The Seattle Mariners have released their lineup for Friday’s series opener in Texas, and even though it doesn’t feature Mitch Garver, it does appear to be good news about his status.

That also means that if you were hoping to see prospect Harry Ford get the call up to the big league, you may still be waiting.

M’s may be readying to call up prospect Harry Ford with Garver hurt

Cal Raleigh is catching a day after his half-day off was interrupted, as Garver exited a loss in Minnesota due to a jaw injury after taking a foul ball off his catcher’s mask. That forced the M’s to lose their designated hitter by putting Raleigh, who was the starting DH, behind the plate for the remainder of the game.

Though Garver isn’t playing, it sounds like he will avoid the injured list.

Mariners insider Shannon Drayer of Seattle Sports reported Friday that Garver had a jammed jaw but that the swelling has gone down, so he is “good to go.”

Garver said he is fine. Was dealing with a jammed jaw. CT clean. Bite back to normal after the swelling went down. Good to go.

— Shannon Drayer (@shannondrayer) June 27, 2025

With Raleigh catching again Friday after being behind the plate in each of Seattle’s last four games, it appears the M’s are confident Garver will be able to catch sometime this weekend to get Raleigh a breather.

Ford, a 22-year-old catcher currently on the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers roster, was removed from Tacoma’s lineup shortly before its game Thursday to join the Mariners’ taxi squad, keeping him close in case Garver needed to go on the IL. A first-round pick in the 2021 MLB Draft and the No. 60 overall prospect in baseball per MLB.com, Ford is hitting .311 with eight home runs, a .426 on-base percentage and .895 OPS in 60 games with the Rainiers this year.

Here’s the full Mariners lineup for Friday’s game against the Rangers:

Walter gets the start tonight in Texas 🤠 pic.twitter.com/GF4tBuZG3e

— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) June 27, 2025

It’s a marquee pitching matchup Friday with 2024 All-Star and Mariners opening day starter Logan Gilbert being matched up against Rangers standout Nathan Eovaldi, who has a 1.56 ERA and 0.81 WHIP in 12 starts this season. It will be Eovaldi’s first game back from a stint on the IL for right posterior elbow inflammation.

Texas (40-41) has won four of its last six games and is eight games back of AL West-leading Houston (48-33).

The Mariners (41-39) have won eight of their last 13 games but are looking to shake off back-to-back losses at Minnesota, where they split a four-game series. Seattle is 6 1/2 games back of Houston in the division but sits in the third and final wild card spot in the American League.

Friday’s game is set for a 5:05 p.m. start, with radio coverage on Seattle Sports set to begin at 4 with the pregame show.

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SEATTLE – Showers returned Thursday for western Washington, bringing only the second day of measurable rainfall to Seattle this month. 

Showers have returned today for Western Washington, bringing only the second day of measurable rainfall in Seattle this month. 

Temperatures have been cooler, only reaching the low to mid 60s. It was 5 to 10 degrees cooler this afternoon compared to Wednesday. 

Temperatures today have been cooler, only reaching the low to mid 60s. 

Overnight lows will be in the mid to low 50s again with mostly cloudy skies. A few showers are possible around, mainly along the coast and northwest interior. 

Overnight lows will be in the mid to low 50s again with mostly cloudy skies. A few showers are possible around, mainly along the coast and northwest interior. 

Skies will be cloudy again on Friday as another round of clouds and light showers move through Western Washington. Most of the rain will be along the coast and north sound.  

Skies will be cloudy again Friday as another round of clouds and light showers move through. 

Temperatures remain below average to end the week with highs in the mid to upper 60s. Skies will remain mostly cloudy and will slowly dry out as we get closer to Saturday. 

Temperatures remain below average to end the week with highs in the mid to upper 60s.

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High pressure will start to build for the weekend with more sunshine and warming temperatures. Temperatures will peak on Monday with highs in the mid to low 80s. 

High pressure will start to build for the weekend with more sunshine and warming temperatures. 

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As fentanyl addicts and the mentally ill continue to languish and die on our streets, Mayor Bruce Harrell’s administration has decided that what downtown Seattle really needs are sidewalk murals. Because nothing says “we’re tackling the root causes of homelessness” quite like ensuring that when a drug addict passes out, they do so on a vibrant, city-commissioned work of art.

The sidewalk murals are part of Harrell’s uninspired Downtown Activation Plan. One of the action steps? “Create more murals and other art installations throughout Downtown and activate street corners, parks, and transit stations with buskers and other forms of entertainment to create a more beautiful and welcoming environment, mitigating the impact of graffiti and street disorder.”

The logic, if you can call it that, seems to be that if we make the scenery prettier, the human suffering playing out against it will somehow be less tragic. It’s a continuation of the same tired, ineffective, and lazy approach we’ve seen countless times from our city’s leadership. Harrell is a master of the performative gesture, the symbolic act that accomplishes nothing but allows the mayor to pat himself on the back for a job well done.

This is not a parody. This is the actual strategy of a city in the throes of a humanitarian crisis.

As part of the plan to tackle downtown Seattle homelessness, the mayor is having murals painted on the sidewalks.

But all this means is that fentanyl addicts will pass out on murals. pic.twitter.com/8EC2KSUvyw

— Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) June 26, 2025

Bruce Harrell’s homelessness plans? Sidewalk art and lighting

This sidewalk mural initiative is a perfect companion piece to another of the mayor’s recent beautification-as-solution projects: strings of lights a few blocks away from where the homeless congregate.

Billed as a way to “enhance community safety and vibrancy,” the decorative lights are meant to deter crime and make residents feel more secure. But ask anyone who lives or works in the downtown core and Belltown, and they’ll tell you that the problem isn’t a lack of ambient lighting. The problem is the open-air drug markets, the relentless property crime, and the sense that the city has all but abandoned them to the wolves.

The lights and sidewalk murals are a slap in the face to a community that has been begging for a real plan, for more police, and for a commitment to prosecuting the criminals who are making their lives a living hell.

Seattle residents should be insulted

What these initiatives share is a fundamental misunderstanding, or perhaps a willful ignorance, of the nature of the problem.

We are not dealing with a crisis of aesthetics. We are dealing with a crisis of addiction, of mental illness, and of a complete and utter breakdown of law and order. Painting a mural on a sidewalk will not get a fentanyl addict into treatment. Installing a light fixture will not stop a prolific offender from breaking into another small business.

These are solutions for a city that is not in crisis, for a city that has the luxury of worrying about its appearance. That is not Seattle.

We actually know what tackles homelessness

The tragic irony is that we know what works. We know that a compassionate, but firm approach, one that combines robust and readily available treatment options with a law enforcement presence that makes it clear that criminal behavior will not be tolerated, is the only way to make a real difference.

Seattle should be investing in long-term treatment facilities, in mental health care, and in a criminal justice system that is allowed to do its job. Instead, we get murals and mood lighting. Soon? Buskers.

It’s a tale of two cities. In the Seattle mayor’s press releases, the city is becoming more vibrant, more beautiful, and more welcoming with each passing day. In the real Seattle, the one that the rest of us have to live in, things are getting worse. The open-air drug use, the homeless encampments, the property crime—these are the realities that a fresh coat of paint and some light bulbs cannot hide.

The people of Seattle are not asking for a more scenic city. Our city is beautiful—when you clean up the mess made by the homeless.

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