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‘Let’s F—ing Party’: The Mariners Finally End Their 21-Year Playoff Drought

After two decades of bad decisions and bad bounces and bad play, it’s time for Seattle baseball to celebrate again.

Sports Illustrated · Oct 1, 2022

Mariners pitcher Luis Castillo's 5-year extension keeps him in the 'family long term'

For La Piedra, it was the feeling of la familia that made him want to eschew the flexibility of his looming free agency and commit to the Mariners for the next five years and perhaps beyond.

Tribune News Service · Sep 27, 2022

Julio Rodríguez Is Here to Save the Mariners

He isn’t the next Ken Griffey Jr. He wants to write his own story—beginning with ending Seattle’s playoff drought.

Sports Illustrated · Sep 23, 2022

Larry Stone: Jerry Dipoto's faith is working so far, but can the Mariners stay in the mix for a wild-card spot?

Let's flash back to June 19, which seems like another lifetime ago for the Mariners. The ballclub had just lost its fourth out of five games to the Angels at home — the second in a row by shutout. It was 10 games under .500, the season was in shambles,…

Tribune News Service · Jul 13, 2022

The Carlos Santana Move Sets the Tone for Trade Deadline Season

The Mariners-Royals deal could be a sign of the times as we enter a potentially unprecedented buyer’s market.

Sports Illustrated · Jun 28, 2022

Joe Maddon’s Firing Deepens Angels’ Era of Instability

Los Angeles’s knee-jerk response to a 12-game losing streak is more of the same impatience exhibited by owner Arte Moreno during his tenure.

Sports Illustrated · Jun 8, 2022

Matt Calkins: After falling into last place, Mariners season passes infuriating and moves into depressing

Scott Servais took over as the Mariners' manager in October 2015. He has served as the team's skipper in more than 900 games.

Tribune News Service · May 26, 2022

Larry Stone: Why Jarred Kelenic is the biggest conundrum in Mariners' rebuilding plan

SEATTLE — The Jarred Kelenic trade is getting a lot of revisionist analysis this weekend as the Mariners face the Mets in New York for the first time since those two teams consummated the deal on Dec. 3, 2018.

Tribune News Service · May 14, 2022

J.P. Crawford for Jean Segura: Reassessing the Phillies-Mariners trade four years later

SEATTLE — It took a few years, but J.P. Crawford turned out to be mostly what the Phillies thought he was: a stellar defensive shortstop with on-base skills and leadership qualities in the clubhouse.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · May 10, 2022

Mariners sign shortstop J.P. Crawford to 5-year contract extension

MINNEAPOLIS — When the 2021 season came to an end, Mariners president of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto called J.P. Crawford to let him know that he was their shortstop of the future regardless of any rumors he might here in the upcoming offseason.

Tribune News Service · Apr 8, 2022