The Modesto Nuts, the low-A affiliate of the Seattle Mariners, will be staying in Modesto for the 2025 season.

The Nuts put the message out on social media on Tuesday night.

Today, the City of Modesto voted on extending our lease through September of 2025! We want to thank all of our fans and partners for their continued support. We will see you at John Thurman Field next season!

This has been a wild saga for the Nuts franchise, who thought they were going to leave at the end of the season. It’s all been centered around ballpark issues at John Thurman Field, but apparently those issues have been resolved – at least temporarily. The lease with the Nuts and the ballpark had been scheduled to end at the conclusion of this season.

Without knowing the full story, it’s hard to say exactly what’s going on here. John Thurman Field is old, having opened in 1955. Perhaps the Mariners want the team to get a new ballpark but wants the city to pay for it? Perhaps the city wants a new ballpark but wants the Mariners to pay for it? Either way, the issues have been alleviated, at least temporarily.

The Nuts have served as a minor league affiliate for the Mariners, Colorado Rockies, Oakland A’s, St. Louis Cardinals, Kansas City A’s, Houston Colt .45s, New York Yankees, Milwaukee Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Browns in its history. They’ve won 10 league titles, most recently in 2023 for the Mariners. They’ve housed some of the best prospects in the M’s system this year, including Colt Emerson and Laz Montes.

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SEATTLE — Close games are apparently a staple of the Seattle Mariners in the early stages of Dan Wilson’s managerial tenure. Unfortunately for the Mariners — the latest one didn’t go in their favor.

Seattle lost to the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 on Tuesday. The loss dropped the M’s to 67-66 on the year and kept it 3.5 games behind the Houston Astros for first place in the American League West. It was the fourth one-run game the Mariners have played out of five that Wilson has managed.

“Boy, we fought until the end again tonight,” Wilson said in a postgame interview Tuesday. “I thought (Tampa Bay starter Jeffrey Springs), for them, pitched a good ball game early. … He was tough for five innings. Couldn’t get anything going. And then I thought (Victor Robles) really ignited things. He’s an exciting player. It’s great to have him back in the lineup causing some havoc, using his legs and getting us on top. And then, a couple late-inning homers — just weren’t able to overcome it. I thought (Logan Gilbert) threw the ball tremendous.”

Seattle and Tampa Bay’s starting pitchers guaranteed that Tuesday’s game was going to be low-scoring in the early-goings.

Gilbert went six innings and allowed four hits while striking out 10 batters. He gave up no free bases. It was the second-straight 10-strikeout game from a Mariners starter.

“I feel like my stuff’s been good. It’s just good games or bad games are kind of depending on my mentality and recommitting to my plan every batter,” Gilbert said in a postgame interview Tuesday. “I was pretty good at first-pitch strikes tonight and just trying to race to two strikes as quick as possible and expand from there. When I do that, I’m usually in better situations. So it’s really about just that simple mentality that helps me.”

Springs saw Gilbert’s outing and responded in kind. He struck out nine batters in five innings, gave up one hit and walked two. He accounted for more than half of the Rays staff’s 17 strikeouts for the game.

Both teams found their openings against the respective bullpens.

Victor Robles got Seattle on the board first in the bottom of the sixth. He sprinted home after Tampa Bay catcher Alex Jackson sailed a throw into left field attempting to catch Robles stealing third. The throwing error put the Mariners up 1-0.

It didn’t take long for the Rays to answer back. Center fielder Jose Siri hit a two-out, two-RBI home run to center field to put Tampa Bay in front 2-1 in the top of the seventh.

First baseman Yandy Diaz tallied another score for the Rays one inning later with a solo home run to left field that made it 3-1.

Cal Raleigh brought the Mariners back within one in the bottom of the eighth with a two-out RBI single that scored Leo Rivas and cut Tampa Bay’s lead down to the eventual final of 3-2.

