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DD Martin · 08-01-2021, 07:31 PM

Week of August 2nd through August 8th 2021
Record since Trade Deadline 1-2

The Seattle Mariners 56-49 continue on their 10-day road trip after a disappointing weekend series against the Texas Rangers were they dropped 2 out of 3 games. They arrive here in Tampa Bay to take on the 1st place Rays in a 3-game series before heading to New York for a big 4-game series with the New York Yankees.

The injury news on SP Marco Gonzales is not good. Today after his MRI he was placed on the disabled list for 2 months with "acute elbow soreness". It is estimated that he will be out of action for 2 months which means he will not be available for basically the rest of the regular season. While there is a slight chance he could be back, he will not likely be ready after a 2-month layoff to start one of the final 3 games of the year against the LA Angels Oct 1-3. Replacing Gonzales on the big league roster is P David Huff and it looks like P Eric Swanson for now has been put into Gonzales spot in the rotation.

In another move (and there were a flurry of "interesting" moves both up and down, the Mariner's surprised everyone and promoted RF Julio Rodriguez and he will make his debut today against Tampa batting 3rd in the lineup.

Monday August 2nd
Seattle Mariners 6 @ Tampa Bay Rays 3

RF Julio Rodriguez had a successful big league debut going 2-4 and scoring a run and 2B Dylan Moore hit a club 2-run home run in the Mariners 4 run 7th to break a 2-2. SP Chris Flexen (10-5) continues to perform well going 6 innings giving up 6 hits, and a walk with 8 K's. Diego Castillo faced his former teammates and picked up the save, his first with the M's. Mitch Haniger (27th) and Jared Kelenic (4th) both hit home runs for the M's who made the most of the 5 hits in the game.

After the game the Mariner's continued their chaotic roster moves and have placed poor Abraham Toro on the light rail train between Seattle and Tacoma as he was optioned for the 2nd time since joining the club late last week. P Ryan Weber seems to be on the same plan so those guys must be getting some great frequent flyer benefits flying from Dallas to Sea-Tac to Tampa and back to Sea-Tac.

(note that if a real GM acted the way the AI GM for the Mariners is acting they would be fired simply for wasting money on travel).

Tuesday August 4th
Seattle Mariners 3 @ Tampa Bay Rays 9

Mariner SP Yusei Kikuchi (6-7 4.49) was blasted by the Rays for 7 runs (all earned) in just 2 innings of work. Kikuchi who had issues with his control walked 4 and also gave up 4 hits as the M's were out of this game by the end of the 2nd inning. 1B Ty France hit his 10th home run of the season in the 6th and 20-year-old rookie DH Julio Rodriguez went 2-4 and kept his average at 500 for the season. Former Mariner C Mike Zunino was the star of the game hitting a 2-run homer in the 3rd to put the game completely out of reach. Zunino was 2-4 with 2 runs and 3 RBI's

After the game GM DiPoto was active again (maybe he has stock or ownership in a travel company). OF Jake Bauers was added back to the 40-man roster just several days after having been DFA. P Asher Wojciechowski who was just claimed last week was DFA. C Jacob Nottingham (who I took off the roster and made a FA prior to letting the sim go after the trade deadline) was signed to a minor league contract by the Mariner's and assigned to AA Arkansas.

Wednesday August 4th
Seattle Mariners 6 @ Tampa Bay Rays 0

Just when his teammates needed them the most a pair of rookies helped propel the Seattle Mariners to a shutout victory over the Rays and win the series 2-1. SP Logan Gilbert (6-2 3.67) really stole the show tossing a 2-hitter over 6.1 innings, walking 1 and striking out 7. RP's Drew Steckenrider and Daniel Zamora closed out the shutout. RF Julio Rodriguez was again 2-4 but hit his first big league extra base hit with a double and drove in the first 3 RBI's in his big league career.

After the game a smiling manager Scott Servais quipped "We looked pretty good up and down today".

After the game the team quickly went to the airport to fly into New York for the 4-game series against the Yankees. I won't bother to go into any moves after the game, they are all very similar and have been repeated already.

Heading to New York to face the Yankees who are 55-52 and looking to make up ground in the AL Wildcard race this weekend.

