Seattle Mariners Baseball News and Rumors (2024)

Seattle Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford suffered a hairline fracture in his right pinky during the club's 3-1 loss to the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night.

Crawford left the game after he was hit on the right hand by an 86 mph changeup in the first inning from Tyler Anderson.

He stayed in the game and scored the Mariners' only run of the game, but was replaced by Dylan Moore at shortstop in the top of the second inning.

Scott Servais broke the news of Crawford's injury after the game.

"There's a little hairline fracture there," Servais said. "We'll know more once a specialist looks at it and go from there."

Seattle Mariners center fielder Julio Rodriguez was pulled in the sixth inning of Sunday's 6-4 victory over the Houston Astros after he leaped for a flyball and twisted his right ankle on the pad of the center-field fence.

Rodriguez grabbed his ankle in pain and remained on the ground for a few minutes, but eventually walked off the field with Mariners trainer Taylor Bennett and manager Scott Servais.

Servais said the initial X-rays were negative and that Rodriguez will likely undergo an MRI and is day to day with a sprain.

Rodriguez has been hot of late at the plate after a slow start to the season, hitting .459 with four homers and eight RBIs over his past 12 games, with a .524 on-base percentage and 1.389 OPS.

The MRI results on Mariners center fielder Julio Rodríguez came back clean on Sunday, one day after he left in the first inning of Seattle's game against Toronto because of right quad discomfort.

The young Mariners star shouldn't be out for long, and could even appear as a pinch hitter on Sunday if needed, though manager Scott Servais would prefer to give Rodriguez the day off.

Mariners center fielder Julio Rodríguez was removed from Saturday's game against the Toronto Blue Jays in the first inning.

Rodríguez appeared to be moving cautiously in center field during the top of the first inning and was replaced in the lineup when the Mariners took the field for the second.

Catie Griggs has resigned as president of business operations for the Seattle Mariners, the team announced Friday.

Griggs arrived in Seattle in the summer of 2021 after four seasons as the chief business officer for Atlanta United in MLS. She oversaw all aspects of the Mariners organization outside of baseball operations. At the time of her hiring, the team said Griggs was the only woman to hold a president title with a club in the majors.

The Mariners said Griggs was taking a new position on the East Coast to be closer to family.

The Seattle Mariners plan to be "aggressive" in improving their offense this summer, according to a report.

The Mariners have already begun exploring possible trades with other clubs and are currently prioritizing the addition of one everyday hitter, as well as help in the bullpen.

The Milwaukee Brewers have acquired Dallas Keuchel from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for cash considerations.

Keuchel had spent the entire season in the Minor Leagues.

"I've worked through some injuries, kind of worked through some stuff -- poor performance, health stuff," the 36-year-old left-hander said. "But I knew deep down I still had a couple of years left."

Keuchel has gone 7-4 with a 3.93 ERA in 13 starts with the Mariners' Triple-A affiliate in Tacoma this season.

He has been sharp lately. Over his past three appearances with Tacoma, Keuchel allowed just two runs -- one earned -- over 17 innings.

"My stuff is as crisp as it's been in a long time," he said.

Dallas Keuchel believes he still has plenty to offer a major league team.

The Milwaukee Brewers are hoping the 2015 AL Cy Young Award winner can provide a boost to their injury-riddled pitching staff now that he's worked his way back into the majors. They sent cash to the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday to acquire Keuchel, who had spent all of this season in the minors.

"I've worked through some injuries, kind of worked through some stuff -- poor performance, health stuff," the 36-year-old left-hander said Tuesday night. "But I knew deep down I still had a couple of years left."

Former major league infielder, coach and instructor Mike Brumley was killed in a car crash on Saturday night. He was 61.

Brumley was killed in Mississippi, according to reports.

Brumley played for six teams from 1987 to 1995. He most recently served as a minor league coach and instructor for the Atlanta Braves from 2018 to 2022.