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Mariners ink Mitch Garver to 2-year deal
The free agent market’s best offensive catcher has signed, but he’s probably not going to catch much.
Mitch Garver agreed to a two-year, $24 million deal with the Seattle Mariners on Sunday, according to multiple reports.
Garver, who turns 33 in January, has plenty of right-handed power. He hit 19 home runs in 87 games for the World Series champion Texas Rangers last season and has a .483 slugging percentage for his career. His bat was enough for Garver to rank 22nd on The Athletic’s Big Board of free agents, and he was the only catcher to make the top 40.
But Garver caught only 28 games last season, and he caught only 14 the year before (injuries have long been a factor). With Cal Raleigh behind the dish in Seattle, Garver seems likely to get the majority of his playing time next season at designated hitter. Garver should join Raleigh, Julio Rodríguez and Ty France somewhere in the middle of the Seattle lineup. He could help make up for the loss of left fielder Teoscar Hernández to free agency and should also be an upgrade on last season’s primary DH, Mike Ford, who was non-tendered in November.
As for the rest of the free agent market, it never had much catching to begin with, and teams looking for help behind the plate are still looking at limited options. Longtime Mariners backup Tom Murphy — whom Garvey is at least partially replacing in Seattle — already signed a two-year, $8 million deal with the Giants, and that might stand as the second-biggest catcher signing of the winter. Free agents Gary Sanchez, Mike Zunino, Yasmani Grandal, Jacob Stallings, Tucker Barnhart and Martín Maldonado have been All-Stars and Gold Glove winners in the past, but they’re probably backups at this point.
Garver was the most reliable source of offense among the free agent catchers, and he’s off the board to a team that doesn’t really need him behind the plate.
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Seattle weather: Cooler, but drier, week ahead
FOX 13 Meteorologist Ilona McCauley has your 7-day forecast.
SEATTLE – Clouds cleared out this evening around Western Washington, and we got to enjoy a beautiful view of the mountain today! We will likely be seeing more of Mount Rainier in the coming days as the morning fog burns off, and we get more sunbreaks.
Clouds cleared out as we got to enjoy a beautiful sunset over the skyline this evening.
A ridge of high pressure will build in beginning today, bringing a quiet, stable pattern for the coming days. Clear nights and calm winds will lead to foggy mornings with low clouds forecast to break around 10am to 12pm each day.
Mostly clear skies this evening will allow for fog to develop by early Sunday morning.
Slightly cooler temperatures are forecast around Western Washington. Afternoon highs will warm to the low and mid 40s which is a little below the seasonable average.
A cooler day is forecast for Western Washington with temperatures forecast to be in the low 40s.
No big weather makers are in store for Western Washington in the upcoming week. Mornings will start off with fog which should burn off by the late morning hours. No significant chances for rain this week.
Foggy mornings with afternoon sunbreaks in the extended forecast.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Kaapo Kakko scored twice in the third period, Joey Daccord made 33 saves and the Seattle Kraken overcame an early two-goal deficit to beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-2 on Saturday.
Seattle Kraken 6, Buffalo Sabres 2: Box score
Oliver Bjorkstrand gave Seattle the lead on a scramble in front of the net at 3:08 of the third. Kakko scored 38 seconds later, and added another goal on a power play 1:40 after that.
Andre Burakovsky, Ryker Evans and Brandon Tanev also scored to help the Kraken snap a four-game skid. Chandler Stephenson, Joshua Mahura and Jared McCann each had two assists.
The Kraken scored six straight goals after Sam Lafferty and Jack Quinn gave the Sabres a 2-0 lead in the first period. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 24 shots for Buffalo.
The Sabres had won two in a row.
Takeaways
Seattle Kraken: Rallied from a multi-goal deficit for an NHL-best sixth time, rebounding from a 6-2 loss in Columbus on Thursday night.
Buffalo Sabres: Fans booed and bellowed for general manager Kevyn Adams to be fired and owner Terry Pegula to sell the team after the season’s 15th blown lead in a loss.
Key moment
After Luukkonen made the save on an initial shot by Burakovsky, the rebound shot by Bjorkstrand ricocheted off the goalie’s leg pad and into the net off the glove of Sabres defenseman Jacob Bryson.
Key stat
The Kraken are 4-0-0 liftime in Buffalo with a 22-11 goal differential.
Up next
Seattle is at Detroit on Sunday in the middle of a five-game trip. Buffalo has three days off before hosting Carolina on Wednesday night.
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