Thursday August 5th
Seattle Mariners 4 @ New York Yankees 5

The Mariner's were down 5-0 heading into the 7th inning where they decided to stage a bit of a comeback when (you guessed it) RF Julio Rodriguez hit his first big league home run. The 2-run shot cut the deficit to 5-2. OF Jake Fraley followed suit in the 8th with his own 2-run home run and suddenly we had a 5-4 ballgame heading into the top of the 9th. Enter Ardolis Chapman who shut the Mariners down 1-2-3 in the 9th to earn his 22nd save of the season. Yankee SP Jameson Taillon picked up the win (8-4 4.00) going 7.1 IP and giving up just 2 runs.

After the game.....a first. NO MOVES

Friday August 6th
Seattle Mariners 3 vs New York Yankees 2 (10)

Continuing their extra inning magic the Seattle Mariners, LF Taylor Trammell earned a 1-out walk and stole 2nd base. He was moved over to 3rd base on a groundout by Dylan Moore. With 2 outs in the 10th, with the game on the line up came rookie DH Julio Rodriguez. The youngster battled into a 3-2 and on the 8th pitch of the at-bat hit a flyball to CF which looked like a sure out. Except CF Joey Gallo (CF really) lost the ball in the lights and managed to not catch it which allowed Trammell to score. RP Diego Castillo pitched 2 scoreless innings to get the win as the Mariner Magic continues.

After the game the Mariners GM Jerry DiPoto made another head scratching move signing 34-year-old Juan Carlos Perez to a minor league deal with a $60,000 signing bonus. Perez who was last seen in the major leagues in 2015 with the San Francisco Giants has reported to the Mariners DSL team (

Saturday August 7th
Seattle Mariners 3 @ New York Yankees 4

After the Mariners had plated 3 runs in the top of the 2nd inning to take a 3-1 lead on an error by Yankee 3B Gio Urshela. The Mariners and SP Chris Flexen (10-6) coughed up that lead in the bottom of the 4th when Clint Frazier hit a 2-run home run to give the Yankees back the lead. NY SP Andrew Heaney made his 2nd start with the Yanks picking up his first win since coming over from the Angels at the end of July. While Heaney has given up a total of 6 runs in his 11.1 IP since the deal, he has yet to give up an earned run in pinstripes.

After the game....silence in the M's clubhouse and from GM DiPoto who must have left his iPad away from the stadium and didn't make any moves after the game.

Sunday August 8th
Seattle Mariners 6 @ New York Yankees 4

LF Taylor Trammell was the hero that salvaged a 500 road trip for the Mariners (5-5) as he hit a 2-run home run (10th) to break a tied game in the top of the 7th as the Mariners won 6-4. After the game Trammell stated "I'm a big believer in luck. the Harder we work, the more we have of it".

RP Anthony Misiewicz picked up the win with 2.2 IP or relief of SP Kikuchi. Diego Castillo picked up his 2nd save with a scoreless 9th.

The Week in Review
Mariner's go 4-3 on the week and up their record to 60-52 (3rd place AL-West and 8GB of the Astros). They remain a 1 1/2 behind the Oakland A's for the 2nd Wildcard spot with the Yankees now falling back to 4 games behind the A's

After the game the Mariners outright released RP Joe Smith who they had picked up from the Astros as part of the Graveman trade just last week. Smith threw just 1 scoreless inning in Seattle before he was sent packing.

The team also made another minor league free agent signing, as they shore up their rookie team in Arizona with 30-year-old LF Joey Rickard for $60,000. Rickard has been home in Las Vegas all season waiting for the call. Enjoy Peoria Joey! who paid immediate dividends going 2-4 with a double and an RBI in his rookie league debut

With an off-day on Monday the club will travel home to face the Texas Rangers who they need to really sweep at home and then the Toronto BlueJays who are just behind the Yankees by a half game in the Wildcard standings will try to make up some ground coming to Seattle. As many Mariner fans are aware, when the Blue Jays come to town they generally bring with them a lot of Canadian fans from North of the Border. But with the US-Canada border still closed, maybe the M's will actually have a home field advantage for once at T-Mobile Park

