The ABS challenge system is being tested this spring as MLB ponders a wider plunge. But it could erase pitch framing, one of catcher Cal Raleigh's strengths.
This is a team that had baseball’s greatest collection of pitchers last year, but were burdened with an offense that ruined a potentially magical season. Instead of earning their first World Series berth in their 48-year franchise history, the Mariners sat home and missed the playoffs for the 22 nd time in the past 23 years.
Jim Nantz introduced Fred Couples for his Lifetime Achievement Award, and Cal Raleigh and Jordan Chiles took home Sports Star of the Year honors at the star-studded awards show.
Cal Raleigh doesn’t take many off-days throughout the regular season, let alone Spring Training, but he had good reason to be excused from work on Thursday. The Mariners’ star catcher flew back to the Pacific Northwest to take part in the Seattle Sports Commission Awards ceremony,
Athlon Sports dissects everything you need to know about the club ahead of the upcoming Major League Baseball season.
One of the five starters Raleigh gets to regularly work with is right-hander Bryan Woo, who broke out in a major way during a stellar second season in the big leagues. Woo posted a 2.84 ERA, 0.898 WHIP and 101 strikeouts to just 13 walks over 121 1/3 innings on his way to a 9-3 record in 22 starts last season.