{"id":632511,"date":"2026-03-19T22:50:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T22:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/632511\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T22:50:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T22:50:26","slug":"seattle-mariners-name-logan-gilbert-opening-day-starter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/632511\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Mariners name Logan Gilbert opening day starter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With multiple All-Stars lining their rotation, the Seattle Mariners have a number of good options for their opening day starter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.mynorthwest.com\/mlb\/seattle-mariners\/notebook-hancock-showing-new-weapon-during-strong-spring\/1842816\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle Mariners\u2019 Hancock showing new weapon during strong spring<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, we found out who it will be.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Mariners\/status\/2034741166768623974\" rel=\"nofollow\">The M\u2019s announced<\/a> right-hander Logan Gilbert will take the hill first when they host the Cleveland Guardians in their season opener Thursday, March 26, at T-Mobile Park. It\u2019s the second straight year Gilbert is getting the nod on opening day.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/logangilbert22?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@logangilbert22<\/a> can\u2019t wait to feel the energy on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OpeningDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">#OpeningDay<\/a> \u26a1\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf9f\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nDNfVGnPRW\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/nDNfVGnPRW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ls2jQrzxJl\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/ls2jQrzxJl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mariners\/status\/2034747611811598682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">March 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old Gilbert was a first-time All-Star and finished sixth in American League Cy Young voting during a stellar 2024 campaign. He led MLB with 208 2\/3 innings pitched and 0.89 WHIP that season, posting a 9-12 record, 3.23 ERA and career-high 220 strikeouts in 33 starts.<\/p>\n<p>Gilbert is coming off a 2025 season where he struck out batters at a career-high clip, but experienced his first trip to the injured list and didn\u2019t typically go as deep into games as the season prior. The 6-foot-6 hurler spent nearly two months on the injured list with a right elbow flexor strain suffered in late April. In 25 games, he posted a 6-6 record, 3.44 ERA, 1.03 WHIP and struck out 173 batters over 131 innings. His 32.3% strikeout rate was second among MLB pitchers who threw at least 130 innings.<\/p>\n<p>In his opening day start last season, Gilbert pitched seven strong innings against the Athletics, allowing only one run on two hits while striking out eight in an efficient 83-pitch outing.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Seattle Mariners coverage<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.mynorthwest.com\/mlb\/seattle-mariners\/ex-seattle-mariners-dylan-moore-opt-out-philadelphia-phillies\/1842874\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Former Mariners UT Dylan Moore triggers opt-out clause<\/a><br \/>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.mynorthwest.com\/mlb\/seattle-mariners\/salk-difficult-to-see-emerson-making-mariners-opening-day-roster\/1842750\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Salk: Difficult to see Emerson making Mariners\u2019 opening day roster<\/a><br \/>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.mynorthwest.com\/mlb\/seattle-mariners\/brendan-donovan-adds-to-red-hot-spring-with-1st-hr\/1842782\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brendan Donovan adds to red-hot spring with first HR<\/a><br \/>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.mynorthwest.com\/mlb\/seattle-mariners\/nationals-option-former-ms-prospect-harry-ford-to-minors\/1842792\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nationals option former M\u2019s prospect Harry Ford to minors<\/a><br \/>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.mynorthwest.com\/mlb\/seattle-mariners\/seattle-mariners-announce-roster-2026-spring-breakout-game\/1842742\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mariners announce roster for Friday\u2019s Spring Breakout game<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZacHereth\" data-show-count=\"false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Follow @ZacHereth<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.mynorthwest.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/SeattleSportsEmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"mobile-signup\"\/>\t&#13;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/SeattleSportsEmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"desktop-signup\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With multiple All-Stars lining their rotation, the Seattle Mariners have a number of good options for their opening&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":632512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2392],"tags":[5,620,4,619,65,3235],"class_list":{"0":"post-632511","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-seattle-mariners","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-mariners","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-seattle","12":"tag-seattle-mariners","13":"tag-seattlemariners"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116258291546560214","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632511","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=632511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}