Having missed out on its first opportunity to clinch a second consecutive championship, the Modesto Nuts made sure the California League crown remained at John Thurman Field on Wednesday night. The Seattle affiliate put on a pitching clinic, edging Lake Elsinore, 2-1, in the winner-take-all Game 3 of the Championship

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Welcome to Crooked Numbers, a monthly column dedicated to Minor League Baseball on-field oddities and absurdities. The edition, rounding up the month of August, features RBI explosions, epic sweeps, same-named individuals and, of course, much more. Keeping track of this type of thing is a team effort, so get in

All farm systems, whether they’re at the top or the bottom of organizational rankings, have differing strengths. We’ve decided to dig deeper into a few of those talent buckets over the next few weeks. This week, we’ll take a look at the top farm systems based on infield prospects. Using

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

SEATTLE -- MLB Pipeline’s prospect re-rankings are due to come out in the next week. But on Saturday morning, Troy Taylor got an even better sort of promotion. Ahead of the second game of their series against the Mets, the Mariners selected Taylor’s contract, calling up the right-handed reliever --

BOSTON -- The Trade Deadline officially passed on Tuesday, and as the dust settled, a Mariners team that was among the most active buyers in this year’s market believes that it is “meaningfully better than we were a week ago,” in the words of Jerry Dipoto. “The fact that we

BOSTON -- The most active team in this Trade Deadline season was at it again with a little over 24 hours before Tuesday’s 3 p.m. PT cutoff, as the Mariners swung another high-profile deal to acquire veteran corner infielder and designated hitter Justin Turner from the Blue Jays. The 39-year-old

CHICAGO -- Jerry Dipoto has his foot firmly on the gas pedal. The Mariners’ president of baseball operations, along with general manager Justin Hollander, executed the club’s third trade in less than 24 hours and just minutes before the team took the field for its series opener against the White

SEATTLE -- Jurrangelo Cijntje taught himself to throw right-handed when his father -- a professional catcher in the Netherlands -- told him that lefties couldn’t catch. The young Cijntje almost did too good a job. Moving from Curacao to Miami to play high school ball at Champagnat Catholic in Hialeah,

SEATTLE -- The Mariners made two of their most intriguing picks in recent Draft memory, swung aggressively with an expensive agreement on their second-rounder, restocked their hitter-heavy pipeline with 14 pitchers and came away from their 2024 class feeling optimistic about its long-term potential. Basically, Seattle’s 2024 Draft had a

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SEATTLE -- After selecting a switch-pitcher with their top pick in the 2024 MLB Draft, the Mariners added more intrigue to their mix when selecting two-way player Grant Knipp with their sixth-round pick during Day 2 on Monday, at No. 183 overall.

Jurrangelo Cijntje is for real. A rare switch-pitcher -- able to reach 95 mph with both arms -- the Mississippi State sophomore is no circus act. Cijntje is legitimately able to retire batters with both his left and right arm, and Draft evaluators have certainly taken notice. Here’s your guide

SEATTLE -- The Mariners went bold with the first-round selection in the 2024 MLB Draft on Sunday, taking switch-pitcher Jurrangelo Cijntje out of Mississippi State University with their top pick at No. 15 overall. Yes, you read that right. And with their second-round pick, they selected high-school right-hander Ryan Sloan,

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