Despite all their struggles, Josh Naylor and his #Mariners teammates are sticking to the plan. But although it worked out on Wednesday, there are still questions moving forward for Seattle.
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The #Mariners' early-season tumble continued on Tuesday night, with all-too-familiar batting bafflement joined by bullpen slippage as Seattle rolled over once more against a potentially dangerous AL West foe.
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BREAKING: The #Reign's Jess Fishlock will retire at the end of the 2026 season, the team has announced.
The #Mariners wound up dropping a very winnable game on Monday night.
Most of it was due to the bats coming up short again, but there were two should-be lessons for manager Dan Wilson's process along the way.
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The #Seawolves wound up losing by nine in a match they led for well over half the game time, with injury-spurred exhaustion proving too great to overcome as they dropped their second straight road match.
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The #Mariners didn't start the weekend set against Texas on the right foot, but they followed up a win on Saturday with a vintage homer-and-hurler victory on Sunday to stabilize their situation a bit going into the week.
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PREVIEW: It may not be the San Diego Legion anymore, but the #Seawolves are still going up against a west coast rival in that city for their third game. What must Seattle do to bounce back from their Carolina loss?
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Had he been a little more selfish, the #Sounders' Cristian Roldan could have made a hat trick by the 50th minute on Saturday night. But as he showed why the USMNT needs him come June, his whole team showed why they're among MLS' best.
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The #Mariners' tribulations seem to only be getting worse as time passes, with yet another lifeless showing - their fourth shutout loss of the season - dropping their record to 8-13. How did it all go wrong once more?
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The #Mariners are the first team to get shut out 4 times this year.
Most recent teams to get shut out 4+ times in first 21 games:
-'24 White Sox (7)
-'24 Rockies (4)
-'23 Royals (4)
-'23 A's (4)
-'21 Marlins (4)
-'21 Nats (5)
-'19 Marlins (5)
FINAL: Rangers 5 - 0 Mariners
The #Mariners' sweep at the hands of the Padres wasn't close to an optimal result - but how much were the collapse on Wednesday and the failed comeback on Thursday actually the fruits of mismanagement?
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Despite a two-goal loss in the first leg and a road goal for Tigres UANL, the #Sounders nearly came away with a semifinals berth in CCC. Though there were plenty of silver linings, it was an early exit for the dynasty-aspirant Seattle.
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HT thoughts @soundersfc.com 1 - 1 Tigres:
-Brunell mistake and an ensuing set piece breakdown gave Tigres the massive road goal
-Guzman came up in a big way late in the half to keep Rothrock off the board
-Sounders were breaking down in stoppage
-Morris isn't looking great at nine today
Not even an echo of the #Mariners' 29-run Seattle sweep could be seen in San Diego, as the bats served up nothing and the M's lost their sixth straight road game.
What led to the lessons falling away so quickly?
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Before the long weekend, the #Mariners looked on the edge of disaster. Though the work is not done, their opening run appears all but over four short games later.
How did the M's complete the sweep?
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Both the #Seawolves and Anthem crews tripped themselves up a fair bit on Sunday afternoon.
But as knocks piled up for Seattle and Carolina capitalized, the visitors wound up with their first loss of #MLR2026.
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It sure didn't seem like the #Mariners' night when the Rock got quarried for seven runs in less than four innings.
By thinking small, however, the M's offense built their biggest comeback win of the year.
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After an eon of Hadean hitting woes for the #Mariners, Randy Arozarena's blast rung out as a sea change and Seattle's late heavy bombardment ended the four-game skid.
How did the M's finally get it done in all facets?
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Plain for all to see, the #Mariners (especially their stars) have been in the mother of all slumps with the stick to start 2026.
But what does the underlying data say about the big slump - and how much does it mean?
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rolling bat speed for Randy Arozarena, Josh Naylor, Cal Raleigh, and Julio Rodriguez during March/April, 2025 and 2026
The #Mariners - despite myriad mishaps from Mays through Octobers - haven't fallen to bits by the Ides of April in decades. But the team's deep slumbers in maple and leather are putting them near an early turning point.
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On the #Mariners, where many good hitters have become pumpkins swinging in teal, pitchers might be more readily weary at another slow start.
How did the M's do it again on Tuesday - and how close is the big red button?
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Salvation from opening scuffling will have to wait for the #Mariners, as despite Cal Raleigh breaking his homer fast in the first inning, the offense went from bad to worse and wasted a solid start from Logan Gilbert.
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Seattle's woes with glove and bat continued unabated on Sunday afternoon as #Mariners-Angels weirdness was on full display. What went wrong for the M's against the reflections of their previous selves?
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Claudia Dickey set the #Reign record for saves with the club and the back line worked overtime to make it happen, but the team lacked finishing in the final third as both Seattle and Denver walked away with a point.
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The #Seawolves played their first of five home regular season matches on Friday night, and a host of former Houston SaberCats - led by 18-point scorer Davy Coetzer - made quite an impression as Seattle notched the win.
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FREE: The long wait is over and the 2026 #MLR season is about to begin in earnest for the #Seawolves. What is their 10-game schedule going to look like, and what are they up against in their first game versus Old Glory?
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"Winning player": these are the two words that #Mariners top prospect Colt Emerson brought up time and again to describe his approach to the game. What drives Emerson's well-praised consistency?
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The #Mariners have only hit .205 through the first week of the 2026 season, and although they started to claw out of the abyss in the late innings on Wednesday, it wasn't enough to make up for the first seven frames.
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