SEPTEMBER 30•MLB.COM
After great start, Mariners' 2024 comes to disappointing endSEATTLE -- The Mariners capped 2024 by matching their season best with a four-game win streak, their first since early August, which itself...
Gregory Santos - Wraps '24 with scoreless effortsSantos, who was activated from the injured list Sept. 23, subsequently made two relief appearances during which he fired two scoreless innings while allowing one hit and recording...
ImpactSantos got back on the bump at the major-league level for the first time since July 31 when he earned his second hold with a scoreless seventh inning in the series opener against the Athletics on Friday. He got one more frame in during Sunday's regular-season finale, getting through the eighth inning on just nine pitches. It was a modest but encouraging season-ending sample for Santos, who didn't make his 2024 debut until July due to a lat strain and then missed nearly two months with a biceps injury. The hard-throwing right-hander played on a one-year deal this season, and it remains to be seen if the Mariners will want to take another look considering Santos logged all of 7.1 innings across eight appearances due to the injuries.
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Darell Hernaiz - Contributes as in-game replacementHernaiz entered Sunday's loss to the Mariners as a defensive replacement at third base in the seventh inning and went 1-for-1 with a two-run double.
ImpactHernaiz made things interesting during his only plate appearance, doubling home Seth Brown and Zack Gelof in the ninth inning to slice a four-run deficit in half. The young infielder played only 48 games at the major-league level during his rookie 2024 campaign, with a near two-month stay on the injured list due to an ankle issue playing a part in that. Hernaiz finished with just a .192 average and .503 OPS across 135 plate appearances; however, his adequate 8.1 percent walk rate and 20.0 percent strikeout rate in his first brush with big-league arms and his career .294/.358/.424 minor-league slash line imply he could certainly take a notable step forward if he remains healthy in 2025.
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Tyler Nevin - Drives in two SundayNevin went 1-for-3 with a two-run double in a loss to the Mariners on Sunday.
ImpactDrawing his second consecutive start, Nevin finally put the Athletics' first two runs of the day on the board with his seventh-inning two-bagger, which plated Seth Brown and Tyler Soderstrom. The veteran finished the season with hits in three straight games, but after a hot start that saw him hit .313 across his first 26 games, Nevin produced an anemic .148/.247/.253 slash line across 186 plate appearances (62 games) the rest of the way at the big-league level.
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Seth Brown - Productive showing in finaleBrown went 2-for-4 with a double and two runs in a loss to the Mariners on Sunday.
ImpactBrown posted the only multi-hit effort of the afternoon for the Athletics in the season finale, his first performance with a pair of knocks since Sept. 6. The productive afternoon prevented him from heading into the offseason mired in a slump, as he'd gone just 2-for-24 over the prior seven games. The 2024 campaign was essentially a tale of two seasons for Brown -- he earned himself a mid-June demotion to Triple-A Las Vegas by posting a .189 average, .557 OPS and 33.8 percent strikeout rate over the first 63 games, but he posted a .271 average and .760 OPS across 61 games upon returning shortly before the All-Star break, striking out just 22.4 percent of the time in the process.
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J.P. Crawford - Wraps season with multi-hit effortCrawford went 2-for-3 with a run in a win over the Athletics on Sunday.
ImpactCrawford posted one of two multi-hit efforts for the Mariners in the regular-season finale, ending what has been a tough campaign for him on a good note. The pair of knocks coaxed Crawford's batting average back over the Mendoza Line to .202, but all three components of his final batting line -- he also generated a .304 OBP and .321 slugging percentage -- qualified as career lows. The 29-year-old shortstop has been a fixture in Seattle since 2019 and is signed through the 2026 campaign, but he'll presumably need a notable uptick in production to hold on to his starting spot for another full season.
SEPTEMBER 30•ROTOWIRE
Logan Gilbert, Cal Raleigh prove worth to Mariners yet again in season-ending win over AthleticsSEATTLE - Their unique bond never wavered despite different personalities featuring combative person...
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