CIRCLING SEATTLE SPORTS

Returning home from a successful road trip with stops in Colorado and Texas, the Seattle Mariners returned home to T-Mobile Park to begin a six-game homestand with a three-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks, taking that series opener by a 6-1 result behind three homers and a strong start by Emerson Hancock.

In a new series Circling Seattle Sports will be doing, writer Brittany Wisner takes a look at the state of the Seattle Mariners currently: where the teams hitting and pitching sits, what the trends are, and what you can expect coming up.

Continuing to add to her historic resume, retired Seattle Storm point guard Sue Bird is joining the teams ownership group, Force10 Hoops, the franchise announced on Wednesday, April 24th, 2024.

Seattle Storm guard Jewell Loyd gave the franchise her trust and they didn’t dare to squander it.

The Seattle Sounders FC continue an abysmal start to the 2024 season, as any sort of momentum from their big victory against Montreal two weeks ago seems like a distant memory, with frustrations bubbling over in a home loss to the Vancouver Whitecaps FC.

Behind another strong start by Logan Gilbert to continue his impress 2024 season, the Seattle Mariners picked up their first series win of the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds.

The Seattle Storm drafted Nika Muhl and MacKenzie Holmes in the 2024 WNBA Draft, finding some talent in the latter rounds of the draft after trading their top selection to free up cap space this offseason.

Seattle Mariners first baseman Ty France had a big offseason that saw him work on his swing at driveline and lose some weight, and the results early on have shown good things this 2024 season. But, with the good spots he's shown, is moving him up in the lineup already a bad idea? CSS' Brittany Wisner dives in to take a look.

In their sixth match of the season, the Seattle Sounders FC finally tallied their first victory of the year as they used a 5-0 smashing of CF Montreal to get those two points. A brace from forward Raul Ruidiaz and individual goals from Jordan Morris, Alex Roldan, and Dylan Teves pushed the club to a big lead and Stefan Frei was steady in goal to help Seattle secure the clean sheet.

The Seattle Mariners were unable to take an early series win over the Cleveland Guardians, as starting pitcher Shane Bieber held the Mariners scoreless through six innings and the two runs that Seattle generated after he had left the ballgame weren't enough to overcome the deficit created by the Guardians.

The Seattle Mariners got a jumpstart to their game with a four-run second inning, pushed by Dom Canzone's three-run homer, and starting pitcher Emerson Hancock was solid enough to earn his first career MLB win, as Seattle defeated the Cleveland Guardians by a score of 5-4.

There is definite reason for both concern and hope for the 2024 Seattle Mariners ahead of Opening Day, as the franchise looks to return to the postseason for the second time in three years following their infamous drought.

Accountability and change will need to come for the Seattle Kraken following their 5-1 home loss to the Montreal Canadiens, as their losing streak pushed to eight-games and many are questioning the teams effort and ability as their third season in franchise history is coming to a close.

The Seattle Kraken, nearing the end of their third season in franchise history, have hit another low point as they won't make the playoffs this year and they're currently on an eight-game losing streak. The most recent defeat comes at the hands of the Montreal Canadiens, a 5-1 result that Seattle was never truly in.

In the first ever Spring Breakout game for both our Seattle Mariners and the San Diego Padres, it was the Padres' prospects who were able to outslug the Mariners in an offensive display between the two teams. With the young futures of each team showing out after this game was postponed from last week, both offenses put on a hitting clinic.

With a new year comes new food options for Seattle Mariners fans that are coming to T-Mobile Park, as patrons can expect a great lineup out on the concourse to cure their hunger like the strong lineup that appears to be ready to rock the stadium all year long on the diamond.