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Seattle Mariners’ Biggest Rival Suffers Another Devastating Injury Blow

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1 year ago

August 19, 2024

Seattle Mariners’ Biggest Rival Suffers Another Devastating Injury Blow

Entering play on Monday night, the Seattle Mariners are 4.0 games back of the Houston Astros in the American League West. The Astros, who have been besieged by injuries, are looking to advance to the ALCS or greater for the eighth straight year.

Though Mariners fans don’t want to admit it, it’s rather amazing what the Astros have been able to accomplish this year. They have played long stretches (and continue to) without Kyle Tucker and Justin Verlander. Furthermore, they’ve lost Lance McCullers Jr., Luis Garcia, Jose Urquidy, JP France from their pitching depth. Garcia is now out for the rest of the season and won’t be an option as the ‘Stros try to close out the division.

Per Astros reporter Chandler Rome of ‘The Athletic:’

Luis Garcia will not pitch for the Astros this season, Joe Espada said. Garcia will resume playing catch this weekend, but that is targeted toward getting him ready for 2025.

Luis Garcia will not pitch for the Astros this season, Joe Espada said. Garcia will resume playing catch this weekend, but that is targeted toward getting him ready for 2025.
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) August 19, 2024

The 27-year-old from Venezuela would have been a big part of the Astros plans if he had been able to come back, but he evidently is not ready after having Tommy John surgery a year ago.

Lifetime, he’s 28-19 with a 3.61 ERA. He also shut the Mariners down in relief for a large stretch of the 2022 ALDS Game 3 that went 18-innings and saw the Astros win 1-0.

The Mariners will take on the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday night with first pitch at 7:10 p.m. PT. The Astros are hosting the Boston Red Sox at 5:10 p.m. PT.

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Seattle metro area leads nation in affordable housing – MyNorthwest.com

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5 minutes ago

February 2, 2026

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Seattle metro area leads nation in affordable housing – MyNorthwest.com

The Seattle metro area is the nation’s leading builder of affordable housing, a new analysis by RentCafe showed.

Greater Seattle saw more than 14,200 fully affordable apartments go up between 2020 and 2024, meaning nearly one in four apartments built in the area in the past five years were affordable, according to RentCafe.

Income-restricted rentals accounted for 24.2% of all new apartment construction in Seattle.

Affordable housing surged nearly 40% post-pandemic.

“The metro is building about the same number of apartments as before the pandemic — but far more of them are affordable,” RentCafe spokesperson Maurie Irimia stated in an email to MyNorthwest.

The number of completed apartments remained steady at around 59,000 units before and after the pandemic. But the share of income-restricted housing jumped from under 17% a decade ago to 24% in 2024 — rising from 10,229 units to 14,290.

Everett development helped extend affordable housing

RentCafe highlighted Four Corners, a 430-unit development in Everett.

“Backed by a $1 million grant from the Connecting Housing to Infrastructure Program (CHIP), the project stands out not only for its scale, but for extending affordable housing beyond Seattle’s limits into Snohomish County,” RentCafe stated in the analysis.

Other cities that saw a rise in affordable housing were New York City, New York; Austin, Texas; Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota; and Atlanta, Georgia.

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TRAFFIC ALERT: Why eastbound West Seattle Bridge traffic was stopped at Fauntleroy end

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12 hours ago

February 2, 2026

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TRAFFIC ALERT: Why eastbound West Seattle Bridge traffic was stopped at Fauntleroy end

(Screengrab from 8:09 pm)

8:11 PM: This was supposed to be fairly quick but for some reason it’s taking crews a while to reposition a barrier near the Fauntleroy end of the eastbound West Seattle Bridge, and dozens of drivers are stuck waiting. If you have to head eastbound, get on the bridge another way.

8:15 PM: The dispatcher just told SPD that SDOT needs “traffic control” for another barrier fix closer to the bridge entrance at 35th; an officer replied, “Just as soon as this one gets figured out.” So avoid 35th/Fauntleroy entirely for a while.

8:19 PM: The live camera just east of 35th shows SDOT now blocking the inside eastbound lane but the others have reopened.

8:30 PM: Now they’re blocking all eastbound lanes again just past the Fauntleroy entrance, per police radio.

9:27 PM: Still blocked, per live view on traffic cameras.

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Seahawks have a Super Bowl roster decision to make by Tuesday

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1 day ago

February 1, 2026

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Seahawks have a Super Bowl roster decision to make by Tuesday

The Seattle Seahawks are set to fly to San Jose on Sunday ahead of Super Bowl 60 against the New England Patriots. Before their Wednesday practice, they’ll have to decide on whether or not their final eligible player to come off injured reserve will indeed be part of the active roster again.

The 21-day practice window

Seattle’s first practice with an injury report for Super Bowl week is Wednesday, Feb. 4, so either Surratt is practicing that day or his season is over. We’ll know by Tuesday.

Who could Chazz Surratt replace on the active roster?

Should he return to the active roster, then the Seahawks will have to make a corresponding move to make room, which means either waiving a player during Super Bowl week or stashing a currently injured Seahawk on IR. The most likely candidate is rookie tackle Amari Kight, who was inactive against the Los Angeles Rams and was listed as doubtful in Friday’s game designations. It’s possible that Kight could end up with the same IR stash as fellow rookie Bryce Cabeldue.

It’s also worth monitoring the health of fullback Robbie Ouzts, who missed the NFC Championship Game with a neck injury and was limited in practice all week.

What happens if Chazz Surratt reverts to IR?

Nothing, I suppose. Seattle doesn’t have to tweak the active roster, Surratt doesn’t play in the Super Bowl, and while the Seahawks do keep their IR-return slot, no one else on injured reserve is coming back this year.

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