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Mariners must jump at Teruaki Sato after $80M contract projection, Yankees disinterest

With the offseason officially here and in full swing, all eyes are on the Seattle Mariners and what they plan to do next. Now that the organization has finally settled on a manager, the Pacific ...
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Mariners' Jason Kanzler hire rewrites Jerry Dipoto's failed manager playbook

The Seattle Mariners have a new manager, and it's Jason Kanzler. Like Scott Servais and Dan Wilson before him, he's coming to the job with no prior managerial experience at the major league level. Yet ...
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Diamondbacks' pitching search lines up perfectly with what Mariners can offer

The Seattle Mariners have been, frankly, too reluctant to trade from their wealth of starting pitching in past offseasons. Yet there now seems to be a collective hunch in the Pacific Northwest that ...
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A Mariners trade for Marlins SS Otto Lopez is worth the resulting roster headaches

It's often said that sports reflect society and in this respect, the 2026 season for the Mariners proved more than ever that there are few certainties in life. The chief example being a team picked by ...
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Mariners should covet an Eugenio Suárez reunion even after his fall from grace

There are plenty of players in Mariners history who have been beloved, whether it be by fans, teammates, ownership, the front office or media. However, when it comes to someone who is liked by all, we ...
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4 missing elements the Mariners desperately need to find again in 2027

As much as we'd all like to move on, we're ultimately still closer to the nightmare that was the Seattle Mariners' 2026 season than we are to the 2027 season. And with so much uncertainty surrounding ...
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Ben Williamson, Tai Peete fall heroics keep twisting Mariners' Brendan Donovan trade

If the Seattle Mariners had gotten their way, their trade for Brendan Donovan would have resulted in them being the ones winning hearts and minds this late in October. Instead, it's Ben Williamson and ...
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Mariners losing Silver Slugger finalist nod captures key challenge for Jason Kanzler

The Mariners need to be a lot better offensively in 2027. Jason Kanzler and CJ Gillman might be on their own in making it ...
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New Mariners manager Jason Kanzler literally sounds like Dan Wilson’s opposite

Jason Kanzler is already bringing a different energy to Seattle. His experience, communication skills, and vision could be exactly what the Mariners need after ...
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Silver Slugger finalist nod gives Randy Arozarena another card for free agency

Randy Arozarena is a finalist for a Louisville Slugger Silver Slugger award, and that in itself is an improvement. In 2025, ...
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Albert Pujols pursuit shows Astros are bucking Mariners’ approach in manager hunt

While Jason Kanzler was ingratiating himself to Seattle Mariners fans by referring to the Houston Astros as the "team that ...
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Jason Kanzler can steal Cubs' Seiya Suzuki magic to fix Julio Rodríguez for Mariners

The Seattle Mariners are coming out of 2026 in need of a magic touch, and they're making a blind bet that Jason Kanzler can provide one as their new manager. He's never managed before, so he'll have ...