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Roster Moves: Seattle Mariners make 1st spring training cuts
The Seattle Mariners announced the first cuts to their major league spring training roster Sunday morning.
The Mariners re-assigned right-handed pitchers Tyler Cleveland and Hunter Cranton, left-handed pitcher Peyton Alford and catchers Josh Caron and Connor Charping to minor league camp. Additionally, Seattle released right-handed pitcher Dauris Valdez.
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The moves bring the Mariners down to 69 players in their major league camp, with 29 of those being non-roster invitees.
Cleveland, 25, allowed four walks, no hits and an unearned run while striking out two batters over 1 2/3 innings in two spring training appearances. The 2022 14th-round draft pick appeared in 37 games across two levels of the minors last season, including 36 relief appearances with a 3.38 ERA at High-A Everett.
Cranton, a 24-year-old with potential to be a fast-rising reliever in the M’s system, has not appeared in a game this spring. The Kansas product was a third-round pick by Seattle in 2024 and made nine relief appearances for High-A Modesto last season. Cranton, who ended last season as the M’s No. 30 prospect in MLB Pipeline’s rankings, had a 3.24 ERA over 8 1/3 innings with the Nuts in 2024.
Alford, 27, made two relief appearances this spring and allowed three runs on two hits and three walks while striking out two over 1 1/3 innings. The left-hander made 43 relief appearances for Double-A Arkansas last season, posting an 8-2 record with a 2.20 ERA and seven saves over 57 1/3 innings.
Caron, 21, went 0-for-3 with a walk over four games this spring. The 2024 fourth-round pick slashed .277/.352/.383 with two doubles, one home run and 10 RBIs in 13 games with High-A Modesto last season. He was the 24th-ranked M’s prospect at the end of last year.
Charping, 25, went 0-for-2 over two spring training games. In 67 games between Modesto and Everett last season, he slashed .276/.408/.364 with 13 doubles, two triples, one home run and 33 RBIs.
Valdez, 29, allowed three runs on one hit, four walks and hit a batter over two-thirds of an inning in two appearances this spring. Valdez’s last minor league season was in 2022 as a member of the Double-A Knoxville Smokies in the Chicago Cubs’ organization.
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Seattle, WA
Seattle Children’s babies transformed into Valentine’s Day ‘Sweethearts’
SEATTLE — The Seattle Children’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) shared photos of an annual tradition that brings joy to families.
The NICU team celebrated each baby’s first Valentine’s Day with special costumes. The precious babies were dressed as a Sweethearts candy box, including a heart-shaped center and a “Love Ya” message.
Some parents posed with their children or helped nurses prepare babies for their photos.
Santiago with parents.{ } (Courtesy Seattle Children’s)
NICU nurse Karman Hayenga created this year’s design.
The youngest sweetheart featured this year is Santiago, who was born on Super Bowl Sunday.
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The tradition brings fun to what can be a stressful time for families.
Seattle, WA
Clean up crews find abandoned couches after Seahawks Super Bowl parade
SEATTLE – With the celebration over, clean-up continued late Wednesday following the big Seahawks Super Bowl parade.
Clean City crews were in Phase 3 of cleanup plans by around 6 p.m., and some were scheduled to be on the clock until about midnight, targeting final areas that need attention following the parade.
“Right now, crews are kind of mimicking the foot traffic they saw and now that they’re done their cleaning on the actual parade route they will fan out,” said John Steies, Interim Director of the Clean City Division for Seattle Public Utilities.
He said late night crews were planning to target areas of the downtown core, Pioneer Square and Capitol Hill before they end their shifts at midnight.
While SDOT leads the parade cleaning efforts in the streets, the Downtown Seattle Association and the SPU Clean City team make sure the sidewalks and other areas are picked up and waste cans emptied.
“It’s kind of a surge effort to make sure we are getting this cleaning done today, and it’s contained,” Steies said.
Most of the trash pickup included bottles and food wrappers, but some crews did find some unusual items, including whole couches, dragged outside onto the sidewalk for people to sit on while watching the parade, then abandoned.
“They did pick up a couple of couches on the parade route that folks must have just wanted to sit on during the event and were happy to get rid of afterward,” Steies said.
As far as any arrests, the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office said that there were no major incidents and no arrests.
“We had roughly a million people flood the streets of downtown Seattle to celebrate our Seahawks and one thing that I’m super excited about and happy to hear is that the police reported no major incidents. It was a peaceful and joyful celebration,” said Leesa Manion, King County Prosecuting Attorney.
John says the city did find litter cans disturbed at 4th and Bell, but their crews had no major incidents either.
With Super Bowl 60 in the books, SPU says they’ll be prepping for the next big event.
“This coming summer, SPU is leading the interdepartmental team to clean for the World Cup,” Steies said.
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The Source: Information in this story came from the Clean City Division for Seattle Public Utilities and the King County Prosecuting Attorney.
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