High Tides | Seattle Mariners (MLBTS25)

[James]

[Count]

Arozarena for Vierling straight up seems like win for Detroit tbh, even if Randy wasn't producing for you. At least Vierling brings you a lot of versatility.

[redsox907]

I don't think Arozarena's versatility gets valued as much in The Show as it does in real life, making it hard to have fair value for him in the game. If he ain't producing, hit the bricks yo

rough series against the Angels tho

[James]

Arozarena for Vierling straight up seems like win for Detroit tbh, even if Randy wasn't producing for you. At least Vierling brings you a lot of versatility.

He does, I just wanted to be rid of Randy. Good riddance. He has been trash in this chise.

I don't think Arozarena's versatility gets valued as much in The Show as it does in real life, making it hard to have fair value for him in the game. If he ain't producing, hit the bricks yo

rough series against the Angels tho

Yeah going up against the Angels sucked to lose so many. Now we got two more divisional rivals.

[James]

Mariners Weekly Preview

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Headlines

SERIES PREVIEW Mariners Finish Road Trip in Sacramento After a disappointing series in Anaheim against the Angels, the Mariners head upstate to play against the Athletics. This is an interesting series with the rumors of Gio Urshela being acquired by the Mariners but no forward momentum has been made in that trade so far. Look for the Mariners to have better pitching and outlast the Athletics on the scoreboard.

SERIES PREVIEW Mariners Return Home Against Rangers The Mariners will follow up their road trip by ending July and opening August with the divisional rival Texas Rangers. The Rangers have a good middle of the order that can damage the Mariners pitching. However, the Rangers pitching has been lack luster so far this season and they are going up against the best the Mariners have to offer at the moment in the rotation. If the Mariners can keep the 3,4 and 5 spots quiet they should have the chance to win this 4 game series.

FRONT OFFICE Trade Deadline This Week The trade deadline is rapidly approaching with only 4 more games until the window is closed. The Mariners have made one move so far but still need to make some more moves, especially in the bullpen, if they are wanting to beef up the roster for a playoff push. They may also be betting on the fact that they can make the playoffs with the current roster and hope they catch fire at the end of the season going into the playoffs. However, that last series against the Angels was not a promising series to hedge that bet on.

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Series 1 - Athletics (46-62)
JUL 28–30 - Sutter Health Park - Away

Pitching Matchups

Game	SEA Starter	ATH Starter	Edge
7/28	Luis Castillo (7-9, 4.30 ERA, 92 SO)	JP Sears (8-7, 3.65 ERA, 73 SO	Even
7/29	Bryce Miller (8-3, 2.85 ERA, 95 SO)	Joey Estes (6-8, 3.27 ERA, 61 SO	SEA Advantage
7/30	Emerson Hancock (2-6, 5.58 ERA, 39 SO	Osvaldo Bido (5-8, 4.46 ERA, 82 SO)	ATH Advantage

Athletics Starting Lineup

#	POS	Player	AVG	HR	RBI	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	2B	Zack Gelof	.263	13	49	.306	.454	.760
2	SS	Jacob Wilson	.253	3	32	.300	.325	.625
3	RF	Brent Rooker	.276	14	48	.349	.450	.799
4	C	Shea Langeliers	.223	16	55	.293	.404	.697
5	CF	JJ Bleday	.261	10	35	.347	.390	.737
6	3B	Gio Urshela	.261	9	40	.308	.383	.691
7	LF	Seth Brown	.233	11	40	.285	.390	.675
8	1B	Tyler Soderstrom	.250	17	41	.320	.454	.774
9	DH	Max Schuemann	.230	4	7	.286	.369	.655

ATH Injury Report: None

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Series 2 - Texas Rangers (48-59)
JUL 31-AUG 3 - T-Mobile Park - Home

Pitching Matchups

Game	TEX Starter	SEA Starter	Edge
7/31	Jon Gray (4-1, 3.74 ERA, 28 SO)	George Kirby (8-9, 2.89 ERA, 92 SO)	SEA Advantage
8/1	Nathan Eovaldi (6-12, 4.10 ERA, 92 SO)	Logan Gilbert (10-6, 2.85 ERA, 123 SO)	SEA Advantage
8/2	Cody Bradford (6-9, 4.67 ERA, 69 SO)	Luis Castillo (7-9, 4.30 ERA, 92 SO)	Even Matchup
8/3	Jacob deGrom (8-5, 4.87 ERA, 78 SO)	Bryce Miller (8-3, 2.85 ERA, 95 SO)	SEA Advantage

