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Red-hot Mariners add silver arrow to their quiver, activating Matt Brash off IL, optioning Troy Taylor

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Red-hot Mariners add silver arrow to their quiver, activating Matt Brash off IL, optioning Troy Taylor


The Seattle Mariners have activated RHP Matt Brash off the injured list, lining him up to pitch in the majors for the first time since 2023 after his preseason Tommy John surgery in 2024. In a corresponding move, they’ve optioned young righty reliever Troy Taylor. The strong showing from Taylor in 2024 was slowed by a lat strain that waylaid his Spring Training. Now he’s working to regain form and will continue to do so in Triple-A Tacoma.

Brash’s return essentially fills out the big league bullpen to nearly full strength. While Gregory Santos is on the injured list and could well still return to form following a hopefully conclusive knee cleanup surgery, and Jackson Kowar is beginning his rehab appearances in the minors as well from his own Tommy John bout, neither player has been the performer Brash has. The righty last was a fireman for Seattle, pitching in high leverage situations all throughout the game for the M’s as he earned a 3.06/2.26 ERA/FIP with 2.0 fWAR in 70.2 innings across 78 games in 2023. That came with a vicious 34.7% strikeout rate as cruel and cutting as his sweeping slider and powerful curve.

With reigning American League Reliever of the Month Andrés Muñoz being used in a more conservative, traditional closing role predominantly early in 2025, Brash’s return is particularly encouraging. It would be surprising and unreasonable to expect the Canadian fireballer to be used as aggressively as he was prior to his injury, and back-to-backs will not likely be frequent affairs if possible in the next couple months. However, the righty’s stuff is such that he can be deployed against the heart of a club’s order for swings and misses in a way few other pitchers in baseball can. Pitching Ninjas and circus performers alike can rejoice, swords are back on the menu.



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Mets place former Seattle Mariners 2B/DH Jorge Polanco on IL

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CHICAGO (AP) — The struggling New York Mets placed former Seattle Mariners second baseman/designated hitter Jorge Polanco on the 10-day injured list on Saturday with a right wrist contusion.

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The move was made retroactive to Wednesday, a day after Polanco went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts in a 2-1 loss at the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 32-year-old Polanco is batting .179 (10 for 56) with a homer and two RBIs in his first season with New York, which has lost nine straight.

“When doctors first took a look at him, it looked like he got hit by a pitch when he didn’t,” manager Carlos Mendoza said. “In talking to him, it was just a couple of swings that he took that night. … He didn’t think much of it, but just got worse the following day.

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“So you just got to let it calm down a little bit and then we’ll go from there. But we don’t have a timetable for how long this is going to last.”

Polanco, who signed a two-year, $40 million contract with the Mets in December, also has been dealing with an ankle issue.

“He was trending in the right direction,” Mendoza said of the ankle injury. “It’s definitely going to help, obviously now with him being shut down. But the biggest thing now is that we’ve got to take care of that wrist.”

Polanco spent the previous two seasons with the Mariners, who acquired him in a February 2024 trade with the Minnesota Twins.

Polanco struggled during his first season with Seattle in 2024, hitting just .213 with 16 homers in 118 games while playing through a knee injury that didn’t become public knowledge until after the season.

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But after the Mariners somewhat surprisingly brought him back for a one-year contract in 2025, Polanco rebounded to hit .265 with 26 homers and an .821 OPS in 138 games last season. He then added three homers during Seattle’s playoff run, along with a 15th-inning walkoff single in Game 5 of the American League Division Series that sent the Mariners to their first ALCS in 24 years.

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Brandon Nimmo hits leadoff homer, Jacob deGrom works 4 scoreless as Rangers beat Seattle Mariners 5-0

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SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – APRIL 17: Corey Seager #5 of the Texas Rangers tags out Dominic Canzone #8 of the Seattle Mariners during the fourth inning at T-Mobile Park on April 17, 2026 in Seattle, Washington. (Steph Chambers / Getty Images)

Brandon Nimmo hit a leadoff home run, Jacob deGrom threw four shutout innings and Gavin Collyer earned his first career win as the Texas Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners 5-0 on Friday night.

Seattle lost its fourth straight game, and was shut out for the fourth time in 21 games, falling to 8-13. The Mariners were shut out six times during the 2025 season. Texas won its third straight game.

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Nimmo led off the game with a 372-foot shot to right field off Mariners starter Logan Gilbert (1-3). It was Nimmo’s 16th career leadoff homer and second of the season. He also hit a leadoff home run on April 11 in a 6-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

DeGrom effectively maneuvered through Seattle’s lineup, and worked out of a one out, bases-loaded jam in the first inning. The two-time Cy Young Award winner recorded two of his three strikeouts after walking Josh Naylor to load the bases. Randy Arozarena fanned on a curveball, and Luke Raley swung through a fastball.

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Texas added to its lead after Nimmo’s homer. Wyatt Langford’s single to left scored Corey Seager, who led off the third inning with a double. The Rangers stretched the lead to 3-0 on an RBI single from Jake Burger in the seventh.

The Mariners’ best scoring chance came in the sixth after Collyer (1-0), who worked 1 1/3 scoreless innings, left the game.

J.P. Crawford singled to left off Tyler Alexander with two out, and Mariners third base coach Carlos Cardoza sent Naylor from second base, but he was thrown out by Langford.

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Texas added two more runs in the ninth on a sacrifice fly by Andrew McCutchen and an RBI double by Josh Jung.

Seattle third baseman Brendan Donovan left the game early due to a left hip issue.

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Mariners right-hander Bryce Miller, who started the year on the injured list with a left oblique injury, was at T-Mobile Park for the first time this season. He will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Tacoma on Saturday.

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Mariners RHP George Kirby (2-2, 3.25) will face Rangers righty Nathan Eovaldi (2-2, 5.40) on Saturday afternoon.

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Southbound I-5 closing overnight this weekend in Fife, WA for new sign

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A portion of southbound I-5 will be closed overnight in Fife Friday and Saturday night, according to WSDOT.

The Washington State Department of Transportation says the purpose of the closure is to install a new electronic sign and will need two nights to do it.

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Crews will close southbound I-5 from 54th Avenue to Port of Tacoma Road starting at 11 p.m. Friday night until 7:30 a.m. Saturday morning. Closures will resume Saturday night starting at 11 p.m. as well, and lanes will reopen Sunday morning at 8:30 a.m.

WSDOT says the closure will include the 54th Avenue ramps to southbound I-5.

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A portion of southbound I-5 will be closed overnight in Fife Friday and Saturday night, according to WSDOT. The Washington State Department of Transportation says the purpose of the closure is to install a new electronic sign and will need two nights to do it. Crews will close southbound I-5 from 54th Avenue to Port of Tacoma Road starting at 11 p.m. Friday night until 7:30 a.m. Saturday morning. Closures will resume Saturday night starting at 11 p.m. as well and lanes will reopen Sunday morning at 8:30 a.m. WSDOT says the closure will include the 54th Avenue ramps to southbound I-5.

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