- The Seattle Times
Mariners outfielder Jake Fraley isn't letting an eye-opening and frustrating 2020 season define him
I really only played like six games or seven games last year,” he said. I really feel like sitting here now that the last time I played a season was in 2019. The Mariners would love to have the Fraley from 2019.
- Chicago Tribune
Paul Sullivan: No shortage of candidates for baseball’s biggest dope of 2021
CHICAGO — Baseball got through many a major doping scandal in the early part of the 21st century. Now it hopes to get through its latest self-made crisis: a proliferation of dopes in positions of power. One of the brainiacs already is gone — Seattle Mariners President/CEO Kevin Mather resigned in disgrace after bragging to a Breakfast Rotary Club about screwing players out of their service ...
- The Seattle Times
Mariners pitcher Justin Dunn's offseason was full of clichés, but that doesn't mean he hasn't stepped up his game
In the meeting we had with Justin Dunn at the end of the season, we were very truthful,” manager Scott Servais said. With likely free agent signings, he was told his spot in the Mariners’ six-man rotation wasn’t guaranteed. But Dunn didn’t need to hear truthful criticism from Servais or pitching coach Pete Woodworth or general manager Jerry Dipoto, he’d already administered his own honest self-examination of a rookie season that left plenty to be desired.