Texas Rangers Starting Lineup

#	POS	Player	AVG	HR	RBI	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	LF	Wyatt Langford	.238	12	41	.297	.417	.714
2	DH	Ezequiel Duran	.260	8	29	.297	.417	.714
3	SS	Corey Seager	.302	29	63	.392	.585	.977
4	1B	Jake Burger	.278	20	55	.330	.496	.826
5	LF	Joc Pederson	.206	16	35	.297	.389	.686
6	3B	Josh Jung	.248	13	42	.295	.447	.742
7	C	Kyle Higashioka	.157	11	25	.253	.292	.545
8	RF	Adolis Garcia	.220	9	28	.295	.339	.634
9	2B	Marcus Semien	.260	11	40	.354	.423	.777

TEX Injury Report: None

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Seattle Mariners (53-53)

Seattle Mariners Starting Lineup

#	POS	Player	AVG	HR	RBI	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	2B	Jorge Polanco	.287	14	39	.355	.474	.829
2	3B	Matt Vierling	.273	3	15	.339	.409	.748
3	RF	Victor Robles	.254	11	41	.333	.405	.738
4	C	Cal Raleigh	.249	24	64	.325	.488	.813
5	SS	J.P. Crawford	.264	6	36	.356	.378	.734
6	DH	Ryan Bliss	.255	3	13	.311	.423	.734
7	LF	Dominic Canzone	.215	7	15	.335	.390	.725
8	CF	Julio Rodriguez	.249	11	39	.304	.410	.714
9	1B	Austin Shenton	.232	9	41	.299	.349	.648

SEA Injury Report: 2B Dylan Moore - Lat Muscle Strain (1-6 days), SP Bryan Woo - Broken Hand (1-2 months)

[djp73]

A 1B in the 9 spot seems odd to me

[James]

A 1B in the 9 spot seems odd to me

He's not hitting that great so that's the way things go.

[James]

MARINERS WEEKLY RECAP
Week of Jul 28–Aug 3, 2025 - @ Athletics - vs Rangers

This Week: 2-5 Overall: 55-58

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SERIES STORYLINES

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ATHLETICS SERIES
Pitching Fails Mariners
The Mariners struggled in games 1 and 2 against the Athletics. Luis Castillo was knocked out the game in the third inning in game 1 after giving up 4 earned runs. The bullpen didn't pull it's weight and gave up an additional 4 runs before the end of the game as the Athletics won game 1. Game 2 saw a slightly better performance with Bryce Miller at least making it 5 innings but he also gave up 4 runs and the bullpen gave up an additional 2 runs as the Mariners once again couldn't match the Athletic's run tally. Game 3 finally saw Emerson Hancock put up a quality start and the Mariners were able to take the game 5-0 to avoid the sweep.

ANGELS SERIES
Mariners look lost against Rangers
The key for the Mariners in this series was to stop the middle of the order for the Rangers. They were unable to do that as Texas exploded in games 2 and 3 before winning a pitcher's duel in game 4. The Mariners really struggled again in this series and it showed only winning 1 out of 4 games. The pitching staff for the Mariners is just performing woefully at the moment.

TRADE NEWS
No Further Action as Deadline Passes
There were more rumors about moves made by the Mariners before the trade deadline but none of them came to fruition. Ownership was either unable to make deals that made sense for the club's finacials or they are a bit of a clairvoyant and recognized the sinking ship that has suddenly appeared. Without reinforcements this Mariners squad will rapidly need to retool what they are doing or they won't even sniff the playoffs.

