Seattle, WA
FanGraphs Predicts Cal Raleigh to Have Another Solid Year For Seattle Mariners in 2025
The Seattle Mariners entered the offseason with a lot of questions about its lineup heading into 2025.
The general perception was that the Mariners needed to upgrade at second and third base while finding another first baseman/designated hitter to pair with Luke Raley.
Those needs only became amplified when Seattle declined second baseman Jorge Polanco’s club option and non-tendered third baseman Josh Rojas.
One thing that isn’t in doubt is that the Mariners are set at catcher, and that they boast one of the best in the league in the position — Cal Raleigh.
Raleigh’s fourth major league season (2024) was the best of his career. He caught more innings than any other catcher (1,122) for one of the best starting rotations in baseball. He also set the MLB record for the most home runs by a catcher through their first four years in the league (93).
He set the franchise’s single-season records for home runs (34) and RBIs (100) by a catcher.
Raleigh was recognized across the league for the season he had by winning Gold Glove and Platinum Glove honors and he was named a finalist for a Silver Slugger.
Cal Raleigh hits his 93rd career home run, most all-time among catchers through their first four seasons! pic.twitter.com/iSC0lfDbSE
— MLB (@MLB) September 29, 2024
It’s been a successful 2024 for Raleigh. And FanGraphs’ ZiPS projections has Raleigh repeating his success in 2025.
FanGraphs projections predicts Raleigh finishing with the second-highest fWAR (FanGraphs WAR) on the team in 2025 at 4.9. That is just about one fWAR off from franchise star Julio Rodriguez’s projections.
FanGraphs has Raleigh finishing with a .230 batting average to go with 28 home runs and 81 RBIs in 2025.
Based on the projections, Raleigh will be slightly more effective as an overall hitter while keeping similar power numbers. Despite having 34 home runs and 100 RBIs, he hit just .220 in 2024.
FanGraphs was favorable to Seattle’s lineup as a whole. But if the ZiPS projections hold true, then Raleigh and Rodriguez will likely be the highlights of the offense in 2025.
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Seattle, WA
Jorge Prado withdraws from Seattle SMX Round 6 with a shoulder injury
Jorge Prado posted the fastest time in qualification for Round 6 of the SuperMotocross World Championship, but a hard crash in the second session sent him off the track early to have his shoulder evaluated.
Prado was x-rayed by the Alpinestars Medical crew and showed no sign of a break, but after lining up for Heat 2 and taking the gate drop, he realized he would not be healthy enough to race.
Prado withdrew from the heat, and the team immediately announced that he would not line up for the Last Chance Qualifier.
Christian Craig was also unable to line up for the LCQ.
Last week, RJ Hampshire was forced to retire from the round after suffering flu-like symptoms.
Seattle, WA
Report: Seattle Seahawks interviewing 49ers assistant for OC
The Seattle Seahawks are interviewing San Francisco 49ers run game coordinator/tight ends coach Brian Fleury for their offensive coordinator job on Saturday, according to a report from ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Why Bump is confident Seahawks will nail their OC search
Fleury is the sixth reported offensive coordinator candidate for the Super Bowl champion Seahawks, who are searching for a new OC after Klint Kubiak departed to become the Las Vegas Raiders’ head coach.
Seattle’s other reported OC candidates include four in-house options: quarterbacks coach Andrew Janocko, run game specialist/assistant offensive line coach Justin Outten, passing game coordinator Jake Peetz and tight ends coach Mack Brown. Arizona Cardinals pass game specialist Connor Senger also was reported as a candidate.
Fleury spent the past seven seasons on 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan’s staff. He was the 49ers’ defensive quality control coach in 2019, their offensive quality control coach in 2020-21, their tight ends coach from 2022-24 and their run game coordinator/tight ends coach in 2025.
Fleury began his NFL coaching career as the Buffalo Bills’ quality control coach in 2013. He then spent two seasons in Cleveland, where he was the Browns’ assistant linebackers coach in 2014 and their outside linebackers coach in 2015. He then spent three seasons in Miami, serving as the Dolphins’ football research analyst in 2016 and their director of football research in 2017-18.
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Seattle, WA
Nancy Guthrie: At least 3 reportedly detained in connection with case
Nancy Guthrie: 3 reportedly detained in case
Three people have reportedly been detained in connection with the investigation into Nancy Guthrie case. Officials with the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said there will be no formal statement on the developments for now.
TUCSON, Ariz. – Fox News is reporting that at least three people have been detained on Feb. 13 in connection with the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, citing an otherwise unnamed local law enforcement source.
Big picture view:
“The source says after receiving a tip, authorities detained two males, plus one of their moms. The source said a warrant had been served,” read a portion of the Fox News article. “The source cautioned that during a warrant execution ‘technically everyone is detained.’”
Meanwhile, officials with the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said “law enforcement activity is underway at a residence near E. Orange Grove Rd & N. First Ave related to the Guthrie case.”
“Because this is a joint investigation, at the request of the FBI – no additional information is currently available,” read a portion of the X post.
What’s next:
Fox News is reporting that according to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department, a written statement will be released.
The backstory:
Nancy, who is the mother of “Today” show co-host Savannah Guthrie, was last seen on the night of Jan. 31 after being dropped off at her Catalina Foothills home near East Skyline Drive and North Campbell Avenue. She was reported missing the next day after her family was notified that she hadn’t shown up for church.
Authorities say she was taken from her home against her will and is without her necessary medication. Photos taken at the scene show blood drops on the porch of Nancy’s home.
On Feb. 11, FBI officials said they were “conducting an extensive search” along roadways in the Catalina Foothills area near Guthrie’s home.
“Numerous FBI agents are conducting an extensive search along multiple roadways in the Catalina Foothills area related to the Nancy Guthrie investigation,” the FBI’s Phoenix field office said in a statement. “We are asking the medi and motorists to follow all traffic laws and to remain especially cautious when passing law enforcement personnel near the roadways.”
On Feb. 12, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department asked residents within a two-mile radius of Nancy’s home to submit “all video footage that includes vehicles, vehicle traffic, people/pedestrians, and anything neighbors deem out of the ordinary or important” from Jan. 1 to Feb. 2.
On Feb. 13, PCSD said that DNA other than Nancy’s and “those in close contact to her” were collected from the property, and investigators are working to identify who it belongs to. PCSD is not saying where the DNA was located.
The Source: Information for this article was gathered from a statement released by the Pima County Sheriff’s Office.
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