Mariners’ J.P. Crawford’s suspension reduced to 4 games, starts Thursday

The Mariners don’t have beginning shortstop J.P. Crawford within the lineup for his or her collection opener in opposition to the Oakland Athletics as his suspension from Seattle’s brawl with the Los Angeles Angels begins Thursday.

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The excellent news for the Mariners and Crawford is that his suspension has been lowered by one recreation.

Crawford was initially popped with a five-game suspension for his function within the scrum in Anaheim, however after an attraction, Crawford will now miss solely 4 video games, per Seattle Sports Mariners insider Shannon Drayer. For Crawford, meaning he’ll miss everything of this present collection in opposition to the Athletics. He’s eligible to return Monday when the Mariners tackle the Padres in San Diego.

Throughout his pregame press convention on Thursday, Mariners supervisor Scott Servais informed reporters that whereas Crawford’s suspension attraction course of has concluded, he hasn’t heard closing phrase on suspensions for outfielders Jesse Winker and Julio Rodriguez, per MLB.com’s Daniel Kramer. Servais additionally mentioned that Winker will doubtless start his suspension on Monday, nevertheless it’s unclear if his suspension will probably be decreased or not, per Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times.

Winker was initially suspended for seven video games whereas Rodriguez bought two. Each, like Crawford, issued appeals to MLB. Each are within the Mariners’ lineup for the collection opener in opposition to Oakland, which could be heard dwell on Seattle Sports activities 710 AM at 7:10 with pregame protection starting at 6 p.m.

Mariners Lineup

Julio Rodriguez, CF
Jesse Winker, LF
Eugenio Suarez, 3B
Carlos Santana, 1B
Abraham Toro, 2B
Cal Raleigh, C
Adam Frazier, DH
Dylan Moore, SS
Sam Haggerty, RF

Logan Gilbert, SP

Extra Mariners Notes

-Kyle Lewis, who’s out with a concussion, is near starting a rehab task. He did baserunning drills and early batting apply on Thursday. Servais mentioned the choice on when to ship Lewis on a rehab task will probably be as much as Lewis and when he feels prepared.

-First baseman Ty France, who’s on the injured listing with an elbow sprain, completed second in “Part 1” of MLB All-Star Recreation voting amongst American League first basemen. He advances to “Part 2” in opposition to Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Full particulars on that may be discovered right here.

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