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@ Athletics
Jul 28–39 - Sutter Health Park - West Sacramento, CA
Series Result: 1-2

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JUL 28 SEA 5 - ATH 8 LOSS
SEA SP: Luis Castillo - 2.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 2 SO
ATH SP: JP Sears - 7.0 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 SO
W – JP Sears (9-7) L – Luis Castillo (7-10)
HR: SEA - Ryan Bliss ATH - Brent Rooker, Shea Langeliers, Max Schuemann 2

JUL 29 SEA 3 - ATH 6 LOSS
SEA SP: Bryce Miller - 5.0 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 5 SO
ATH SP: Joey Estes - 7.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO
W – Joey Estes (7-8) L – Bryce Miller (8-4) SV – Mason Miller (21)
HR: SEA – Jorge Polanco, Matt Vierling, Julio Rodrigez ATH - Zack Gelof 2, Seth Brown

JUL 30 SEA 5 - ATH 0 WIN
W – Emerson Hancock (3-6) L – Osvaldo Bido (5-9)


HIGHLIGHT: Emerson Hancock has a great day on the mound to get the win

Mariners Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Jorge Polanco	4	0	1	2	0	2	.289
Matt Vierling	4	0	0	0	0	1	.267
Victor Robles	3	0	0	0	1	2	.252
Cal Raleigh	4	0	0	0	0	3	.240
J.P. Crawford	3	1	0	0	1	1	.256
Ryan Bliss	4	1	1	0	0	1	.248
Dominic Canzone	2	2	1	1	0	0	.215
Julio Rodriguez	3	1	1	2	0	0	.255
Dylan Moore	3	0	0	0	0	1	.225

Seattle Batting
2B: Julio Rodriguez
HR: Dominic Canzone
RBI Julio Rodriguez 2, Jorge Polanco 2, Dominic Canzone
HBP: Dominic Canzone

Mariners Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Emerson Hancock	6.0	3	0	0	0	6	5.14
Gabe Speier	2.0	1	0	0	0	4	2.36
Matt Brash	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	3.73

Athletics Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Zack Gelof	4	0	2	0	0	1	.270
Max Schuemann	4	0	0	0	0	1	.227
Brent Rooker	4	0	0	0	0	2	.275
Shea Langeliers	4	0	1	0	0	2	.224
JJ Bleday	3	0	0	0	0	1	.262
Gio Urshela	3	0	1	0	0	1	.258
Seth Brown	3	0	0	0	0	1	.231
CJ Alexander	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Max Muncy	3	0	1	0	0	1	.273

Athletics Batting
2B: Shea Langeliers

Athletics Baserunning
CS: Zack Gelof

Athletics Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Osvaldo Bido	4.0	1	2	2	1	8	4.46
Dylan Floro	0.1	3	3	3	0	1	4.78
Luis Medina	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	1.89
Michael Otanez	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	4.22

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vs Texas Rangers
Jul 31–Aug 3 - T-Mobile Park - Seattle, WA
Series Result: 1-3

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JUL 31 TEX 1 - SEA 6 WIN
TEX SP: Jon Gray - 3.1 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 SO
SEA SP: George Kirby - 8.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 5 SO
W – George Kirby (9-9) L – Jon Gray (4-2)
HR: SEA - Julio Rodriguez, Dominic Canzone

AUG 1 TEX 12 - SEA 1 LOSS
TEX SP: Nathan Eovaldi - 8.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 SO
SEA SP: Logan Gilbert - 0.2 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 SO
W – Nathan Eovaldi (7-12) L – Logan Gilbert (10-7)
HR: TEX - Josh Jung, Kyle Higashioka, Adolis Garcia, Marcus Semien

AUG 2 TEX 7 - SEA 4 LOSS
TEX SP: Cody Bradford - 6.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 SO
SEA SP: Luis Castillo - 7.0 IP, 6 H, 1 BB, 3 SO
W – Robert Garcia (2-5) L - Gabe Speir (2-2)
HR: TEX - Joc Pederson, Marcus Semien SEA - Cal Raleigh

AUG 3 TEX 2 - SEA 1 LOSS
TEX SP: Cody Bradford - 2.1 IP, 2 H, 2 BB
SEA SP: Bryce Miller - 7.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 SO
W – Shawn Armstrong (5-2) L – Matt Brash (2-4) SV – Alexis Diaz (12)
HR: TEX - Josh H. Smith

[Captain Canada]

Damn, we losing series to the Athletics now? That's a tough string of games there.

[djp73]

Couple rough series, hopefully just knocking off the rust