08-01-2021, 07:31 PM	#10
DD Martin All Star Starter Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Seattle area Posts: 1,019	Week of August 2nd through August 8th 2021 Record since Trade Deadline 1-2 The Seattle Mariners 56-49 continue on their 10-day road trip after a disappointing weekend series against the Texas Rangers were they dropped 2 out of 3 games. They arrive here in Tampa Bay to take on the 1st place Rays in a 3-game series before heading to New York for a big 4-game series with the New York Yankees. The injury news on SP Marco Gonzales is not good. Today after his MRI he was placed on the disabled list for 2 months with "acute elbow soreness". It is estimated that he will be out of action for 2 months which means he will not be available for basically the rest of the regular season. While there is a slight chance he could be back, he will not likely be ready after a 2-month layoff to start one of the final 3 games of the year against the LA Angels Oct 1-3. Replacing Gonzales on the big league roster is P David Huff and it looks like P Eric Swanson for now has been put into Gonzales spot in the rotation. In another move (and there were a flurry of "interesting" moves both up and down, the Mariner's surprised everyone and promoted RF Julio Rodriguez and he will make his debut today against Tampa batting 3rd in the lineup. Monday August 2nd Seattle Mariners 6 @ Tampa Bay Rays 3 RF Julio Rodriguez had a successful big league debut going 2-4 and scoring a run and 2B Dylan Moore hit a club 2-run home run in the Mariners 4 run 7th to break a 2-2. SP Chris Flexen (10-5) continues to perform well going 6 innings giving up 6 hits, and a walk with 8 K's. Diego Castillo faced his former teammates and picked up the save, his first with the M's. Mitch Haniger (27th) and Jared Kelenic (4th) both hit home runs for the M's who made the most of the 5 hits in the game. After the game the Mariner's continued their chaotic roster moves and have placed poor Abraham Toro on the light rail train between Seattle and Tacoma as he was optioned for the 2nd time since joining the club late last week. P Ryan Weber seems to be on the same plan so those guys must be getting some great frequent flyer benefits flying from Dallas to Sea-Tac to Tampa and back to Sea-Tac. (note that if a real GM acted the way the AI GM for the Mariners is acting they would be fired simply for wasting money on travel). Tuesday August 4th Seattle Mariners 3 @ Tampa Bay Rays 9 Mariner SP Yusei Kikuchi (6-7 4.49) was blasted by the Rays for 7 runs (all earned) in just 2 innings of work. Kikuchi who had issues with his control walked 4 and also gave up 4 hits as the M's were out of this game by the end of the 2nd inning. 1B Ty France hit his 10th home run of the season in the 6th and 20-year-old rookie DH Julio Rodriguez went 2-4 and kept his average at 500 for the season. Former Mariner C Mike Zunino was the star of the game hitting a 2-run homer in the 3rd to put the game completely out of reach. Zunino was 2-4 with 2 runs and 3 RBI's After the game GM DiPoto was active again (maybe he has stock or ownership in a travel company). OF Jake Bauers was added back to the 40-man roster just several days after having been DFA. P Asher Wojciechowski who was just claimed last week was DFA. C Jacob Nottingham (who I took off the roster and made a FA prior to letting the sim go after the trade deadline) was signed to a minor league contract by the Mariner's and assigned to AA Arkansas. Wednesday August 4th Seattle Mariners 6 @ Tampa Bay Rays 0 Just when his teammates needed them the most a pair of rookies helped propel the Seattle Mariners to a shutout victory over the Rays and win the series 2-1. SP Logan Gilbert (6-2 3.67) really stole the show tossing a 2-hitter over 6.1 innings, walking 1 and striking out 7. RP's Drew Steckenrider and Daniel Zamora closed out the shutout. RF Julio Rodriguez was again 2-4 but hit his first big league extra base hit with a double and drove in the first 3 RBI's in his big league career. After the game a smiling manager Scott Servais quipped "We looked pretty good up and down today". After the game the team quickly went to the airport to fly into New York for the 4-game series against the Yankees. I won't bother to go into any moves after the game, they are all very similar and have been repeated already. Heading