We are still three-plus weeks away from Opening Day and the Mariners have begun the process of trimming their camp roster, sending some players to minor league camp and releasing right-handed pitcher Dauris Valdez.

The Seattle Mariners are over a week through spring training games, and the team is getting a better picture of who belongs where when the season begins. The Ma

It's early, but the Mariners are encouraged by their first steps under new manager Dan Wilson. Here are a few early takeaways from spring training.

The arrival of Ken Griffey Jr. meant the Mariners had three Hall of Famers in camp, joining Edgar Martinez and Ichiro Suzuki.

Cal Raleigh hit his first home run of Seattle Mariners spring training against a former M's standout, plus Victor Robles flashed the leather in center field.

More than a decade after the bat flip became ubiquitous following a big homer in Major League Baseball, Colorado Rockies pitcher Jefry Yan might be at the forefront of a celebration revolution on the mound.

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Cal Raleigh put Seattle in front, 3-2, with a pinch-hit solo home run off ex-teammate Paul Sewald in the fifth. Sewald, making his second appearance of the spring for Cleveland, pitched for the Mariners with Raleigh as his catcher in 2022 and 2023. He struck out Tellez on a sweeper to complete his outing

The Mariners have had the most productive rotation in MLB the past two years, and they’re all back: Gilbert, Luis Castillo, George Kirby, Bryce Miller and Bryan Woo (with a proven No. 6 starter, Emerson Hancock, in the mix too).