This recap is late because it is being typed out on the bar of a lovely establishment in Twin Falls, Idaho, called Scooter\u2019s. I am on my way to spring training and listened to this game \u2013 even though it was televised \u2013 while driving up and down various mountain passes. This country hilly as heck, y\u2019all. I thus did not have time before stopping for the evening to recount what happened in today\u2019s game, which you have likely already seen, but in case you, too, were consumed with other things, here is what happened in today\u2019s game, another back-and-forth spring training affair where the Mariners eventually came out on top, 8-7.<\/p>\n
Bryce Miller<\/p>\n
Miller made his season debut and went 1.1 innings, allowing three hits and punching out one on a pitch the broadcast crew was divided between being a splitter or a curveball (Gameday says splitter now, although Gary Hill initially announced it as a curve). Miller came out firing in his spring debut, touching 98.4 on his four-seam \u2013 he did give up a double on that pitch, but it was located well across the plate and David Fry sort of stuck his bat out at it and got lucky. Shannon Drayer said on the broadcast that Miller opted not to get the surgery for his bone spur because he found a gel injection that has been working for managing the pain should it crop up, which it hasn\u2019t; he\u2019s not concerned, and therefore I\u2019m not concerned.<\/p>\n
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The WBC Guys Are Getting Their Hacks In<\/p>\n
Julio Rodr\u00edguez leaves on Saturday to join Team Dominican Republic and they\u2019ll be happy to have him; he had a double but also worked two walks in his four plate appearances. Not to be outdone, Cal Raleigh had two doubles, although he didn\u2019t catch seven innings this time. Randy Arozarena, who will also leave soon for the WBC, also had a double in a particularly fun first inning that saw that trio go back-to-back-to-back with doubles.<\/p>\n
Luke Raley-Dominic Canzone: Heated Rivalry<\/p>\n
In the position battle I\u2019m watching most closely this spring, the healthy revenge tour of Luke Raley continues; he added another hard-hit double today off former Mariner Matt Festa, smoked at 109.8 mph. Dominic Canzone also had a hit, a line-drive single to center on a pitch inside that he fought off and got to drop.<\/p>\n
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The Spring Awakening Continues<\/p>\n
Continuing to see a lot of playing time at second base, Michael Arroyo collected another pair of hits today, including his second double of the spring, and worked a walk. He also initiated another successful challenge; this kid really knows the strike zone. Meanwhile, Colt Emerson had two hits of his own, including a triple.<\/p>\n
Brocketship to the Moon<\/p>\n
While I was driving up a mountain in eastern Oregon to what felt terrifyingly close to driving onto the moon\u2019s surface itself, Brock Rodden was checking in with his first home run of the spring. Yes it was a middle-middle first-pitch cutter that he ambushed, but still, we love healthy Brock Star.<\/p>\n
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Pitching Pile Update<\/p>\n
It was a mixed bag for the bullpen hopefuls today. One of the best lines was posted by a pitcher I had no idea was a Mariner, one Abdiel Mendoza, who came in during to relieve Miller and polished off the second inning cleanly. Casey Legumina also had a solid outing, working a clean fifth inning with a strikeout. Cooper Criswell didn\u2019t have as dazzling an outing as he did in his spring debut, giving up two runs on two hits and two walks, but showcased his ability as a swingman or multi-inning reliever, going two innings. Ryan Loutos struggled again, getting himself into some trouble and surrendering a big hit in the form of a three-run homer to Kate Fave Petey Halpin. Maybe the most intriguing outing for me today was Cole Wilcox, who again showcased his big stuff; he does have trouble commanding it at times, issuing a free pass, but he also collected a strikeout. It\u2019s\u2026so\u2026tantalizingly\u2026close with Wilcox.<\/p>\n
Also close: spring training, for me. I\u2019ll unfortunately just miss a bunch of the WBC guys as they\u2019re leaving but will have plenty up about everyone else over the coming weeks. Make sure you\u2019re following us on Bluesky (@LookoutLanding) for the video content and let me know if there\u2019s anything in particular you want to hear about. I\u2019m aiming for my first day there to be Saturday, Kade Anderson\u2019s professional debut, so unless I fall into a canyon there will be lots of content about that come the weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This recap is late because it is being typed out on the bar of a lovely establishment in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":595850,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2380],"tags":[5,1996,3297,4811,135,51,2565,47880,10947,8064,21670,538,3992,1505,1452,4,69660,1456,36746,1070,65,76840,151],"class_list":{"0":"post-595849","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-guardians","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-bryce-miller","10":"tag-cal-raleigh","11":"tag-casey-legumina","12":"tag-cleveland","13":"tag-cleveland-guardians","14":"tag-clevelandguardians","15":"tag-cole-wilcox","16":"tag-cooper-criswell","17":"tag-david-fry","18":"tag-dominic-canzone","19":"tag-guardians","20":"tag-julio-rodriguez","21":"tag-luke-raley","22":"tag-matt-festa","23":"tag-mlb","24":"tag-peoria-sports-complex","25":"tag-randy-arozarena","26":"tag-rick-scuteri-imagn","27":"tag-ryan-loutos","28":"tag-seattle-mariners","29":"tag-spring-debut","30":"tag-spring-training"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116141992438192044","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/595850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}