to New York to face the Yankees who are 55-52 and looking to make up ground in the AL Wildcard race this weekend. Thursday August 5th Seattle Mariners 4 @ New York Yankees 5 The Mariner's were down 5-0 heading into the 7th inning where they decided to stage a bit of a comeback when (you guessed it) RF Julio Rodriguez hit his first big league home run. The 2-run shot cut the deficit to 5-2. OF Jake Fraley followed suit in the 8th with his own 2-run home run and suddenly we had a 5-4 ballgame heading into the top of the 9th. Enter Ardolis Chapman who shut the Mariners down 1-2-3 in the 9th to earn his 22nd save of the season. Yankee SP Jameson Taillon picked up the win (8-4 4.00) going 7.1 IP and giving up just 2 runs. After the game.....a first. NO MOVES Friday August 6th Seattle Mariners 3 vs New York Yankees 2 (10) Continuing their extra inning magic the Seattle Mariners, LF Taylor Trammell earned a 1-out walk and stole 2nd base. He was moved over to 3rd base on a groundout by Dylan Moore. With 2 outs in the 10th, with the game on the line up came rookie DH Julio Rodriguez. The youngster battled into a 3-2 and on the 8th pitch of the at-bat hit a flyball to CF which looked like a sure out. Except CF Joey Gallo (CF really) lost the ball in the lights and managed to not catch it which allowed Trammell to score. RP Diego Castillo pitched 2 scoreless innings to get the win as the Mariner Magic continues. After the game the Mariners GM Jerry DiPoto made another head scratching move signing 34-year-old Juan Carlos Perez to a minor league deal with a $60,000 signing bonus. Perez who was last seen in the major leagues in 2015 with the San Francisco Giants has reported to the Mariners DSL team ( Saturday August 7th Seattle Mariners 3 @ New York Yankees 4 After the Mariners had plated 3 runs in the top of the 2nd inning to take a 3-1 lead on an error by Yankee 3B Gio Urshela. The Mariners and SP Chris Flexen (10-6) coughed up that lead in the bottom of the 4th when Clint Frazier hit a 2-run home run to give the Yankees back the lead. NY SP Andrew Heaney made his 2nd start with the Yanks picking up his first win since coming over from the Angels at the end of July. While Heaney has given up a total of 6 runs in his 11.1 IP since the deal, he has yet to give up an earned run in pinstripes. After the game....silence in the M's clubhouse and from GM DiPoto who must have left his iPad away from the stadium and didn't make any moves after the game. Sunday August 8th Seattle Mariners 6 @ New York Yankees 4 LF Taylor Trammell was the hero that salvaged a 500 road trip for the Mariners (5-5) as he hit a 2-run home run (10th) to break a tied game in the top of the 7th as the Mariners won 6-4. After the game Trammell stated "I'm a big believer in luck. the Harder we work, the more we have of it". RP Anthony Misiewicz picked up the win with 2.2 IP or relief of SP Kikuchi. Diego Castillo picked up his 2nd save with a scoreless 9th. The Week in Review Mariner's go 4-3 on the week and up their record to 60-52 (3rd place AL-West and 8GB of the Astros). They remain a 1 1/2 behind the Oakland A's for the 2nd Wildcard spot with the Yankees now falling back to 4 games behind the A's After the game the Mariners outright released RP Joe Smith who they had picked up from the Astros as part of the Graveman trade just last week. Smith threw just 1 scoreless inning in Seattle before he was sent packing. The team also made another minor league free agent signing, as they shore up their rookie team in Arizona with 30-year-old LF Joey Rickard for $60,000. Rickard has been home in Las Vegas all season waiting for the call. Enjoy Peoria Joey! who paid immediate dividends going 2-4 with a double and an RBI in his rookie league debut With an off-day on Monday the club will travel home to face the Texas Rangers who they need to really sweep at home and then the Toronto BlueJays who are just behind the Yankees by a half game in the Wildcard standings will try to make up some ground coming to Seattle. As many Mariner fans are aware, when the Blue Jays come to town they generally bring with them a lot of Canadian fans from North of the Border. But with the US-Canada border still closed, maybe the M's will actually have a home field advantage for once at T-Mobile Park Attached Images Last edited by DD Martin; 08-01-2021 at 10:03 PM.