Baltimore flies into T-Mobile Park for a 6:40 PM PT first pitch with a familiar face on the mound: Brandon Young (5-1, 3.04), who just no-doubted the Mariners on June 10 for 7 innings of 2-hit, 0-run ball before Jackson Holliday slammed the door with a grand slam. Logan Gilbert (4-4, 3.62) toes the rubber for Seattle off a 6-inning, 1-ER no-decision in that same Baltimore series.
The bigger story in Seattle is that Cal Raleigh is back. The M's catcher has been out since mid-May with an oblique strain and is being activated for this exact game after mashing 5 homers in a 5-game rehab stint at Triple-A Tacoma. J.P. Crawford (hand) is also expected to come off the IL Tuesday, which gives this lineup a totally different look than the one Young carved up last week.
Both teams limp into this one. The Orioles ripped off 3 straight wins (including 2 over Seattle) before the Padres took the next 2 in Baltimore. The Mariners are 1-4 in their last 5 and just got run out of D.C. by the Nationals 8-3 and 10-1 over the weekend. Whatever swagger first place in the AL West was supposed to bring, the M's are not currently carrying it.
- Day-To-DayJhonkensy Noel RF — Noel was placed on the 7-day injured list at Triple-A Norfolk on Monday with left wrist inflammation, Matt Weyrich of The Baltimore Sun reports.
- Day-To-DayLevi Wells P — Wells underwent successful core-muscle surgery Thursday, Roch Kubatko of MASNSports.com reports.
- Day-To-DayRichard Guasch SP — no
- Day-To-DayWill Robertson LF — The Orioles reassigned Robertson to minor-league camp Wednesday, Jacob Calvin Meyer of The Baltimore Sun reports.
- 10-Day-ILDylan Beavers RF — Beavers (oblique) is expected to progress to live batting practice as early as Monday, MLB.com reports.
- 15-Day-ILRyan Helsley RP — Helsley (elbow) pitched one inning with two strikeouts and no hits allowed for Triple-A Norfolk in his second rehab outing Saturday, Jake Rill of MLB.com reports.
- 15-Day-ILCade Povich SP — Povich (elbow) will resume throwing bullpen sessions this week, Matt Weyrich of The Baltimore Sun reports.
- 15-Day-ILChris Bassitt SP — Bassitt (back) is travelling to rejoin the Orioles in Toronto on Friday and could make his next start Monday against the Mariners, Jake Rill of MLB.com reports.
- Day-To-DayJosh Naylor 1B — Naylor had X-rays on his right shin come back negative after leaving Sunday's loss to the Nationals, Daniel Kramer of MLB.com reports.
- Day-To-DayAndres Munoz RP — Munoz was removed from Sunday's game against the Nationals due to lower-back tightness, Daniel Kramer of MLB.com reports.
- Day-To-DayRandy Arozarena LF — Arozarena (hamstring) is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Nationals.
- Day-To-DayDane Dunning RP — The Mariners signed Dunning to a minor-league contract Thursday, Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com reports.
- 10-Day-ILCal Raleigh C — Raleigh (oblique) is expected to be reinstated from the 10-day injured list prior to Tuesday's game against the Orioles, Adam Jude of The Seattle Times reports.
- 10-Day-ILJ.P. Crawford SS — Crawford (hand) said he expects to be activated from the 10-day injured list Tuesday when first eligible, Daniel Kramer of MLB.com reports.
- 10-Day-ILWill Wilson 3B — Wilson (thumb) has gone 3-for-9 with two RBI and a 1:2 BB:K in his first three rehab games between High-A Everett and Triple-A Tacoma.
- 10-Day-ILBrendan Donovan 3B — Mariners general manager Justin Hollander said Sunday that Donovan will receive a platelet-rich plasma injection for his strained left groin as well as his adductor and is expected to resume baseball activity in 2-to-3 weeks, Daniel Kramer of MLB.com reports.
Seattle's medical chart is doing some heavy lifting here. Josh Naylor took a shot to the shin Sunday (X-rays negative, but day-to-day), Randy Arozarena's hamstring kept him out of the weekend finale, and closer Andres Munoz was pulled Sunday with lower-back tightness. Baltimore's bigger names — Mountcastle, Westburg, Bautista, Eflin — have been gone forever, but the Orioles have managed to stay above water with the group they have.
Game-on-game, this is a fade-the-recent-result spot. Young owns this Mariners lineup right now, but he's facing a meaningfully better version of it with Raleigh and Crawford back in the box. Gilbert was perfectly fine last time out against these Orioles and the home park doesn't hurt. The 7.5 total is what you'd expect for two right-handers who don't beat themselves.