The bad career news keeps coming for former Seattle Mariners ace pitcher Marco Gonzales, who has seen his season end for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Per Bob Pompeani on social media:

#Pirates placed left-handed pitcher Marco Gonzales on the 60-day injured list with a left forearm strain. Done for the year

This is yet another elbow issue for the 32-year-old Gonzales. He was already on the injured list for elbow problems earlier this year, which followed up his elbow issues from 2023 with the Mariners. He made only 10 starts with Seattle in 2023 because of the problems – and he pitched to an ERA of 5.22 to boot.

While nothing is officially out yet, it’s fair to speculate if Gonzales needs another elbow procedure. Last August, he had season-ending surgery to address a nerve issue in his forearm. If he needs something more serious this time around, he could be looking at missing all of 2025.

Gonzales spent parts of seven years with the Mariners after being acquired by in a trade with the St. Louis Cardinals. He won 13 games for the M’s in 2018 as the team pushed for a playoff berth and then became the ace in 2019 and 2020, winning 16 games in the 2019 season and going 7-2 in the COVID 2020 season. He won double-digit games in both 2021 and 2022 as well.

The Mariners traded him to the Atlanta Braves this past offseason. Atlanta turned around and shipped him to the Pirates in a separate move.

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SEATTLE – A baby gorilla at Woodland Park Zoo failed to bond with his mother and will be sent to be with a surrogate at another facility.

Members of the zoo say they have made the “critical decision” to move the six week old gorilla to another location to ensure he will be raised as a gorilla, by gorillas. 

“Because [the baby’s mother] Akenji hadn’t shown any interest in caring for her baby, human intervention was necessary; gorilla staff have been providing 24/7 care for the baby since shortly after he was born. Further attempts to unite mom and baby were unsuccessful,” the zoo said in a statement.

The baby was born at the zoo on June 28, 2024. As efforts with the birth mother floundered, staff say they made multiple efforts to get the baby boy to bond with other gorillas within the facility. However, those efforts failed as well.

Baby gorilla at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, WA. (Photo courtesy of Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren)

Now, zoo employees are working with a list of potential surrogates from around the country to place the currently-unnamed baby with.

“We include this option in our birth management planning in case it becomes necessary. We’re confident the infant will be placed in a great home, and we’ll share final details upon his safe arrival,” said Martin Ramirez, Interim Senior Director of Animal Care at Woodland Park Zoo.

They say more information will become available soon on the results of these efforts to rehome the baby boy.

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Seattle Police detectives are investigating a homicide in the View Ridge neighborhood in North Seattle this afternoon.

At 2:43 p.m., patrol officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 7200 block of Sand Point Way Northeast.

Police arrived and located an adult male suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest. Officers provided medical aid until the Seattle Fire Department arrived on scene and continued medical.

Despite all lifesaving efforts the victim was pronounced deceased at the scene.

Police cordoned off the area until detectives with the Homicide and Crime Scene Investigation Units arrived to process the crime scene.

Two suspects fled in a vehicle and have not been located. No arrests have been made. The circumstances leading up to the shooting are under investigation.

Detectives in the Homicide Unit have taken lead on this investigation.

If anyone has information, please call the Violent Crimes Tip Line at (206) 233-5000 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS. Crime Stoppers never asks your name, and you can remain anonymous.