Ariz. – The return to the reality that is the Mariners’ spring-training complex and preparing for the upcoming season was welcomed, albeit a little premature for Julio Rodriguez.
GOODYEAR, Ariz. – The return to the reality that is the Mariners’ spring-training complex and preparing for the upcoming season was welcomed, albeit a little premature for Julio Rodriguez.
PEORIA, Ariz. – While he’s not been officially knighted, it’s fair to think that “Sir” Harry Ford is a nickname that might stick with him for the foreseeable future.
PEORIA, Ariz. — As Dylan Moore began to take swings in the batting cages early Thursday morning, preparing for his first Cactus League game this spring, he felt some discomfort in his left side.
PEORIA, Ariz. – Maybe it’s because he knows it’s unlikely to happen again. Perhaps it’s because he can’t forget seasons past when they tried to piece together an excessive number of bullpen starts or relied upon too many “Quad A” pitchers who needed everything to work right to just be serviceable.
SEATTLE – This year, spring training wasn’t a time to soak in the sunshine. It was easily the coldest stretch of weather in three-plus decades in the desert – although I understand the temperatures started rising practically the moment I got through security at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix.
PEORIA, Ariz. – As he walked from the indoor batting cages to Field 2 at the Mariners’ spring training complex, Julio Rodriguez was mobbed by autograph seekers.
PEORIA, Ariz. – If you didn’t add a variation of a split-finger fastball to your pitch repertoire this offseason, you were doing it wrong as a pitcher for the Mariners.