PITTSBURGH -- George Kirby sat in the visitors' clubhouse at PNC Park on Sunday morning, earbuds firmly attached as dubstep tunes played loudly and aggressively while he lurched into his locker. But behind him, the throwbacks of Stevie Wonder and Daryl Hall & John Oates played softly on the speakers

PITTSBURGH -- The Mariners and Mets will take part in one of Major League Baseball’s marquee events next summer, as the league on Sunday announced that the two clubs will square off in the 2025 MLB Little League Classic in Williamsport, Pa. The game will be held on Sunday, Aug.

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PITTSBURGH -- The sweat seeped from Julio Rodríguez’s forehead as he walked into the visiting clubhouse at PNC Park on Saturday afternoon, a byproduct of a steamy afternoon, to be sure -- but perhaps just as much, it was related to his simmering seethe as the Mariners’ spiral continued. Rodríguez

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PITTSBURGH -- Even on a night when the Mariners had their best pitcher on the mound, an early lead thanks to a momentum-seizing homer and the opposing starter on the ropes, they still couldn’t find their way to the finish line. And a winless road trip extended to its fourth

DETROIT -- The slider from Andrés Muñoz hung over the heart of the plate, one of -- if not the only -- mistake a Mariners pitcher threw all afternoon. But given the tightrope that Seattle’s pitchers have been forced to walk for much of this season, it wound up being

MLB Pipeline unveiled its annual in-season rerank this week, and the Top 100 Prospects list looks significantly different. Forty-three players who weren't on the preseason Top 100 are now on the list, including 12 from the 2024 Draft class. While the No. 1 prospect remained the same (Jackson Holliday), dozens

It’s been a big week over at MLB Pipeline. We updated the Top 100 Prospects list, the Top 30s for each organization and the Top 10s for every position. We’ve also reranked the 30 farm systems, headlined by a new organization at No. 1.

DETROIT -- The first gut punch landed when Julio Rodríguez was forced to exit after aggravating the high right ankle sprain that sidelined him for three weeks. The next blow was absorbed a half-inning later, when Yimi García surrendered a game-tying, two-run homer to Kerry Carpenter, who continued to torment

Evaluating the relative talents of more than 5,000 prospects in various stages of development across 30 organizations is difficult to do with precision. Yet since MLB Pipeline started its biannual farm system rankings before the 2015 season, the clubs that have earned the No. 1 spot have enjoyed an undeniable

Even at this late point, players still have the opportunity to change the entire narrative of their season. Our latest edition of the Starting Pitcher Power Rankings is but one example. Reigning National League Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell languished on the free-agent market until settling for a short-term

Major League Baseball announced on Thursday that 2025 Spring Training will officially begin on Thursday, Feb. 20, as the Los Angeles Dodgers host the Chicago Cubs in Glendale, Ariz., to open the Cactus League season. On Friday, Feb. 21, the New York Yankees will host the Tampa Bay Rays in

DETROIT -- Despite striking out a career-high five times in his much-anticipated return to the Mariners’ lineup on Sunday, and that his high right ankle sprain still isn’t 100% healthy yet, Julio Rodríguez arrived at Comerica Park on Tuesday afternoon in a giddy mood. “I was so happy, man. So

DETROIT -- George Kirby craned his neck backwards and to his right as his eyes rolled backwards, a gesture of frustration and defeat after watching the last of his 12 hits surrendered on Tuesday night sail into the right-field bleachers for a punctuating grand slam. Kirby has had the occasional

DETROIT -- Victor Robles looked as at home as ever when mic’d up on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball, sharing stories about the monkeys he tends to back home and how alive he’s felt since joining the Mariners in early June. Robles was so free with his words that it was

SEATTLE -- There is a new No. 1 atop the Mariners’ midseason prospect rankings from MLB Pipeline, and perhaps to little surprise given the production and reputation Colt Emerson has developed in a little over one year after being selected by Seattle in the first round of the 2023 MLB

There's a new Top 100 Prospects list at MLB Pipeline . . . but not a new No. 1 overall prospect. Orioles middle infielder Jackson Holliday remains atop our biannual rankings. Not only is he No. 1 for the third straight list, but Baltimore has claimed the top spot for

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SEATTLE -- The Rock cooked up something special for Sunday Night Baseball, and the rest of the Mariners’ cast was happy to pitch in. Coming into the series finale against the Mets on a run of six consecutive quality starts, Luis Castillo hit another gear. He matched his season high

SEATTLE -- Julio Rodríguez was 3 years old the last time ESPN’s “Sunday Night Baseball” came to Seattle. He wasn’t going to miss the event’s return to T-Mobile Park. Rodríguez, who had been out with a right ankle sprain since July 21, passed one last test of his ankle and

SEATTLE -- It turns out Mariners reliever Tayler Saucedo’s viral line isn’t always completely true. You play nine innings. But sometimes, you can win a game in the first. In a 4-0 victory over the Mets on Saturday night at T-Mobile Park, the Mariners did their best to do just