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Yankees make some frank admissions after second straight loss to Seattle

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2 years ago

May 22, 2024

Yankees make some frank admissions after second straight loss to Seattle

NEW YORK – After the Yankees’ second straight loss to the Seattle Mariners, Aaron Boone and Clarke Schmidt made a couple of interesting revelations.

Yes, the Yankees manager regretted his decision to use Clayton Andrews over fellow lefty reliever Caleb Ferguson to start Tuesday night’s eighth inning, with the Yanks down by a run.

Before that, Schmidt felt he tipped his fourth-inning cutter to No. 9 hitter Dylan Moore, who belted two homers and drove in four runs in Seattle’s 6-3 win at Yankee Stadium.

Maybe it wasn’t as shocking as Monday night’s 5-4 Yankee loss, when the Mariners got to closer Clay Holmes – sporting a zero ERA through 20 appearances – with four runs in the ninth.

But it was a little stunning to hear those admissions out loud, after the AL East-leading Yankees (33-17) dropped consecutive games to the AL West-leading Mariners (27-22) before 37,257 disappointed fans.

Clarke Schmidt believes he was tipping pitches

Schmidt was coming off a career-best start at Minnesota, with eight shutout innings and his third straight win.

On Tuesday night, Schmidt lasted just five innings, and was somewhat alarmed at his 100-pitch count.

He’d retired the first seven Mariners he faced – four on strikeouts – before Josh Rojas’ one-out double in the third.

And here’s where things got interesting.

After striking out the side on cutters in the second inning, Schmidt’s full-count cutter to Moore – thrown a bit off the outer edge – was lashed over the left field wall.

Asked about that pitch later, Schmidt suggested he’d tipped the cutter enough that Rojas – leading off second base – could signal it to Moore, who did the rest.

Schmidt wasn’t complaining, he was simply stating what he felt had occurred – and it was 100 percent on him.

This wasn’t a TV camera/trashcan-banging moment; it was real-time, on-field baseball savvy at work, the inside stuff that’s happened for 150 years.

“It’s a credit to (the Mariners) to be able to find it,’’ said Schmidt, adding that it’s “a fairly easy fix,’’ and that Seattle probably picked up on that tendency by watching his previous starts.

Aaron Boone admits he made the wrong pitching decision

Boone’s mea culpa was in choosing the as-yet unused Andrews over Ferguson.

After the elite fastball of starter Bryan Woo limited the Yankees to two hits across six shutout innings, Gleyber Torres belted a three-run homer off Trent Thornton.

Just his third homer of the year, Torres’ seventh-inning drive to left cut Seattle’s lead to 4-3, and Boone summoned Andrews for the eighth.

Andrews’ first pitch was smashed by Luke Raley for a solo homer, and Nick Burdi wound up finishing the eighth before yielding Moore’s second homer in the ninth.

Boone said he “liked the lane’’ of having Andrews face two lefty hitters, but “in hindsight, I probably should have’’ gone with Ferguson in that leveraged spot.

Andrews had arrived from Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Monday, when reliever Ian Hamilton was placed on the 7-day COVID injured list.

Following Tuesday’s game, Andrews was optioned back to make room for Tommy Kahnle, due to be activated Wednesday after missing the season’s first 50 games due to shoulder issues.

Reliever Dennis Santana had given up two runs in the seventh, including a solo shot to Ty France, as the Mariners – with terrific pitching and a less than dynamic lineup – belted four homers Tuesday.

Still, the Yankees managed to get the tying runs up in the eighth in Juan Soto and Aaron Judge, and again in the ninth before bowing out.

And here was more promise earlier Tuesday, with Gerrit Cole on the mound, throwing to live batters – his first such session since developing elbow nerve irritation in March.

Kahnle will give the Yankees a needed swing-and-miss presence in the bullpen, and Hamilton could be activated by early next week.

And by next Tuesday at Anaheim, Boone expects to have DJ LeMahieu in his starting lineup, and playing third base for the first time this regular season.

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WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Gunfire at Westcrest Park

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3 hours ago

December 16, 2025

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WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Gunfire at Westcrest Park

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December 15, 2025 (10:43 pm)

Would be interesting to know how many casings the police department finds weekly, monthly, and yearly…. gunfire is either being reported more often and checked upon by the police, or increasing in frequency.

