This is your Mariners News, Rumors, and Commentary Roundup for the Morning of June 30, 2021.
“3:10pm: The league actually did not further inspect Santiago’s glove, ESPN’s Jesse Rogers reports (Twitter link). The ejection and suspension are based solely on the umpire’s discretion. That’s a rather surprising development and one that, speculatively speaking, could prompt some union pushback. 2:20pm: Major League Baseball announced Tuesday that Mariners lefty Hector Santiago has been…”
“In their first game at Sahlen Field in Buffalo, N.Y., the Mariners never found their groove, and Chris Flexen was unable to slow down the Blue Jays’ lineup as Seattle fell, 9-3, on Tuesday. “I thought Flexen did a good job to keep us in the ballgame,” said Servais. Despite his rough second inning, Flexen kept the game close through his five-inning performance, allowing seven hits and three runs. “Tonight was just one of those where I made some good pitches, and I didn’t make the big pitches tonight.” Flexen allowed a season-high three walks, but he attacked the strike zone, resulting in a first-pitch strike to 16 of the 25 batters he faced.”
“Marte erupted with a pair of mammoth home runs in the first and seventh innings, and added a fifth inning single to finish his day 3-for-6 with three runs scored and two RBIs. 4 overall prospect is now batting .310 with more RBIs (23) than strikeouts (19) while playing for Triple-A Tacoma, and is hitting an incredible .458 with three home runs and eight runs batted in over his past six games. Seattle’s top prospect Jarred Kelenic snapped a brief 2-for-10 skid with a 3-for-5 day at the dish that featured two runs scored, his eighth home run of the Triple-A season, and an RBI. Rodríguez joined the Arkansas Travelers roster after not only helping the Dominican National Team qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics earlier this month, but also hitting .325 with six home runs and 21 RBIs across 28 games with High-A Everett.”
“Santiago said the umpires told him the issue was a sticky substance on his glove and glove hand, not anything on his pitching hand. Mariners left-hander Héctor Santiago has been suspended 10 games and has received an undisclosed fine for having a foreign substance on his glove during Sunday’s game against the White Sox, MLB announced Tuesday. I don’t want this to happen to me.’ And [Cuzzi] said he just felt some stuff sticky on the inside of the glove. “Just to be clear, there was no foreign substance on his glove.”