Seattle had the game-tying and go-ahead runs on base after Raleigh’s single. Randy Arozarena, who hit a three-run homer on Monday against his former squad, struck out looking in three pitches and left the two runners stranded.

Mitch Haniger hit a two-out single to get on base in the bottom of the ninth but was also left on base.

One loss doesn’t diminish the good the Mariners have shown during their current homestead. But 17 strikeouts and blowing a chance to pull within 2.5 games of Houston (which lost to the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday) doesn’t inspire confidence.

Seattle will aim to get two consecutive in the rubber match at 1:10 p.m. PT on Wednesday. Luis Castillo will get the start for the Mariners.

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We now know the initial 53-man roster for the Seattle Seahawks as they prepare for Week 1 of the NFL season on Sept. 8 against the Denver Broncos.

Who made Seahawks’ initial 53-man roster, and who didn’t

As is always the case, there is some intrigue coming off the announcement.

Here are a few things of note based on who made the cut, who didn’t, and which players are (and aren’t) hurt to begin the season.

1. Business as usual with Nwosu is good news.

Seattle had a scare in its preseason finale win over Cleveland on Saturday with outside linebacker Uchenna Nwosu suffering a knee injury on a cut block that earned the Browns a penalty. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Monday, Nwosu suffered a sprained MCL and is expected to miss two to six weeks.

Luckily for Seahawks fans, Nwosu was listed on the 53-man roster Tuesday – not on either injured reserve or the physically unable to perform (PUP) list. That would have ruled him our for at least four weeks, so this seems to indicate the Seahawks are optimistic he can be ready to go before Week 5.

Nwosu is Seattle’s most established edge rusher, and there’s no doubt the Hawks are eager to have him back on the field after he missed most of last season with a pectoral injury.

It’s not all good news on the injury front, though. The troublesome knee of tackle Abraham Lucas landed him in the reserve/PUP list category.

2. The Seattle Seahawks cuts that may catch your eye.

There are always players waived that will jump out, whether it’s because they’re a surprise or it comes with the harsh reality of expectations not being fulfilled. This year is no exception for the Seahawks.

Wide receiver Dee Eskridge not making the cut is notable for a few reasons. He was a second-round pick in 2021, for starters, and then there’s the fact that he had an impressive 79-yard punt return for a touchdown on Saturday.

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Running back George Holani, an undrafted running back out of Boise State, seemed to have a lot of momentum in training camp and the preseason, but he is not one of the three RBs that Seattle decided to keep.

Linebacker Jon Rhattigan is worth mentioning due to the fact that he was due $2.985 million this year as a restricted free agent tender.

One of the Seahawks’ 2024 NFL Draft picks was left off the roster in cornerback D.J. James, a sixth-rounder out of Auburn.

There’s another rookie to mention: linebacker Michael Barrett, a seventh-round pick out of Michigan by Carolina, didn’t make the cut. Seattle traded just last week for Barrett, who played one season under new Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald when he was Michigan’s defensive coordinator in 2021.

3. The surprises to make the roster.

If you’re looking for an answer why the aforementioned James didn’t make the roster, look at undrafted rookie Dee Williams. The Tennessee product provided a highlight in the preseason with a 41-yard kick return, and now joins fifth-round pick Nehemiah Pritchett (James’ Auburn teammate) as rookies in Seattle’s cornerback room.

Another undrafted rookie making the team is center Jalen Sundell from North Dakota State. He provides insurance with recently-signed center Connor Williams coming back from an ACL injury last December, but it does make you wonder about the team’s plans with second-year center Olu Oluwatimi.

At linebacker, 24-year-old Drake Thomas appears the last to make it. Undrafted out of North Carolina State in 2023, he appeared in seven games last year for the Seahawks after being claimed in August from the Las Vegas Raiders.

Others worth noting that made the cut are tight end Brady Russell and wide receivers Laviska Shenault Jr. and Dareke Young.

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