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Evacuations ordered in 3 south Seattle suburbs after levee fails after week of heavy rain

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December 15, 2025

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Evacuations ordered in 3 south Seattle suburbs after levee fails after week of heavy rain

SEATTLE (AP) – Officials ordered immediate evacuations in three south Seattle suburbs Monday after a levee failed following a week of heavy rains.

The evacuation order from King County in Washington state covered homes and businesses east of the Green River in parts of Kent, Auburn and Tukwila.

Emergency shelters have been set up at the following locations:

Auburn Community and Event Center, 910 9th St. SE, Auburn, WA, 98002
Ray of Hope Shelter, 2806 Auburn Way N. Auburn, WA, 98002
Evergreen State Fairgrounds, 14405 179th Ave. SE., Monroe, WA 98272 (Open 24 hours) – Pets welcomed

The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning covering nearly 47,000 people.

“Conditions are dangerous and access routes may be lost at any time,” the weather service said in a post on X.

This is for residents and businesses east of the green river in the Orillia area in Tukwila, Renton and Kent.
Due to breach in the Desimone Levee, this area is under a GO NOW evacuation notice. Leave immediately if you are in this area.
— NWS Seattle (@NWSSeattle) December 15, 2025

The levee breach followed a week of heavy rain and flooding that inundated communities, forced the evacuations of tens of thousands of people, and prompted scores of rescues throughout western Washington state

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Report: Seattle Mariners a front-runner for Cards’ Donovan

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December 14, 2025

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Report: Seattle Mariners a front-runner for Cards’ Donovan

The Seattle Mariners have emerged as one of two front-runners in trade talks with the St. Louis Cardinals for utilityman Brendan Donovan, The Athletic’s Katie Woo reported on Saturday.

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Woo reported a league source said trade discussions between the Mariners and Cardinals have been heating up since the Winter Meetings, and that switch-pitcher Jurrangelo Cijntje and outfielder Lazaro Montes – two of Seattle’s top-seven prospects, per MLB pipeline – are two names St. Louis has inquired about, among others.

The Cardinals will not trade Donovan unless they are “blown away” by the return, and it’s believed they are looking for at least two prospects, per Woo’s reporting.

The San Francisco Giants were the other of the two front-runners Woo named. She also said that both the Mariners and Giants remain engaged in talks with the Arizona Diamondbacks about second baseman Ketel Marte.

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Donovan, who will turn 29 next month, has two years of club control remaining. He’s played every position except catcher during his four-year career, with the majority of his time coming at second base and left field. He would figure to mainly factor in at second base and third base for the Mariners, who have young players like Cole Young, Ben Williamson and Colt Emerson vying for time at those positions.

Donovan was a first-time All-Star in 2025, batting .287 with a .353 on-base percentage, .422 slugging percentage, .775 OPS, 32 doubles, 10 home runs and 50 RBIs in 118 games. His 13% strikeout rate ranked in the 92nd percentile of big league hitters and his 13.4% whiff rate in the 95th percentile, per Baseball Savant.

Over four MLB seasons, Donovan has a career .282 average with a .361 on-base percentage, .411 slugging percentage, .772 OPS, 97 doubles, 40 homers and 202 RBIs in 492 games. He won the NL Gold Glove for utility players during his rookie season in 2022.

As for the prospects Woo reported the Cardinals inquiring about, the 22-year-old Cijntje is Seattle’s No. 7 prospect, per MLB Pipeline. The unique pitcher had a 3.99 ERA and 1.22 WHIP while holding opponents to a .207 average, striking out 120 batters and walking 51 in 108 1/3 innings pitched over 26 appearances (23 starts) across High-A and Double-A in 2025.

The 21-year-old Montes is considered to be the best power-hitting prospect in the Mariners’ farm system and is their No. 3 overall farmhand, per MLB Pipeline. The slugging outfielder hit .241 with a .354 on-base percentage, .504 slugging percentage, .858 OPS, 19 doubles, seven triples, 32 home runs, 89 RBIs, 83 walks and 169 strikeouts over 131 games across High-A and Double-A this year. Montes finished tied for third in home runs among minor leaguers across all levels.

The report that the M’s are one of the top contenders for Donovan came on the same day as they lost out on re-signing their top remaining free-agent target, second baseman/designated hitter Jorge Polanco, who reportedly agreed to a two-year, $40 million deal with the New York Mets.

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